Recipe: Perfect Key lime cake

Key lime cake.

You can have Key lime cake using 21 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Key lime cake

1. You need of Cake.
2. It's 1 of Butter for greasing pan.
3. Prepare 1 of Flour for dusting pan.
4. You need 3 oz of Package lime flavored jello.
5. It's 1 1/3 cup of Granulated sugar.
6. Prepare 2 cup of Sifted all-purpose flour.
7. You need 1/2 tsp of Salt.
8. You need 1 tsp of Baking powder.
9. You need 1 tsp of Baking soda.
10. You need 1 1/2 cup of Vegetable oil.
11. Prepare 3/4 cup of Orange juice.
12. Prepare 1 tbsp of Lemon juice.
13. It's 1/2 tsp of Vanilla extract.
14. You need 5 large of Eggs, slightly beaten.
15. Prepare of Glaze.
16. Prepare 1/2 cup of Key lime juice (from about 25 small key limes or 4 large regular limes.
17. You need 1/2 cup of Confectioner's sugar.
18. You need of Icing.
19. Prepare 1 stick of Butter, room temperature.
20. Prepare 8 oz of Package cream cheese, room temperature.
21. Prepare 1 lb of Box of confectioner's sugar.

Key lime cake instructions

1. For the cake:.
2. Preheat the oven to 350°F and grease and flour one 9x13x2 inch cake pan.
3. In a large mixing bowl mix the jello, granulated sugar, flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda stir to mix well.
4. Add the oil, orange juice, lemon juice, vanilla, and eggs mix until well combined.
5. Pour the batter evenly in the pan and bake for 35-40 minutes.
6. Test for doneness by inserting a toothpick or fork.
7. Cool the cake in the pan for 5 minutes then turn out onto a cooling rack.
8. For the glaze:.
9. While cake is still hot mix the lime juice and confectioner's sugar together well.
10. Pierce the cake all over with a fork to allow the glaze to soak in better and pour it all over the cake.
11. Allow cake to completely cool as you prepare the icing.
12. For the icing:.
13. Cream the butter and cream cheese then beat in the confectioner's sugar until mixture is smooth and easy to spread.
14. Frost your cake then enjoy.