Key Lime Cake Recipe

Moist key lime cake with sweet cream cheese frosting. A light and fluffy citrus lime cake with the perfect lime buttercream frosting!

I work long and hard to perfect my cake recipes. I take baking cakes pretty seriously and want to pass on these tried and true recipes to my children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren…so they better be perfect!

I have been baking since the time I could climb up on a stool and help my Mom in the kitchen. Baking cakes and cookies for my friends and family have always been my favorite thing to bake! I shared how my kids get to choose the flavor of their birthday cake every year and they get pretty creative! Since my daughter, Sadie, is obsessed with anything lime flavored, I knew this had to be her special birthday cake.

This is literally one of my husbands favorite cakes I have ever made. It is seriously the best lime cake!

We just returned home from a Caribbean cruise with the family and had the best time! It was so nice to be away from cellphones and laptops and reconnects as a family. My kids felt like Kings and Queens with access to unlimited food and drinks! Our favorite virgin non-alcoholic drink was definitely the mojito — made with fresh lime juice and mint. This drink was definitely the inspiration for this fresh key lime cake!

This Key Lime Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting can be made as a layered cake with two 9-inch cake pans or three 8-inch cake pans or in a 9 x 13 pan.

Key Lime Cake

Key Lime Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting. Moist key lime cake with sweet cream cheese frosting. A light and fluffy citrus lime cake with the perfect lime buttercream frosting! The BEST Lime Cake Recipe!

Prep: 15min

Total: 35min

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Canola or Olive Oil
• 3 large Eggs
• 1 1/3 cup Whole Milk
• 2 Tablespoons Fresh Lime Zest
• 1 Tablespoon Fresh Lime Juice
• 2 cups Sugar
• 2 cups Flour
• 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
• 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 1/2 cup Butter ((softened))
• 8 ounce Cream Cheese ((softened))
• 4 – 4 1/2 cups Powdered Sugar
• 1 Tablespoon Fresh Lime Juice
• 1/2 teaspoon Fresh Lime Zest
• Fresh Limes ((sliced for garnish))

Instruction:

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