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Key Lime Cream Cake

Key Lime Cream Cake

I made this Key Lime Cream Cake to go along with a fun handbag giveaway for today.

If you’ve followed the blog for a while you may remember this Red Velvet Clutch or this Buttercream Bag from a while ago. I know – handbags are kind of weird to show on a baking site, but not when the theme is cake and when the bag colors come in fun flavors like Key Lime Cream. Umm… yes please. The bags are from the Petunia Pickle Bottom line called … Cake. And I’ve been enamored with them for a while now. They are actually fashionably disguised diaper bags. But you can totally rock them without having to carry diapers around all day to justify wearing one. They are definitely too pretty for just one purpose.

I’ll show you in a minute. But first… a little Key Lime Cream Cake.

Key Lime Cream Cake

Decorated with swirls of whipped cream and graham cracker crumbs. Yum!

Key Lime Cream Cake

And four layers of key lime cake. Four uneven layers that I could have split better. But that’s okay. Still good.

Cake

Here’s the recipe or if you are more interested in the giveaway, just keep scrolling.

Key Lime Cream Cake

Key Lime Cream Cake

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Additional Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes

Ingredients

Cake

  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1-1/2 cups sugar
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3 eggs
  • 2/3 cup oil
  • 2/3 cup key lime juice
  • 3/4 cup sour cream

Frosting

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 2 - 8 oz packages cream cheese, softened
  • 2 - 16 oz boxes confectioners' sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/4 cup key lime juice (optional)
  • green food coloring (optional for color)

Whipped Cream

  • 16 oz. heavy whipping cream
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

  1. For cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour two 8-inch cake pans.
  2. Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt into mixer. Add eggs, oil and lime juice. Beat until smooth. Add sour cream and beat until smooth.
  3. Pour into prepared pans and bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool and frost.
  4. For frosting: Beat butter and cream cheese until smooth. Beat in vanilla. For really creamy frosting, mix in 1/4 cup of key lime juice. You can also leave it out or add more confectioners sugar to make it thicker. Add a small amount of green food color if you'd like the frosting tinted.
  5. For Whipped cream: Chill metal bowl and beaters in freezer for about 20 minutes. When ready to whip, add ingredients to the bowl and beat until stiff peaks form.
  6. Divide cake into four layers and frost. Pipe top with whipped cream or add crushed graham crackers to the side of the cake if desired. Refrigerate.
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Key Lime Cream Cake Purse

Hey there! Want to know more about the giveaway. Well, here’s the bag in Key Lime Cream Cake. It’s made of cut velvet and comes with straps to carry several ways. Pretty handy. Oh and it has a separate little clutch, too. Check out this post on the red velvet bag I gave away a while back – it really shows off some of the details. The custom stamped name and zipper pulls are enough to make you swoon. And for more info on the bags from Petunia Pickle Bottom, click here.

Want one? Want to pick your own flavor?

Enter for a chance to win a $325 Petunia Pickle Bottom Society Satchel Cake Bag.

  • To enter, just leave a comment on the blog and tell me which one of the flavors below that you’d like to win. Easy enough.
  • Deadline to enter is Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at 7 pm ET. Sorry, TIME’S UP! Winner announced below.
  • One winner will be chosen at random and announced sometime Tuesday evening.

Disclosure stuff: Handbag is courtesy of Petunia Pickle Bottom and giveaway is sponsored by me because I like these bags.

 

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Good luck!

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Okay, we have a winner. Yay! And I thought for sure it would be someone that picked Black Forest Cake based on all of the responses.

winner

Congratulations Jamie! I hope you love your plum tart cake bag!

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4,992 comments on “Key Lime Cream Cake”

  1. Black Forest, and I’d give it to my niece who had a baby 4/13/12. She reads your blog, so I’d HAVE to make good on it!

  2. Oh your cake looks so yummy! So I am going for the Key Lime Cake all the way!!

  3. I love the Black Forrest or the Plum Tart Cake!!

  4. Plum tart is my favorite!

  5. I love the Berry Chiffon! The grey and pink together is divine!

  6. I totally love the Key Lime Cake!

  7. Yum! I could just eat up the Berry Chiffon bag!!

  8. Oh my gosh SO cute!!! I’d have to pick the black forest one, but I love the berry chiffon, too. =D

  9. The Berry Chiffon Cake!

  10. plum tart

  11. I LOVE them all! But, if I were to choose one, I’d say the black forest cake so it would go with more things. :)

  12. Key Lime is beautiful, but Berry Chiffon is my fav.

  13. Love the recipe!! My favorite would be the Black Forest Cake!!!

  14. I would love the Berry Chiffon Bag

  15. I would love the Black Forest Cake (goes with most everything I already have :-) ).

  16. I love, love, love the Key Lime!

  17. Key Lime Cream Cake, most definite my fav!

  18. Black Forest Cake for sure!

  19. Black Forest Cake please!

  20. I would be thrilled to get ANY of the colors, though the berry is probably my favorite! Thanks for the recipe, sounds so good I can’t wait to make it!

