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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. Do you have a Key Lime Cream Cake, ready to be sent To Portugal, on your giveaway? :0)

  2. Berry Chiffon and Black Tart are beautiful!

  3. I like the black forest cake!!

  4. OMG definitely the key lime lime cream cake

  5. I would love the Berry Chiffon … can it be delivered with one of your cakes inside it?

  6. This cake is a must try on my list….

    my fav is The black forest cake…

  7. I can’t wait to make the cake!!! I usually always go for black, so I think I’d like to win the Plum Tart Cake bag, although they’re all equally beautiful!

  8. I love this bag! So cute! If I win, I’d like it in the key lime cream cake!

  9. Love the Berry Chiffon Cake!

  10. My husband is so excited about this post!! He LOVES key Lime anything!! Now I have a great recipe and an opportunity to win a fab bag!! Sweet!! Fingers crossed for the Key Lime Cream Cake bag! <3

  11. These are soooo cute! I would love to have one!

  12. OH MY GOSH! What a delicious looking cake! I’m for SURE going to make this one!
    Thanks so much for the recipe and also for the view of the cake bags. I would LOVE to win one and the one I would choose would be the key lime bag, it’s just beautiful!
    Thanks!
    Deborah

  13. I love the key lime cake because I could match with my favorite dress…

  14. Plum tart cake is gorgeous!

  15. They all look so wonderful. I like the Plum Tart. But I like the Key Lime too. Black Forest is versatile. All very lovely!.

  16. Love the Plum Tart!

  17. Key lime looks just about perfect!

  18. I love the key lime cream cake bag. What great colors!

  19. The berry chiffon cake

  20. Looks like the perfect summer cake. Thanks again for all the great ideas you share.

  21. Black forest (with Key Lime a VERY close second!)

  22. Berry Chiffon. Although it probably isn’t fair to ask to pick one. :O)

  23. Oh plum tart please or maybe black forest, I love them all.

  24. I love the Black Forest Cake!!

  25. I really love them all. They are so cute. If I had choose, the black forest cake bag is right up my alley! I just love this site.

  26. Plum Tart Cake looks finger lickin’ good to me!

  27. They all look delicious, so hard to choose but, I would love the berry chiffon! I hope I win!

  28. Definitely the berry chiffon!

  29. Key Lime for sure!!!

  30. I would looove the Berry chiffon-lovethe pink!!!

  31. I’ve been in Key Lime Pie mode all summer! Would have to go with that lovely combination of greens (although, like everyone else, that Black Forest Cake is quite swank as well). Key Lime Pie for me!

  32. Black Forest Cake!!! <3

  33. hmm Plum Tart takes my heart every time.

  34. Delicious- I would order up the Black Forest!

  35. I love the Berry Chiffon!

  36. All of the bags look scrumptious! But if I have to choose one, it would be the Plum Tart Cake. Can’t wait to try the Key Lime Cream Cake, it to looks scrumptious.

  37. I looking the black forest cake! so beautiful!

  38. The cake looks sooo good & sounds delish! :)

    For the handbag I would have to choose the Plum Tart Cake, it’s SO cute! :-D

    <3 Jenny

  39. Looooooooove the Berry Chiffon Cake

  40. Black Forest for sure. But if I’m eating, I take your Key lime cream cake.

  41. The Berry Chiffon Cake would be an amazing bag to have!

  42. Love the Plum Tart Cake

  43. Key lime pie! beautiful! And the Back Forrest Cake.. And the Berry Chiffon… and the Plum Tart… please..

  44. Either Black Forest Cake (would go with everything) or the Key Lime Pie (green is my favorite color) :)

  45. I would go with either the key lime or the black forest…

  46. Berry chiffon cake!!!!

  47. I love cake! Berry chiffon would be my favorite…..yum! 4 kids later and no diaper bag as cute as these!

  48. any one of them would be great but key lime pie is my favorite

  49. I love the Black Forest bag! It would go with just about anything.

  50. It’s so hard to choose between Key Lime and Black Forest. I think I slightly prefer the Black Forest.

  51. I love Berry Chiffon Cake.

  52. They all look good but my favorite is black forest cake.

  53. Oh wow! So cute! I love the key lime creme cake!

  54. Green is my most favorite color and I would love the key lime bag!

  55. Key lime please!!! Yummy

  56. Plum tart cake, definitely! :) yum yum!

  57. Oooo! A cool slice of Plum Tort sounds heavenly right now. Having a bag to match that would be wonderful. :}

  58. i LOVE the black forest…..thanks for the chance to win!

