This key lime cake is very moist and easy to make. If you like key lime, you will love this cake.
Ingredients
- lemon cake mix: 1 pack (15.25 ounce pack)
- ⅓ cups vegetable oil: 1 piece
- orange juice: 0.75 cup
- eggs: 4 piece
- lime flavored Jell-O® mix: 1 pack (3 ounce pack)
- cream cheese: 1 pack (8 ounce pack, softened)
- butter: 0.5 cup
- confectioners' sugar: 4 cups
- lime juice: 3 Tbsp (fresh)
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease three 8-inch round cake pans.
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Make cake: Beat cake mix, oil, orange juice, eggs, and gelatin mix in a large bowl until well combined. Pour into the prepared cake pans.
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Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cake layer comes out clean, 16 to 18 minutes. Allow cake layers to cool completely.
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Meanwhile, make frosting: Beat cream cheese and butter in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Add confectioners' sugar and lime juice; mix until well combined.
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Fill and frost cooled cake layers.
