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Key Lime Pie Cake

Jacklin Altman
This key lime pie cake takes classic key lime pie flavor and turns it on its head. Sweet, tart, and with great texture, it's a summer hit! Recipe is for one 9" round cake, which I cut in half and frost + stack to create a perfect half-cake. If you want to make a full 2 layer cake, double everything below.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Cooling Time 2 hours
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 6
Calories 590 kcal

Equipment

  • Mixing Bowls
  • Stand Mixer
  • Cake Pans
  • Oven

Ingredients
  

Cake:
  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1/2 tbsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/4 cup canola oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 egg beaten
  • zest of half a lime
Lime Curd:
  • 6 tbsp fresh lime juice
  • zest of one lime
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 5 tbsp butter
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
Frosting:
  • 6 tbsp unsalted butter softened to room temperature
  • 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs or 2.5 sheets, crushed finely
  • 1.5 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tbsp milk may need to add more to reach desired consistency

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350F
  • Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt in a medium bowl.
  • In a separate bowl, beat together egg, canola, milk, vanilla, lime zest.
  • Combine wet and dry ingredients into one bowl and stir until you have a uniform batter.
  • Pour into a greased 8" or 9" cake pan and bake for 25-30 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
  • While the cake is baking, start on your lime curd.
  • Stir egg yolks, sugar, lime juice, and lime zest in a small saucepan until well combined. Put over low heat and stir consistently with a wooden spoon until the mixture begins to thicken. Add butter and stir until smooth.
  • Remove from heat and pour into jar and allow it to cool.
  • Once cake is out of the oven (you can level off the top if you wish), place is on a cooling rack and allow it to come to room temp.
  • While it's cooling, make your frosting. Combine softened butter with powdered sugar and vanilla and beat in the bowl of a stand mixer until mixture is uniform. Add graham cracker crumbs and beat on medium speed. Once well incorporated, add milk a little at a time to thin the frosting out to the proper consistency.
  • Once cake is cooled, pipe a ring of frosting around the outer edges to hold in the lime curd. Then fill your cake with curd and pop it in the fridge to set.
  • Once the curd has firmed up a bit (give it 30 min or so), frost your cake as you normally would, slice it, and enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 590kcalCarbohydrates: 83gProtein: 7gFat: 27gSaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 191mgSodium: 291mgPotassium: 119mgFiber: 1gSugar: 61gVitamin A: 616IUVitamin C: 5mgCalcium: 130mgIron: 2mg
Keyword key lime pie, Cake, dessert, key lime, lime
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