  21. I am torn between the Berry Chiffon & the Plum Tart. If I had to choose one, it would be Berry Chiffon!

  22. berry chiffon cake!!!

  23. They’re all so lovely, but I really like the Berry Chiffon bag…such beautiful colors!

    Not as beautiful as your cake though ;)

  24. Wow, these are so cute. It’s so hard to decide. I think I would have to go with the black forest cake.

  25. Berry Chiffon!

  26. Oh, so hard to decide which is my favorite! I would prob say Black Forest Cake, its the color that is most practical. But I love them all!

  27. Plum Tart!

  28. Black Forest!

  29. Black forest cake. However I will have to make the key lime cream cake for my Dad who just loves key lime pie.

  30. Key Lime! Or maybe Berry! I can’t decide!

  31. I would love the Black Forest Cake, but they are all amazing!

  32. I’m torn, they’re all adorable! Think I have to go with the berry chiffon

  33. These bags are so cute! Love them all, but feel partial to the black forest cake. Thanks for the opportunity!

  34. I would love the Black Forest Cake!! I need a new purse. I love you blog too.

  35. I like the Berry Chiffon. I am in desperate need of a diaper bag that looks like a purse. I hate my diaper bag!!! Thanks for the contest!

  36. oh my goodness Berry Chiffon! so very adorable

  37. I love the Black Forest Cake bag! (And it just so happens to be that Black Forest is one of my favourite cakes as well!)

  38. I love the black forest! And the cake looks yummy!!

  39. black forest cake!

  40. I love Key Lime it is my favorite and I love the color; however, if I win I will take the Black Forest, only because I wear so much black! Thanks for a chance to win.

  41. Those bags are too cute!! I love the plum tart one!

  42. They all looks so yummy! I’d have to go with the Berry Chiffon Cake.

  43. Oh, they’re all cute… but I think the black forest cake bag is my favorite (black goes with everything!).

  44. I LOVE the Berry Chiffon!

  45. I LOVE the black forest cake!!! :)

  46. The cake is amazing!! I can’t decide if I like the key lime or the black forest better!

  47. Gorgeous! I would love the Berry Chiffon Cake please =)

  48. I love the key lime one! Would work well for a boy or a girl. :)

  49. Gorgeous! I would love the Berry Chiffon Cake bag :)

  50. The Key Lime one! So cute

  51. berry chiffon cake, i would love to win i love your site my favorite go to thanks

  52. Trying to win this for my daughter…my first grandchild! Key Lime Cream Cake.

  53. Key lime pie is so cool in the summer.

  54. Berry Chiffon!

  55. Love the Berry Chiffon & Key Lime Cake. So cute!!

  56. I love Petunia! I must confess I have the chocolate cake bag and absolutely am in love with it. I think the Berry Chiffon would be a perfect pairing!

  57. Black Forest Cake definitely!

  58. I think I like the Berry Chifon the best.

  59. Key Lime! To go with the cake recipe!

  60. I would say it is tough to choose!

    I enjoy the key lime cream cake and the plum tarte cake… you choose!

  61. Black Forest is as lovely a flavor as it is a purse!

  62. I’ve drooled over these bags for many moons. The Black Forest Cake is my favorite, simple and amazing!

  63. Mmmh! Looks delicious! And with the summer coming, I really do need a Key Lime Cream Pie!

  64. Tough choice, but I think it’s got to be the Key Lime Pie one!

  65. All so pretty….but I think the most versatile would be Black Forest!

  66. Black Forest Cake, please!

  67. The Black Forest Cake, my niece just had a baby boy, I would love to give it to her.

  68. I just love the Black Forest!

  69. I love them all but my favorite is the black forest bag.

  70. The Berry Chiffon looks simply delicious!

  71. Love the black forest cake bag, don’t like the real cake hate cherries but love the bag

  72. That cake looks divine and the key lime bag is gorgeous!

  73. Serve me up some Key LIme please!! :)

  74. I like them all but i LOVE the key lime cream cake one…I’ll admit that i might have a slight fixation with brigth green and this bag would match every dish i own……

  75. Berry Chiffon Cake!

  76. Love the black forest!

  77. My favorite is Plum Tart Cake….

  78. Umm… berry chiffon. *love* this bag.

  79. I love the Plum Tart Cake! So cute.

  80. Black Forest!
    LOVE Petunia Pickle Bottom!!

  81. Key Lime Cream Cake PLLLEEEAAASSSEEE :)

  82. I can’t decide!! They are all so pretty :)

  83. Black forrest cake.

  84. The Berry Chiffon would is probably my favorite, but I like them all!!

  85. I like plum tart!

  86. hardly anyone seems to like the Plum Tart, but it is beautiful! also, Cake please.

