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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. Such a hard decision!! But I think Black Forest Cake is making me want to eat cake and have another baby and go shopping…. all at once.
    Great giveaway! LOVE Petunia Pickle Bottom!

  2. Key Lime Cream Cake!!

  3. Black forest!!

  4. I’m supposed to choose?!? ok black forest cake because it would go with everything, but really…LOVE the key lime and the plum tart as well

  5. I’m thinking the Plum Tart Cake. Looks so cool. I’m making the cake for sure too.

  6. I would pick Black Forest! <3 it!

  7. Black forest cake looks delicious!!! I would love love LOVE to win this one :)

  8. Key Lime Cream Cake looks great…both for the PPB bag and the recipe! :)

  9. Berry chiffon looks scrumptious!

  10. PlumTart please

  11. I love the Berry Chiffon Cake! So cute!

  12. Yum for the cake!!!
    I love plum tart cake :)

  13. I love them all but I would choose the Black Forest Cake because it would go with everything.

  14. I love them all, but my heart says Plum Tart all the way. Gorgeous bags!

  15. The Berry Chiffon cake is gorgeous!

  16. They’re all fantastic in their own way, but my favorite is the key lime because it’s sweet and tart. The contrast in colors is what makes this bag stand out in a crowd.

  17. The Berry Chiffon Cake is gorgeous!

  18. Yum! If I don’t win, I think I am going to have to buy one myself because the bags are so beautiful! Thanks for sharing your creativity and also cool products with everyone, Bakerella!

  19. Black Forest! All this cake talk makes me hungry :)

  20. The Berry Chiffon is gorgeous!

  21. I think I would go with the key lime.

  22. have been craving key lime as of late. Will have to whip this up soon!

    I think the Berry Chiffon bag is delightful!

  23. Black Forrest or Berry Chiffon! And I am making that cake this weekend!

  24. black forest is my favorite bag,and the key lime cream cake is making my hungry!

  25. They are all so delicious, but I am lusting after the Key Lime Cream Cake!!!

  26. oh i love the black forest cake one!!

  27. i’d go for the black forest cake!

  28. LOVE eating key lime pie although I like the Berry Chiffon cake bag best. What does berry chiffon cake taste like?

  29. Key Lime Cream Cake!! But they all look so yummy!

  30. Totally plum tart! So cute!

  31. I have been dreaming about these bags for YEARS!!! I would choose the Key Lime in a heartbeat.

  32. I love PPB! Especially the Black Forest Cake!
    I am a stay at home mom and I bake as a hobby. I own your cake pop book and everyone loves them. I even keep the book on display in my kitchen, is that weird?

  33. I would love to have: Berry Chiffon Cake Society Satchel is my FAVORITE. Love all the pretty cakes!

  34. Love the plum tort one! Great colors!

  35. I love them all! But if I HAD to pick…I would choose the Black Forest Cake

  36. hmmm, This is just pure evil…I am VERY pregnant and VERY hungry…..could I EAT that Black Forest Socirty Satchel???

  37. Black Forrest Cake is my favorite

  38. Black Forest Cake, positively!

  39. I love the Berry Chiffon Cake!!!

  40. I like the black forest one of those four but I’d be glad to use any of them.

  41. That cake looks unbelievable! I love all of these bags but especially the plum tart!

  42. Berry Chiffon please!

  43. Plum tart cake is our favorite!

  44. black forest

  45. Wow! I really love the Plum Tart Cake bag!
    B E A U T I F U L L L ! !

  46. I love the Plum Tart! They are all beautiful, though. :-)

  47. Yum! Black Forest cake is my favorite.

  48. The Key Lime is PERFECT for the summer! It is gorgeous and would make the sizzling Texas heat (108 Monday!) seem a little bit cooler.

  49. The Berry Chiffon Cake is just adorable!

  50. berry chiffon is classy and so feminine! I would love that! Thank you.

