Key Lime Cake
Author: Sugar n' Spice Gals
Cuisine: dessert
Ingredients
- 1 box vanilla cake mix
- (3.4 oz.) pkg. instant lemon pudding
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup oil
- 4 eggs
- 2 Tbsp. key lime juice (about 4-5 key limes squeezed)
- green food coloring (I used about 4 drops)
- GLAZE:
- 2 cups confectioners sugar
- ⅓ cup key lime juice (fresh squeezed is the best, but you can use bottled)
- FROSTING:
- 1 cube butter
- 1 (8oz. pkg.) cream cheese softened
- 1 (16 oz.) box powdered sugar
- 1 tsp. key lime juice
- ½ cup finely crushed graham crackers
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a bowl combine cake mix, pudding, water, oil and eggs and mix together
- Add key lime juice and food coloring to desired color.
- Grease and flour a 9x13 pan.
- Pour cake batter into pan and bake in oven for 50 minutes, or until cake is set.
- Let cake cool for about 10 minutes.
- Using a fork, carefully poke several holes into the cake.
- Make glaze by combining powdered sugar and lime juice and stirring until smooth.
- Pour glaze on top of the cake slowly so that it will seep into the holes.
- Let cake completely cool.
- For frosting, blend together butter, cream cheese and powdered sugar until you have smooth consistency. Add the key lime juice and blend in.
- Frost cooled cake and sprinkle graham cracker crumbs on top.
- ENJOY!
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You girls must know I am a lime freak…this looks fabulous! I will take one extra large piece. Thanks 🙂
~Amber @ Dessert Now, Dinner Later!
I think I am now going to be a lime freak too after making this! I would love you to share any other lime recipes you have!
This sounds so delicious!!! What a great way to use those key limes!!!
I love key lime! Thanks for sharing on Foodie Friends Friday!
Hi~ I love key limes! Love the crushed graham crackers on top too:) Thanks for sharing this fun cake~ Lynn @ Turnips 2 Tangerines
What is a cube of butter?
A cube of butter equals 1/2 cup, or 1 stick of butter. Hope that helps!
Robin
in the instructions it calls for cake mix, but is not included in the ingredient list. How much and what kind of cake mix does this call for?
Hi Monica,
I’m happy you commented so we can fix the recipe. But it would just be one box vanilla cake mix. We hope the recipe turns out tasting fabulous 🙂
-Becky