Key Lime Cake

This Key Lime Cake is moist and delicious with a flavor of lime.

Ingredients:

Cake:

• 1 box of Lemon Cake Mix

• 1 box of Lime Flavored Jell-O Mix

• 1 cup Vegetable Oil

• 2/4 cup Orange Juice

• 2 Eggs

Cream Cheese Frosting:

• 1 package Cream Cheese, softened

• 2 cups Confectioners’ Sugar

• 2 tbsp. Fresh Lime Juice from one Lime

• 1/2 cup Butter

Instructions:

Cake:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 2 round cake pans with cooking spray.
  2. In a bowl of stand mixer, add in cake mix, oil, orange juice and lime jello mix, eggs, best until smooth and combined.
  3. Pour the 1/2 cake batter into 2 greased cake pans and bake for 35 minutes until light golden brown. Cool for 10 minutes before frosting.

Cream Cheese Frosting:

  1. In a bowl of stand mixer, add in the cream cheese, butter, beat well.
  2. Add in the sugar and fresh lime juice, beat well until combined to thickened.

Assemble:

  1. Place one cake on a cake serving plate, frost it and place the second cake layer on top, frost it. If desired garnish with lime slices.

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