Best Key Lime Vanilla Birthday Cake Recipes

KEY LIME CAKE

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Key Lime Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting. Moist key lime cake with sweet cream cheese frosting. A light and fluffy citrus lime cake with the perfect lime buttercream frosting! The BEST Lime Cake Recipe!

Provided by Modern Honey

Categories Dessert

Time 35m

Number Of Ingredients 16

Ingredients

1 cup Canola or Olive Oil
3 large Eggs
1 1/3 cup Whole Milk
2 Tablespoons Fresh Lime Zest
1 Tablespoon Fresh Lime Juice
2 cups Sugar
2 cups Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 teaspoon Salt
1/2 cup Butter ((softened))
8 ounce Cream Cheese ((softened))
4 - 4 1/2 cups Powdered Sugar
1 Tablespoon Fresh Lime Juice
1/2 teaspoon Fresh Lime Zest
Fresh Limes ((sliced for garnish))

Steps:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
In a large mixing bowl, add oil, eggs, whole milk, lime zest, and lime juice. Cream for 2 minutes.
In a large bowl, add sugar, flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir into egg mixture and fold.
Spray two 9-inch or three 8-inch cake pans with nonstick cooking spray. Place batter into baking pans. If using three 8-inch pans, bake for 20-26 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. If using two 9-inch pans, bake for 30-36 minutes. Cool.

KEY LIME-CREAM CHEESE CRUMBLE CAKE

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We've captured the fresh taste of summer in our key lime-cream cheese crumble cake that uses Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ vanilla cake mix as the base.

Provided by Arlene Cummings

Categories Dessert

Time 1h20m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ vanilla cake mix, reserving 1 cup for topping
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 egg
1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated)
3/4 cup Key lime juice
2 eggs, beaten
Reserved 1 cup cake mix
1 cup chopped pecans, walnuts or combination of both
3 tablespoons butter, softened
Powdered sugar for garnish

Steps:

Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray. In small bowl, reserve 1 cup of the dry cake mix for the topping; set aside.
In medium bowl, mix remaining cake mix, 1/2 cup melted butter and 1 egg until well combined. Press in bottom of pan; set aside.
In large bowl, beat cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk, lime juice and 2 eggs with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Pour filling evenly over base in pan.
With fork, mix reserved cake mix with pecans and 3 tablespoons softened butter until crumbly. Sprinkle evenly over filling.
Bake about 45 minutes or until golden brown. Cool in pan at least 20 minutes. Before serving, sprinkle individual servings with powdered sugar.

Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 Serving

KEY LIME CAKE III

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This is a very moist cake. Very easy to make. If you like key lime, you will love this cake.

Provided by Judy

Categories Desserts Cakes Cake Mix Cake Recipes Layer Cake

Yield 30

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

1 (18.25 ounce) package lemon cake mix
1 ⅓ cups vegetable oil
4 eggs
1 (3 ounce) package lime flavored Jell-O® mix
¾ cup orange juice
½ cup butter
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
4 cups confectioners' sugar

Steps:

Combine cake mix, gelatin mix, oil, eggs and orange juice. Pour into three 8 inch cake pans. Bake according to instructions on box. Allow to cool, then frost.
To make the frosting: In a large bowl, beat the butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy. Add lime juice and confectioners sugar. Mix well.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 297.3 calories, Carbohydrate 32 g, Cholesterol 45.6 mg, Fat 18.2 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 2.8 g, SaturatedFat 5.8 g, Sodium 189.5 mg, Sugar 26.2 g