  87. Plum Tart!

  88. I like them all but i absolutely LOVE the berry chiffon!

  89. I love the Black Forest Cake!!!

  90. My wife loves your site! I love your site for giving her o much tasty inspiration! She loves purses I’m pretty sure she would go crazy for the black forest cake!

    Pedro

  91. So cute!!

  92. black forest is my favorite… key lime cream would be a very close runner up! oh my, they are all awesome!!!

  93. The Plum Tart Cake. Beautiful!

  94. I absolutely love the black forest cake! Would be perfect to tote around my wedding plans ;)

    Denise

  95. The Black Forest Cake is my favorite!

  96. gotta be the berry chiffon for me! And I’m making the key lime cake this weekend!

  97. Key Lime Cream Cake!!

  98. black forest sounds extra yummy. Yes please

  99. The Key Lime looks delicious! The cake’s not too bad either :)

  100. Black Forest Cake looks great!

  101. Wow, my jaw just about hit the floor when I saw that Key Lime Creme Cake…I think it may just deserve a party of its own! Love the Key Lime bag…

  102. Black Forest Cake, please!

  103. Black Forest Cake! I love B&W!

  104. Cute Cute bag and yummy cake!

  105. Oh.My.Goodness! That cake! That bag! Too much wonderfulness :-O
    Ummm, so if I were to win (super hard to choose!) I’d pick Berry Chiffon

    So making that cake this weekend…. thanks as always Bakerella <3

  106. I would like the black forest cake bag.

  107. I love the Berry Chiffon Cake. Its soo elegant! Definately my favorite!

  108. I love them all but I’d have to say black forest is my personal fav..the colors go with anything!

  109. I love them all!!!! They are absolutely gorgeous, but if I had to choose, the key lime would have to be my favorite! And the key lime cake recipe sounds and looks amazing, can’t wait to try this one. Thanks!!!!

  110. Berry Chiffon! So pretty :)

  111. The Black Forest Cake is so perfectly matched to the theme of MMCP…I must have one!!!
    Fingers crossed!

  112. The Key Lime bag is adorable. :) I would love to have it for the new baby coming in December! :) yay!

  113. LOVE the Berry Chifon Cake bag! but let me say I am so appreciative of Bakerella her recipes are the best..my favorite was the banana pudding in the jars! my whole family loved them! Love you keep giving us inspiration!

  114. Yum! My favorite is the Black Forest Cake!

  115. the Key Lime Cream Cake for me!

  116. Black Forest Cake looks amazing!

    I’m totally trying your cream cake recipe this week!

  117. Love the berry cream one!!!

  118. Plum tart definitely!

  119. I’d choose the Key Lime Cream Cake for sure! :)

  120. They’re all beautiful, but I love the key lime cream cake.

  121. Oh so yummy I cannot decide
    Berry Chiffon.. wait no Key lime Pie.. No no berry Chiffon.. ahhh shoot now I’m hungry!! lol

  122. Far out! I love the Key Lime Cream Cake! Although the Black Forest is a VERY close second!! Beautiful!!

  123. They’re all so cute, but I love the berry chiffon.

  124. i guess i’d go for the plum tart!!!

  125. black forest all the way!

  126. Can’t wait to try this recipe!!! So I would choose the Key Lime Cream handbag!!! :)

  127. Black Forest Cake!

  128. Black Forest would go with everything, but I love the Plum Tart best!

  129. Plum Tart is my favorite. and the cake looks great will try it soon!!

  130. I would lllllllllooooooooovvvvvvveeeee to have that beautful Black Forest Cake hanging off my arm.

  131. How lovely and generous! I love the Black Forest Cake!

  132. I love the Berry Chiffon Cake, and am thinking about actually making a chiffon cake with boysenberries…the bags were so inspiring!

  133. They’re all beautiful, but I think I’d go with the key lime. The actual cake looks divine, too!!

  134. I’d be happy with any of them I love them all. The black forest cake would go with anything.

  135. Love the Black Forrest Cake, although the Key Lime is a really close second! Thanks.

  136. The plum tart is so pretty :)

  137. I can’t decide…I love them all! I would take any of them!

  138. I’ll have the Key Lime Cream Cake! Yum!

  139. Love the Black Forest one!

  140. Plum tart cake! :)

  141. I love the plum tart cake. I don’t have a purse that color!

  142. Black Forest is divine!

  143. Key lime – love it!

  144. UGH, I love the keylime cream cake! SO CUTE!

  145. Plum Tart Cake!

  146. Plum tart cake is my fav!

  147. oh, that plum tart is so different and pretty. Black Forest is a close second. thank you for hosting this!

