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key lime pound cake

2 light cups flour 2 tsp corn starch 1 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt 1 cup butter 2 cups sugar 4 eggs 3/4 cups milk 1 tsp key lime zest (~3 limes) 2 tbsp key lime juice (~3 limes) 1 tsp vanilla

• Sift flour, baking powder, corn starch, and salt together.
• Cream butter and sugar together
• Mix eggs, lime zest, lime juice, and vanilla with butter and sugar
• Add flour mixture and milk alternately and mix.

3 graham crackers butter

• Put the graham crackers in a plastic bag and crush them as finely as possible with a rolling pin
• Melt some butter and butter a bundt pan or two loaf pans
• Dump the graham cracker crumps in the pan(s) and shake untill they coat the sides.
• Pour in batter

Bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour.

• After taking the cake out of the oven, gently pry it out of the pan onto a cooling rack.
• While it's warm, spread lime glaze over the top:

1/2 cup confectioners' sugar 2 tbsp key lime juice (~3 limes)

• Mix together!

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