Margarita - Glazed Loaf Cake Recipe

How to make it

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• Coat a 5x 9 inch loaf pan lightly with shortening.
• cut a piece of wax paper to line the bottom of the pan and press it into place
• lightly coat the waxed paper with shortening
• sift the flour, baking powder,and salt together twice onto a piece of waxed paper..
• in a large bowl, mash together 1 cup of the sugar with 2 tablespoons of the lime zest until moist and fragnant
• add the butter and beat until smooth
• one at a time beat in the eggs.
• by halves alternately add the flour mixture and the buttermilk to the creamed mixture ; do not over mix.......
• pour the batter into the prepared pan
• bake at 350 degrees f. until a tooth pick comes out almost clean in the center about 50 minutes......
• cool the cake in the pan on a rack for about 15 minutes
• postion the rack in the oven 6 inches from the broiler
• in a small bowl stir together the remaining 1/3 cup sugar, the tequila, lime juice, and remaing 1 tablespoon lime zest and triple sec.
• remove cake from the pan and peel off the waxed paper
• set the cake upright on the broiler pan
• gradually spoon the tequila mixture over the top of the loaf, allowing it to absorb as much of the glaze as possible..
• set the cake under the broiler and broil until the top is bubbling and lightl browned, about 30 seconds to 1 minute
• transfer to a rack and cool completely before cutting.........
• serve 8
• note from tink;....now i made a key-lime icing extra ...and drizzled it on it when it was ready to eat and it was delicious ...........