  51. Mmmmm the plum tart cake bag is the most beautiful color!!! I have loved it since they released it

  52. I love the Black Forest Cake!

  53. I’d love the Black Forest Cake

  54. I love the Key Lime, but the Plum Tart is beautiful too.

  55. The berry chiffon looks delicious! :)

  56. Berry Chiffon matches my taste and my clothes perfectly!

  57. key lime cream cake!

  58. I love the berry chiffon cake!!!! :) Thanks for the chance & the delicious recipie…now I’m off to the grocery store!

  59. That cake looks so so good!
    I would probably go with the key lime….

  60. I LOVE the Key Lime Cream Cake! Gorgeous bags!

  61. Love YOUR cakes. From Petunia’s, I choose the Berry Chiffon.

  62. I love ALL of them (but definately favorthe key lime)!!

    P.S. I LOVE YOUR BLOG!

  63. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…the Black Forest Cake!!!!

  64. LOVE LOVE LOVE the pink and grey Berry Chiffon!

  65. The Berry Chiffon Cake bag is to die for!! Along with a slice of that key lime cake you made! :)

  66. The key lime cream is absolutely adorable!! Perfect for my on the way gender unknown baby!!

  67. Ooohh they are all so gorgeous but I love the Black Forest cake. Man as a preggo chick this post is making me hungry for sweets :)

  68. As a mother of all boys, and therefore very little pink and purple, I have to compensate somehow for my girly desires. What better way to do it than sporting a plum tart cake petunia pickle button diaper bag!

  69. Key Lime Cake Bag = LOVE!!! (So does that Key Lime Cake Recipe as well!!!)

  70. I love the Black Forest bag! Cute!!

  71. I have to say this is an amazing blog I am so glad I found it, I am an avid baker and am also obsessed with purses so there you go, you have combinded my two loves lol! I would have to say that I have been lusting over the black forest cake bag! it is so beautiful. PPB is great they make amazing bags that are functional and beautiful every moms dream, because lets face it most diaper bags are so ugly the thought of toting them around makes me cringe :) great give away and a great cake

  72. I would LOVE the Berry Chiffon Cake!

  73. I LOVE these so much and have been wanting one for a LONG time. I am obsessed with them all, but I suppose my favorite is the Key Lime Pie. Great giveaway!

  74. Love Berry Chiffon :)

  75. key lime cream cake! Thank you so very much, I love your blog.

  76. Wow! Awesome giveaway! Just the bag I’m wanting and since I am unsure of the sex,key lime cream cake is perfectly neutral-love it!

  77. Key lime! (:

  78. Love the berry chiffon!!!

  79. Definitely the Black Forest

  80. Ooooh!!! These look scrumptious! Love the Black Forest Cake, just gorgeous!

  81. I love them all, but I lean towards Black Forest Cake! DARLING!! What a great item-loved the cake too.

  82. I love them all, but I lean towards Black Forest Cake! DARLING!! What a great item-loved the cake too.

  83. I love the Berry Chiffon! :)

  84. the key lime pie is SO cute! And that cake? divine! I will be making it for sure!

  85. The Key Lime Pie is beautiful!

  86. KEY LIME!!!!!!

  87. first I want to go make your key lime cake then I want to use the black forest cake bag!

  88. I love them all, but I lean towards Black Forest Cake! DARLING!!

  89. I love pink. Berry Chiffon Cake looks so pretty. Thank you for the giveaway!

  90. Key Lime Cream Cake! I know what I will be baking this weekend! YAY!

  91. I am definitely going to try this recipe! Love everything about your website i’ve been hooked since I bought your book in Jan. All 4 purse color are awesome, but my favorite would be the Black Forest Cake :)

  92. I would love to have the Key Lime bag! Green is such a happy color, especially for spring and summer. This would probably work all year round. Can’t wait to make the cake recipe too!

  93. I like the key lime and the black forest! Darling!

  94. Loving the black forest! Super elegant, gender neutral, and goes with everything!

  95. key lime…divine!