  59. Looks delish! I love the key lime bag and also the berry chiffon one you listed. SO fun!

  60. They are all yummy! If I had to pick one, I’d pick the plum tart.

  61. Key lime or black forest

  62. black forest!

  63. black velvet!!!

  64. They are all great bags but the Black Forrest Cake is my favorite.

  65. If you could enjoy these wonders! …
    Berry chiffon cake, Plum cake tart …

  66. Beautiful! Key Lime is my favorite.

  67. My favorite is the key lime cream cake.
    Thank you ^_^

  68. Oh my goodness, the key lime cream cake is GORGEOUS!!!!!

  69. key lime!!!! bellissima!!!!!!!!

  70. A Plum Tart Cake would be a great cake for my birthday today!!

  71. Berry chiffon looks so classy!!

  72. definitely the key lime. love the giveaway. thanks.

  73. All are cute, but I love the colors on plum tart the best.

  74. think i will bake this cake this weekend. I always leave a comment but never win anything–oh well!

  75. Plum Tart has taken my heart! (corny, I know) ;-)

  76. I totally want the bag….No, the cake. No, the bag….the cake….

  77. Well, I couldn’t choose, so my 6 year old son helped. Black Forest it is!
    BTW, I grew up in southern FL & I am SO glad to see you sticking with the real deal – key lime juice. There is no substitute! ;->

  78. Omg! That cake looks so delicious! And the Black Forrest Cake handbag is gorgeous!

  79. Ooh, I’d probably pick Berry Chiffon, I love pink + gray!

  80. I’m a chocolate girl – the Black Forest for sure!

  81. oooo, I wish I had this recipe for Father’s Day since his favorite is Key Lime Pies but few of the family members like key lime pies. So I had to make mini pies and a whole other dessert…. But the flavor in a cake. I think we could have gotten away with just one!

    But for the giveaway….. yummy Black Forest Cake!!

  82. I love these bags!!!! I especially love the Plum Tart, the colors are so great and it is so feminine and fun!!!!!

  83. Key Lime Creme Cake! By the way, the cake looks yummy! I just wish my husband ate citrus stuff so I didn’t get stuck eating the whole cake myself!

  84. I’d have to go with the Black Forest cake! It would match most of my closet :) I can hardly wait to try that recipe too!

  85. They are ALL divine…but…black forest is totally my style!!

  86. The key lime cake is lovely. But i would love to have the black forest pls…

  87. Black forest – chocolate is a must.

  88. Most definitely Black Forest. Beautiful!!

  89. I´d definately choose Berry Chiffon. It´s just too cute! <3

  90. black forest is my favorite and that key lime cake looks so moist!

  91. Love the Key Lime Cream Cake! They are all beautiful!

  92. Black Forest Cake- one of the first cakes i saw that inspired me to start baking…(:

  93. Love the Berry Chiffon Cake!

  94. Love the cake it is beautiful! I am really into lime and lemon right now too.

    If I had to pick a Favorite it’d be the Plum Tart Cake. The Key Lime Cake is my second choice.

    How fun! Good luck to everyone!

  95. The Berry Chiffon Cake ^^

  96. This recipe is perfect for a co-worker’s farewell party this week…thank you! I also love the Key Lime Cream Cake bag.

  97. key lime!

  98. The cake looks so delicate and amazing!
    I would go w/ the Black Forest Cake bag :)

  99. Loved the Key Lime bag until I scrolled down and saw Black Forest Cake – Amazing!

  100. I’m a plum tart girl!

  101. I’d have to flip a coin between the Key Lime and Black Forest.

  102. Plum Tart Cake. It’s so pretty!

  103. I love the black forest cake or the plum torte cake purse.

  104. The berry chiffon cake

  105. KEY LIME CREAM CAKE! :)

  106. Key Lime Cream Cake diaper bag

  107. My friend is trying to have a baby…this would be the perfect gift for her.

  108. I love the black forest

  109. Key Lime Cream Cake for sure!

  110. I am in love with that berry chiffon bag!

  111. So cute! It’s a tough choice between Berry Chiffon and Plum Tart, but I think I’d have to go with Bery Chiffon. LOVE these!