  148. Definitely love the key lime – such a fun colour for summer! And the cake to go along with it sounds divine!!!!

  149. The berry chiffon bag is pretty!!

  150. Having a hard time choosing between plum and black forest, but I think I’d go with black forest, ’cause black goes with everything! Your key lime cake looks amazing, by the way. I’m going to have to try that out real soon :)

  151. Oooohhhhh, the berry chiffon cake is pretty!

  152. The Black Forest Cake bag is Fab-Bu-Los – love, love, love it! Gotta bookmark that website, the bags are amazing. I’m in charge of dessert for a 4th of July sunset dinner barbeque and I’m going to make the Key Lime Cream Cake – mmmmm looks so good!!!

  153. I would take any of them, but the berry chiffon is unique. Thanks for the chance to win one of these most beautiful bags.

  154. I just found out Im pregnant and would have to say “Black Forest Cake” since its the most neutral color of the four. But I would love ANY of them, they are adorable!

  155. Yummy that cake looks fabulous!
    Berry Chiffon Please!

  156. I’d love a plum tart cake!

  157. I love the Black Forest one as it transports me back to the 70’s and the many Black Forest Gateaux I made for my family and friends to enjoy! And to this day, forty years on, at parties I still get asked if I’ve made a Black Forest!

  158. I love the Black Forest cake!

  159. These are such cute bags! I would love the Berry Chiffon Cake but any would be awesome!!

  160. Those bags look scrumptious (and so does your key lime cake)!

  161. The Berry Chiffon Cake Looks the best to me…

  162. Ooooh I want the Berry Chiffon! It was hard to pick one they are all gorgeous! :)

  163. The Berry Chiffon is beautiful!!!

  164. I would try them all!

  165. I love all of them! But I think the Plum Tart cake would go best with my personality (and closet).

  166. Ooooh, so hard to choose but I love the Berry Chiffon!

  167. Now if I could only have the key lime cream cake AND the bag to go with it!!

  168. Love them all, but the Plum Tart Cake is my favorite!!

  169. Berry Chiffon is my favorite! Very pretty bags :)

  170. They are absolutely beautiful! It would be hard to choose just ONE because they all go with everything in my closet! But I have to say the black forest is growing to be my favorite!!!

  171. Plum Tart looks divine!

  172. I love the black forest bag!! And I cannot wait to try the cake recipe! The hubby loves key lime!!!

  173. Black Forest Cake! Love it>

  174. The bags look yummy. I would choose either the berry chiffon cake or the plum tart, please. Thank you for having the giveaway.

  175. Black Forest Cake!!

  176. Key Lime – most definitely!!!!!!! I love the color green!

  177. Plum Tart would be lovely, thank you!

  178. The Black Forest Cake is my favorite!

  179. Oh my goodness! So cute!

    I’d choose the Berry Chiffon. Squee!!!!

  180. Beautiful! I love the Berry Chiffon!

  181. I always get Key Lime Pie when I have the option…. but I think for the bags my favorite would have to be the Plum Tart Cake!!

  182. The Berry Chiffon is absolutely gorgeous!

  183. Key lime is alway my favorite cake so does the bag color. I would love to have key lime pie bag.

  184. You always have the coolest giveaways!!! Any of them would be awesome to have, but I would have to say my first choice would be Black forest, 2nd plum tart, 3rd key lime & 4th berry chiffon

  185. The Plum Tart Cake is so cute!

  186. i would have to go with… the black forest cake! :)

  187. Just like cake, it is hard to choose just one, but I think I’m in a key lime pie mood today!

  188. Black forest! Those bags are so cute!

  189. That key lime cake looks amazing. LOVE key lime! For the bags I have to go with the Berry Chiffon though. How beautiful! Thanks for the chance!

  190. I’m not cazy about lime…unless it’s in a mojito. Black Forest sounds good to me!

  191. oooo berry chiffon!

  192. Yummy Concept! Black Forest Cake for me!

  193. I would love the key lime pie bag. My upcoming little girl’s stuff would look great in it!

  194. I love them all, but the Key Lime Cream Cake is just too fun! I’d go with that bag…and the actual cake to go with it. Guess I better get to baking!

  195. The Berry Chiffon Cake bag looks very elegant and sweet. That one’s my favorite.

  196. Plum Tart most definitely.

  197. Black Forest Cake! :)

  198. black forest torte please! :)

    (you totally rock…)

  199. I would choose the Black Forest Cake!

  200. The Black Forest bag would rock my wardrobe!

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