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INGREDIENTS
Dry Ingredients
- 3 cups cake flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp kosher salt
Wet Ingredients
- 1½ cups unsalted butter melted
- 1½ cups granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup honey
- 8 oz cream cheese room temperature
- 6 eggs room temperature
- ¼ cup sour cream room temperature
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp fresh lime juice
- 1 zest of 1 lime
- 1 cup crushed pineapple with juice
Honey Buttercream Frosting
- 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- ½ cup honey
- 2 cups powdered sugar sifted
- 1 tbsp fresh lime juice
- 1 tbsp milk
- 1 zest of 1 lime
- ¼ tsp kosher salt
Garnish (optional)
- ½ cup fresh pineapple sliced
INSTRUCTIONS
Mix the Dry Ingredients
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Preheat the oven to 350°F and spray 2 loaf pans with non stick cooking spray
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Whisk all dry ingredients together in a medium bowl then set aside
Mixing the Wet Ingredients
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In the bowl of a stand mixer on medium speed fitted with the paddle attachment mix the butter, both sugars and honey for 2 minutes. Add cream cheese and mix until smooth, about 1-2 more minutes
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Mix in eggs one at a time on medium speed, scraping down the bowl between each addition
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Mix in sour cream, vanilla, lime juice and zest
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Fold in crushed pineapple
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Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix on low speed until almost fully combined. A few streaks of flour are okay
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Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pans and bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes. Insert a toothpick to the center of the pound cake to check for doneness. Toothpick should come out clean or with only a few crumbs
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Allow the pound cakes to cool for 5 minutes then remove them from the pans and allow to cool fully on a wire rack
Making the Honey Buttercream
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Mix the butter and honey together for 2 minutes on medium speed in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment
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Add the sifted powdered sugar, milk, lime juice, zest and salt. Mix on low until combined
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Turn to high speed for 3 minutes until light and fluffy
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Top the fully cooled pineapple cream cheese pound cake with frosting and serve at room temperature