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Cinco De Mayo Margarita Pound Cake Recipe

May 21, 2014 by Lisa Pinney

Cinco De Mayo Margarita Pound Cake
 
I’ve had the most requests for this cake this month…
a delicious, orange-y, push-pop taste with a very festive look! 

Cinco De Mayo Margarita Pound Cake
 
 
1 orange cake mix
1 small pkg instant vanilla pudding
5 eggs
2/3 cup milk
1 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup tequila
2 TBSP triple sec liqueur
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  
Grease and flour your bundt pan.  
In mixing bowl, combine cake mix, pudding mix, 
eggs, milk, butter, lemon juice, 
1/4 cup tequila and 2 TBSP triple sec.  
Beat well for 2 minutes.  
Pour batter in bundt pan.  
Bake for 45 – 50 minutes until cake tests done.  
Cool in pan 10 minutes; turn out on rack to cool.  
Make glaze and pour over cake while warm.  
Glaze:
1 cup confectioner’s sugar
1 TBSP tequila
2 TBSP triple sec liqueur
2 TBSP lime juice 
Mix together until smooth.  
The festive ingredients…
 
Combine the cake mix, eggs, pudding…
 
Softened butter…
 
Milk…
 
Lemon juice…
Tequila…
 
and the Triple Sec…
 
Pour the batter into the prepared bundt pan…
 
Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes…perfection!
 
 
Turn out to cool…
The glaze…
Combine the confectioner’s sugar…lime juice…
 
and the triple sec…
 
Pour it over warm cake…
 
You’ll want to keep brushing it up the sides 
and middle of the cake…
 
It will be lovely like this!
 
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Cinco De Mayo Margarita Pound Cake Recipe

  • Author: Lisa Pinney

Ingredients

Scale
1 orange cake mix
1 small pkg instant vanilla pudding
5 eggs
2/3 cup milk
1 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup tequila
2 TBSP triple sec liqueur
Glaze:
Glaze:
1 cup confectioner’s sugar
1 TBSP tequila
2 TBSP triple sec liqueur
2 TBSP lime juice

Instructions

The Cake:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease and flour your bundt pan.
In mixing bowl, combine cake mix, pudding mix,
eggs, milk, butter, lemon juice,
1/4 cup tequila and 2 TBSP triple sec.
Beat well for 2 minutes.
Pour batter in bundt pan.
Bake for 45 – 50 minutes until cake tests done.
Cool in pan 10 minutes; turn out on rack to cool.
Glaze:
Make glaze and pour over cake while warm.

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Cinco De Mayo Margarita Pound Cake Recipe

  • Author: Lisa Pinney

Ingredients

Scale
1 orange cake mix
1 small pkg instant vanilla pudding
5 eggs
2/3 cup milk
1 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup tequila
2 TBSP triple sec liqueur
Glaze:
Glaze:
1 cup confectioner’s sugar
1 TBSP tequila
2 TBSP triple sec liqueur
2 TBSP lime juice

Instructions

The Cake:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease and flour your bundt pan.
In mixing bowl, combine cake mix, pudding mix,
eggs, milk, butter, lemon juice,
1/4 cup tequila and 2 TBSP triple sec.
Beat well for 2 minutes.
Pour batter in bundt pan.
Bake for 45 – 50 minutes until cake tests done.
Cool in pan 10 minutes; turn out on rack to cool.
Glaze:
Make glaze and pour over cake while warm.

Did you make this recipe?

Share a photo and tag us — we can't wait to see what you've made!

 

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