  112. OMG! I am drooling and really, really, wanting a slice of cake right now!
    All of the bags are gorgeous but I think I prefer the Key Lime Cream Cake. It would be perfect for the summer!

  113. BLACK FOREST! I get so excited each time you post btw :)

  114. Key Lime Creme Cake is def. my favorite!

  115. Oh my goodness these are beautiful! The plum tart cake bag would look the best with my wardrobe… but the key lime cake would go best in my stomach right now! ;)

  116. I would LOVE the berry chiffon cake! I love pink & grey!!!

  117. Plum Tart!

  118. Black Forest Cake is my style! They’re all so gorgeous. (I’d actually be happy with any. Lol.) :)

  119. The Key Lime is lovely – so different, not your typical purse colors. I can not wait to figure out an excuse (this week!) to make this beautiful cake. Thank you – Bakerella!

  120. Those are just amazing! It would be lovely to have if this pee-stick comes out with a plus sign on Friday…

  121. I LOVE the Black Forest Cake. How adorable!

  122. Key lime!

  123. I would love to be seen carrying the Plum Tart Cake bag!

  124. What a cute idea to name the styles of bags after cake flavours :) I reckon Black Forest and Plum Tart both look amazing – if I win you’ll have to pick one for me! Fingers crossed!

  125. Berry Chiffon Cake!!!!

  126. I LOVE the Black Forest Cake!

  127. Black Forest Cake…darling AND daring!
    Thank you!

  128. Plum Tart Cake! It reminds me so much of everything that my Nana used to wear, such an elegant lady that had every bag under the sun and a watch to match!! Love the website, hope your health is still on the upswing and you’re enjoying the summer!

  129. I’ll stick with the Key Lime Pie!

  130. Oh Plum tart all the way!

  131. wOW, THEY’RE BEAUTIFUL! I love all the colors, but probably would have to pick plum!

  132. So pretty! That cakes looks fabulous. I think I’d have to pick the key lime pie bag in honour of it.

  133. Ooh, the Plum Tart is my favorite, but I do like them all!

  134. I would love all of them but my favorite is the Black Forest Cake! And I can’t wait to make the Key Lime cake… it sounds and looks beautiful.

  135. They all look so Yummy! I like the Berry Chiffon one!

  136. I’d love to win the Black Forest Cake bag, it would be the perfect diaper bag for when my little one arrives! And, I am really craving that Key Lime cake now, yum!

  137. Key Lime! Cake and Bag! They both look scrumptious!

  138. Love the Black Forest Cake! :)

  139. I love the Plum Tarte Cake bag! So pretty!

  140. Black Forest Cake is my choice!

  141. I am definitely a plum tart kinda girl. But I want that Key Lime Cake for my husband – although I’m afraid I’d lose him to you…heehee

  142. Plum tart cake or the black forest are my favorites! Delighted to win either one of them! Love, love, love, Bakerella posts!

  143. All are so unique! Love black Forrest!

  144. Plum Tart Cake, please! Yummy.

  145. Black forest cake please. So pretty

  146. I could definitely rock a plum tart bag!

  147. I think I have to go with Berry Chiffon :)

  148. I am DYING for that Black Forest bag!! Love, love, LOVE!!! I passed a store today that had a Petunia Pickle Bottom bag in the window so I had to stand there a drool for a few minutes!

  149. Black Forest Cake!!!!!

    Bakerella, I have been somewhat addicted to your site for a while now! Please know how wonderful all of your creations are. You have inspired my daughter(age 7) to be a budding baker. Keep up the wonderful work. I look forward to your post each week!

  150. I love Key Lime Cream Cake….OOOOhhh I’m hungry.
    Rachel

  151. black forest yummmmmmmo!

