Key Lime Cake

Name: Key Lime Cake
Ingredients: FOR THE CAKE:; 3 sticks Margarine; 8 ounces, weight Cream Cheese; 3 cups Sugar; 6 whole Eggs; 1 Tablespoon Vanilla; 3 cups All-purpose Flour; _____; FOR THE SUGAR BATH:; 1 cup Sugar; 1/2 cups Fresh Lemon Juice; 1/2 cups Fresh Lime Juice; _____; FOR THE FROSTING:; 8 ounces, weight Cream Cheese; 1 stick Margarine; 4 cups Powdered Sugar; 1 teaspoon Fresh Lemon Juice; 1 teaspoon Fresh Lime Juice; 1 teaspoon Vanilla; 1/3 cups Fresh Lime Zest

21 ingredients

5 steps

Ingredients

FOR THE CAKE:
3 sticks Margarine
8 ounces, weight Cream Cheese
3 cups Sugar
6 whole Eggs
1 Tablespoon Vanilla
3 cups All-purpose Flour
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FOR THE SUGAR BATH:
1 cup Sugar
1/2 cups Fresh Lemon Juice
1/2 cups Fresh Lime Juice
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FOR THE FROSTING:
8 ounces, weight Cream Cheese
1 stick Margarine
4 cups Powdered Sugar
1 teaspoon Fresh Lemon Juice
1 teaspoon Fresh Lime Juice
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1/3 cups Fresh Lime Zest

Directions

1

Preheat oven at 325 degrees.
2

Begin by preparing the cake. Beat 8 oz. (1 package) of cream cheese with 3 sticks of margarine until creamy. Add 3 cups sugar. Add eggs one at a time and mix until combined. Add 1 tablespoon vanilla, then 3 cups of flour and mix until combined. Bake in a greased and floured bundt pan for 75 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
3

While cake is baking, prepare the lemon/lime sugar bath. Bring 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup lemon juice and 1/2 cup lime juice to a boil, then let simmer for 10 minutes. Set aside.
4

Now make the tart cream cheese frosting by beating the remaining cream cheese (8 oz.) with 1 stick margarine. Slowly add in 4 cups powdered sugar, mixing until creamy. Add the teaspoons of lemon, lime juice, and vanilla, then mix until incorporated. Stir in lime zest. Set aside.
5

Once cake is done, pour half of the lemon/lime sugar mix into the pan with the hot cake. Wait for 5 minutes, then flip the cake and paint the remaining lemon/lime sugar mix onto the top of cake. Once cool, drizzle tart cream cheese frosting all over cake. Serve and enjoy!