Easy Key Lime Cake with Key Lime Cream Cheese Frosting

Rich, bright, and fluffy, my Easy Key Lime Cake with Key Lime Cream Cheese Frosting has a tangy lime flavor with decadent cream cheese frosting. It’s great for spring and summer special occasions!

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This cake is the perfect balance of sweet and tart

The cake layers or tender and moist and absolutely a must-make recipe for your next celebration… or no special occasion at all. This is a refreshing cake that’s sure to be a crowd-pleaser and guilty pleasure.

Easy Key Lime Cake with Key Lime Cream Cheese Frosting

Citrus makes me think of Spring. This cake makes a great springtime dessert. St Patrick’s Day, Easter, and Mother’s Day would be the ideal time to enjoy this cake.

One of my favorite things to do is take an extensive recipe and make it easier to prepare. (You know how impatient I am!) I would love to spend hours in the kitchen baking and decorating cakes, prepping and preparing beautiful meals. But, the truth is, I just don’t have that kind of time. My boys have activities and need help with homework and such. I did implement a chore system for them to follow this summer, but they still need supervision. Therefore, for now, it’s simple, easy, and quick dishes!! (Mostly)

This recipe was inspired by Trisha Yearwood’s Key Lime Cake, but I made it easier! I started with a cake mix with additions that make it taste homemade. The Key Lime Cream Cheese Frosting is completely from scratch.

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Easy Key Lime Cake with Key Lime Cream Cheese Frosting

Prep Time15 mins

Cook Time27 mins

Total Time42 mins

Course: breakfast or side

Cuisine: American/Southern

Keyword: cake, dessert

Ingredients

For the cake

• 1 package white cake mix
• 3 ounces lime gelatin
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 3/4 cup orange juice
• 4 large eggs
• 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

For the Frosting

• 1/2 cup butter at room temperature
• 8 ounces cream cheese at room temperature
• 3 and 1/2 cups confectioners sugar sifted before measuring
• 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

For the cake

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 3 - 8 inch round cakes pans or 1 - 9x13 cake pan.
• In a large mixing bowl, add cake mix and gelatin. Add 1 cup oil and ¾ cup orange juice and beat on low. 
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Add lime juice and vanilla. Beat 2 minutes on med hi, scraping sides. 
• Pour into cake pans. Bake 8 inch layers 22-25 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Bake 9x13 inch cake 27- 30 minutes. Cool completely before icing with Key Lime Cream Cheese Frosting.
• *For the stacked layered cake, I used three 8 inch pans and cooked them for 27 minutes at 350 degrees.

For the Frosting

• Beat 1/2 cup butter and 8 ounces cream cheese until smooth, add confectioners sugar with a mixer on low. Add lime juice and vanilla. Mix until smooth. Frost cake. 

Notes

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