  152. Oh no, how to pick! Berry Chiffon or Key Lime… but maybe Key Lime if I really had to choose.

  153. my gosh…. they’re all gorgeous, but I particularly love the Berry Chiffon (:

  154. My favorite is the key lime pie

  155. They are all really pretty! I think I would choose either the black forest, or berry chiffon!

  156. I love the Berry Chiffon!
    …and I’d love a diaper bag that doesn’t scream “I’m an ugly diaper bag!” like my current one.

  157. That’s hard – I like them all! But I guess I would choose the berry chiffon:)

  158. Definitely, Black Forest Cake although they’re all gorgeous.

  159. I cannot wait to make this cake, and I know the Black Forest Cake purse will go perfectly with a slice.

  160. I like the Key Lime Cream Cake the best, but I’m also practical and predictable and I would probably have to pick the Black Forest because it would be the most everywhere-friendly!!

  161. I love the colours of plum tart but black forest is way more versatile. And I do have diapers to tote around! It would be amazing to have such a beautiful bag! That cake looks amazing ! I’d love to try it.

  162. I love the Key Lime Cream Cake!!! Wouldn’t mind a slice from recipe either!

  163. Key Lime Cream Cake…and I am making this for my mom for her birthday this week!

  164. Black Forest please!

  165. My favorite is the Black Forest Cake

  166. OH, how I love cake! and I love the Black Forest bag!!

  167. OOOH I really like either the Plum Tart or the Black Forest! This would be a perfect birthday present for my mom!

  168. I love the Berry Chiffon, but they are all gorgeous!!

  169. They’re all cute…but my favorite would have to be black forest cake!

  170. Black forest cake, and it’s my sisters bday soon an she loves lime, so this would be great!

  171. i like the plum tart one. all the bags are so cute though :)

  172. Plum tart!

  173. I was so sad to be done with my Petunia Pickle Bottom Diaper Bag! I’d sure love to have that Plum Tart Cake bag all for myself! Love your cake recipe also. Can’t wait to give it a try!

  174. The Berry Chiffon Cake is to die for!!

    This recipe is wonderful as well. Any tips on getting the crumbs around the edge of the cake without fudging up the frosting too terribly much?

  175. I would love to win the Berry Chiffon Cake! Beautiful key lime cream cake, by the way! Today is my dad’s birthday and he LOVES key lime!

  176. The Black Forest Cake!

  177. I do love them all but the Plum Tart is divine!

  178. Berry Chiffon is dreamy with a capital D

  179. Wow, that cake looks yummy! And my favorite is Black Forest Cake.

  180. I love Black Forest Cake and Key Lime Cake!! These bags are beautiful and your Key Lime Cake looks heavenly sinful!!

  181. Key Lime! :)

  182. Black Forrest Cake is my favorite!!

  183. The Plum Tart Cake looks beautiful

  184. Mm…. Either Plum Tart or Black Forest.

    And that key lime cake up there looks beautifully delicious!

  185. Love the Key Lime Cream pie bag….must have!!

  186. Black Forest Cake – chocolate, cherries, and whipped cream = YUM!

  187. berry chiffon cake!!!

  188. Key lime! Feel free to send a slice of cake too :)

  189. Yum!! That cake looks amazing!! Such a hard choice, but I would have to say Black Forest Cake :)

  190. What a fun bag and thank you for offering it to your readers. I love the berry chiffon cake bag.

  191. Oh it’s a toss up between the Key Lime and the Black Forest! They’re both so beautiful.

  192. the black forest cake looks yummy but then again they all do

  193. Berry chiffon cake! So pretty! :)

  194. I just plain love cake! Any of them are really pretty. I think I’d choose the plum tart cake just because it sounds so delicious and looks so beautiful! Thanks for your wonderful site! I view it several times a week. Best wishes to you always.

  195. I love all of them!! :) Black Forest Cake is my favorite !!

  196. Considering I just found out that I am six weeks pregnant, this give away is a wonderful coincidence! I am between the black forest and the key lime myself.

  197. berry chiffon cake

  198. I love the plum tart!-and all of them!

  199. Berry Chiffon Cake, please! thanks for the amazing giveaway :)

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