  96. Loving the black forest…super elegant, gender neutral, and goes with everything!

  97. The Plum Tart looks yummy!

  98. Well the Key Lime Cream Cake of course! Such beautiful shades of green!

  99. Berry Chiffon cake! So cute!

  100. Love them all, but I’d have to go with the Black Forest Cake!

  101. I would the key lime cream cake!!

  102. My favorite is the berry chiffon cake ;P

  103. I absolutely love the key lime cream cake, although they are all beautiful. :)

  104. Key lime definitely

  105. What a yummy cake! Will definitely have to make soon! Love PPB- the black forest cake is my fav! :)

  106. Key lime options always win out for me!

  107. Mmmm the cake looks SO good! Must try the recipe. Which bag would I like to have? Such a hard decision.. I want them all!! but since I have to chose, I would go with the Plum Tart Cake.

  108. Black forest cake! It goes with anything and everything!

  109. I’m torn between the Berry Chiffon & Key Lime… They’re both gorgeous & sound yummy! Your cake looks absolutely amazing too!

  110. Key Lime Cream Cake is so cute! I am going to try your recipe… it sounds amazing and being pregnant I think I could eat the whole thing :)

    Peace & Love to you and your business.

  111. What an awesome giveaway! Today’s my birthday so here’s to hoping. If I had to choose one I’d choose the Black Forest Cake, but the Berry Chiffon is a super close second.

  112. Key Lime Cream Cake. A perfect way to treat yourself at the hot summer weather :)

  113. Berry Chiffon is gor-gee-ous!

  114. I’m in love with the Berry Chiffon Cake!

    That has to be one of the most beautiful bags I’ve ever seen. Also – I love the Key Lime Cream Cake recipe, it looks amazing. I wonder if it would adapt well to other types of citrus? For a summery party, I’m thinking I could do the same recipe but with three different types of citrus – perhaps lime, lemon, and orange?

  115. They all look good. I’ll go with black forest

  116. I would love the key lime, and I would die for a piece of the cake right now too, only a few more weeks and I can have sugar again (I hope)!

  117. LOVE them all! So hard to pick…but if you make me, I’ll go with the Black Forest!

  118. I LOVE THE KEY LIME GREEN ONE!!! SOOOO NICE!!!!!!!

  119. Love them all! At the moment, the black forest looks the yummiest!

  120. The Black forest is my favorite but it was a tough choice

  121. These bags are so neat! Its a great way to camouflage a diaper bag! Love, love the colours in Plum Tart Cake!

  122. I absolutely love the “Berry Chiffon Cake”, I’m not sure I can participate though, I live in Europe.

    Thank you for the recipe, it looks delicious :P’

  123. Plum Tart Cake would look great on my one arm as I am dragging two little ones with my other in a store. LOL

  124. I am a green FANATIC, but I truly love each one of these yummy cake bags. The Key Lime has a true sparkle for me, I crave it! Yummy! Would love to win it!

  125. They are all beautiful, but I really like the key lime cream cake, it’s got a very refreshing feel to it.

    On another note separate from this…can I just say, I am so glad I saw this on facebook because I’ve been looking for a key lime pie/cake recipe to make for my father and this looks absolutely delicious, so thanks…I can’t wait to try it for his birthday. Thanks for all the details. Thank you for sharing.

  126. Black forest! My Fav!

  127. The Plum Tart Cake is gorgeous! And the key lime!

  128. so beautiful, so yummy!
    i’d go for the berry chiffon cake!

  129. They all look delicious, but I would have to pick the Berry Chiffon cake.

  130. I love the Berry Chiffon Cake! I also can’t wait to make your Key Lime Cream Cake! Now…I have an overwhelming desire for cake ;)

  131. Love the black, but I love them all…. So cute!

  132. I am absolutely in love with the black forest cake!

  133. I think they are all amazing, but if I HAD to choose it would be the Black Forest Cake.

  134. They are all super cute! I think I’d go with the Black Forest Cake…or the Plum Tart…or the Berry Chiffon – I don’t know – they are all too cute!

  135. Berry Chiffon Cake….too cute!

  136. Black Forest Cake!!!!!!!

  137. What an awesome giveaway! Plus I’ll be trying that recipe of yours! ;)

    I’m loving the black forest and key lime, but I’m gonna go with the black forest. :))

  138. Black forest cake, it goes with everything!

  139. I LOVE the Black Forest Cake! I recently purchased a PPB for my baby girl who is due in Sept. I LOVE their products.

