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Key Lime Cake w/ Cream Cheese Icing




Source of Recipe


Cuisinart






List of Ingredients



• 2 1/2 c. flour
  
• 2 c. white sugar
  
• 1 tsp. baking powder
  
• 1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  
• 1/2 tsp. kosher salt
  
• 3 eggs
  
• 1 c. canola oil
  
• 1 cup key lime juice (freshly squeezed)
  
• ¾ cup sour cream
  
• 2 T. key lime zest
  
• ½ (14oz.) bag sweetened flaked coconut toasted
  






Instructions



1. Spray 3 nine inch round cake pans with non stick baking spray. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
   
2. Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. To the dry mixture add eggs, oil and lime juice mix on medium until creamy, about one minute and remember to scrape the sides. Lastly add sour cream and zest just mix until combined and smooth, also about a minute.
   
3. Pour cake batter evenly into cake pans and bake for about 25 to 35 minutes or until a tooth pick comes out clean.
   
   
4. When done allow to cool in pan for 5 minutes and then turn cakes out onto cooling racks let stand to cool completely about 1 hour , then using a long bread knife slice each layer in half. I will sometimes put the cake into the freezer for about thirty minutes to make it easier to cut. Now ice all layers of the cake with cream cheese and stack. When cake centers are iced then ice entire cake with cream cheese icing and garnish with toasted coconut all around the out side. Garnish with fresh lime slices cut in half three on the top right in the center to resemble a flower
   






Final Comments


Key Lime Cream cheese icing
2 (8 oz) package cream cheese softened
¾ c. butter softened
2 T. milk
1 T. Key lime zest
¼ c. key lime juice
1 T. vanilla extract
2 ½ lbs confectioners’ sugar

In a mixer cream together cream cheese and butter. Then add milk mix on high for about 30 seconds then put mixer on low. Then add vanilla and key lime juice while mixing and slowly add confectioners’ sugar mix until creamy and spreadable, fold in zest and ice cake..

Toasted coconut

½ lb. spread on baking sheet and place in oven on 375 for about 5 minutes fluff with fork and watch closely.