  140. Key Lime for me!

  141. Berry Chiffon Cake!

  142. Key Lime Cream Cake! Love it!

  143. Plum Tart Cake, please! These all look delicious. Thanks for the chance to try one :)

  144. I’d LOVE the berry chiffon!!! It would totally go with my matching pocketbook!

  145. The Berry Chiffon is my favorite!

  146. They are all so pretty! But my favorite is Plum Tart.

  147. Plum Tart Cake!! (Although Black Forest Cake is gorgeous as well!) And I will be making this key lime cake today!! Looks divine!

  148. Black forest or key lime, pretty please!

  149. They all look delicious… but I would definitely choose black forest cake!

  150. My Favorite is the Berry Chiffon cake! Love those colors together.

  151. Black Forest Cake! But it’s hard to pick, love them all! :)

  152. There is nothing like some Key Lime Cream Cake in these hot summer months, hence my being my choice!! Love your website and thanks for thinking of us (pregnant) girls with this offer!

  153. The Berry Chiffon Cake… but then I don’t think my husband would care the diaper bag anymore.

  154. Black forest!

  155. Great looking bags and delicious cake!!! My favorite is the black florest one. Tks!

  156. Black forest. Her bags are so cute!

  157. They are all stunning, but I think my favorite would have to be Berry Chiffon. What a lovely bag!

  158. Oh my!! Berry Chiffon all the way!!

  159. Black forest please!

  160. Berry Chiffon Cake looks so delish!

  161. They all look wonderful. I think Plum Tart Cake is my favorite!

  162. Beautiful bags! Black Forest Cake please!

  163. I would black forest please!

  164. Black forest cake is the most versatile for me!

  165. The black forest is beautiful- however, the key line is devine!

  166. I love the PPB Cake line so much! Such a hard choice since they’re all so cute and yummy, but my favorite is the berry chiffon!

  167. Plum Tart! The plums are dropping off of my tree right now. Can’t get enough of them. These bags are beautiful!

  168. I love the black forest and the plum tart, super cute!

  169. Berry Chiffon or Black Forest cake are my favorites!! Not sure if I’m having a boy or girl, so black forest would be the one I’d choose right now!

  170. Key lime for sure! Gorgeous!

  171. Too hard to choose between the black forest cake or plum tart cake but I guess the black forest!

  172. I love them all and I want the Black Forest Cake!!!!!! I need this bad for my 2 week old daughter and 2.5 year old son!!!!!

  173. I love love the Key Lime Cake!!!

  174. Black Forest Cake would be my pick!

  175. Black forest!

  176. LOVE key lime pie!!

  177. I love the black forest cake bag!

  178. These are beautiful bags! I would have to choose the Berry Chiffon cake… just love the pink!

  179. They’re all fabulous, but I have to say Black Forest Cake. Spiffy!

  180. They are all beautiful, but I really like the Black Forest Cake!

  181. The Black Forest is so pretty!

  182. I love the key lime!! It would fit well up here in the green pacific northwest.

  183. I’m in love with the plum tart one! Fashionably delicious!

  184. Ohhhhhh the berry chiffon matches my sweet little Ella’s nursery ;)

  185. I just had a little girl last Monday and would LOVE a diaper bag! I’d love the Plum Tart Cake. Purple is the color of the nursery! :)

  186. They are all delish! I think I’m in the mood for some black forest cake today though!! ;)

  187. I would pick the Key Lime bag to go with my cake!

  188. Definitely the key lime cake!!! LOVE it!!

  189. I really like the berry chiffon or the black forest!!

  190. I love the black forest!! BEAUTIFUL

  191. The Plum Tart Cake is super cute!

  192. I love Berry Chiffon! It’s too cute!

  193. I love the black forest Cake!

  194. Loveove love the black forest cake! Stunning!

  195. Berry Chiffon!

    Your key lime cake is making my mouth water!

  196. Looooove the Plum Tart! So so so cute!

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