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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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4,990 comments on “Key Lime Cream Cake”

  1. Love them all, but would like the Black Forrest!

  2. Black forest cake :)

  3. Berry chiffon!

  4. Love these can’t decide between key lime and black forest. :)

  5. I covet these bags! Black forest cake is exquisite.

  6. Berry Chiffon Cake Please!

  7. I LOVE the recipe for the Key Lime Cream Cake. So I will go with the Key Lime handbag.

  8. I’ll go with the Key Lime, too. I can’t resist anything green!

  9. Black Forest!!

  10. They are all gorgeous…I would love the Key Lime Cream Cake for my little guy who is in a couple of weeks! :)

  11. I’ve got to make this cake and it’s a really hard decision between the key lime cream or the black forrest. I think I’ll go with the black forrest.

  12. I love the Berry Chiffon Cake!

  13. The Berry Chiffon looks fabulous!!

  14. Oooh, the Key Lime Cream Cake, pretty please! And I desperately need a new diaper bag!

  15. They all look delicious, but the Black Forest Cake is my favorite!

  16. I’d have to go with Black Forest Cake!

  17. I love the Black Forest bag!

  18. I would love the Berry Chiffon Cake. My baby girls stuff would go perfect in it.

  19. I would love the plum tart cake! Especially since my 4-year-old broke the zipper on my purse yesterday at church!

  20. The Black Forest Cake is definitely me! This Key Lime Cream Cake is awesome. Thank you.

  21. The Black Forest Cake! Or the Plum Tart Cake!

  22. all are so yummy! But key lime is the yummiest!!! :-)

  23. Oh, the cake looks delicious and SO perfect for summer!

    I love me that Black Forest Cake handbag, though. Wow!

  24. Wow! This cake looks fabulous. The hubby is gonna love this cake. I can’t wait to make it!!

    The key lime pie color bag is my favorite. Luv it.

  25. Key Lime!! And your cake looks delicious! I need to try and make that!

  26. I’d have to say I am a black forest kind of girl…. The bags are so cute and the cake looks delish!

  27. My heart sings for key lime~ the sunny bright spring green – too awesome for summer!

  28. Key Lime Cream Cake, please! :)

  29. Your Key Lime Cream Cake looks so yummy!!! All of the Satchel Cake Bags are so cute but I have to say my favorite is the Plum Tart Cake.

  30. I love love love and would love love love to win the berry Chiffon one!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE

  31. so hard to choose, but it would be Key LIme…Love the green.

  32. Black Forest Cake for sure!

  33. Black Forest Cake!

  34. I love, love, love, the Berry Chiffon Cake bag!

  35. They all look delicious! I think I like the Plum Tart the best. Key lime cake looks yummmy too!

  36. plum tarte cake

  37. Oh my they all look yummy, but I’ll take the Black Forest Cake !!

  38. I definitely want to try this recipe! I love the berry chiffon cake!

  39. While I like them all, I would have to say the Black Forest Cake would be one that I could use the most often.

  40. I love the colors of Berry Chiffon Cake.

  41. The black forest cake bag would go with every single outfit I own. Looking forward to making this cake as well, I love key lime.

  42. Love the Berry Chiffon! Am having a baby girl in September who I’m sure would love for Mama to have such a stylish, girly diaper bag! :)

  43. Can’t wait to try this Key Lime Cream Cake! My fav bag is the Plum Tart Cake!!

  44. i just had a little girl, so i’m in love with the plum tart!

  45. So hard to choose! I would be happy with any of the flavors. How about the plum tart.

  46. Key Lime Cream Cake!!!

  47. Absolutely love the berry chiffon. My husband loves Key Lime pie, so I will definitely try this cake. Thanks

  48. I would totally pick the Plum Tart Cake. Those bags are lovely and fun. Your cake looks absolutely scrumptious!

  49. My friend’s birthday is July 4th and she loves key lime, so I think I am going to try to make this cake for her birthday. It is so pretty. My favorite bag color would be Berry Chiffon or I would go for the Black Forest. Thank You

  50. I love the berry chiffon!

  51. I would love to win the berry chiffon cake!

  52. Ooooooh. The cake looks delicious. I’ve got to try it soon. The bag – I love the Black Forest flavor. Looks as if it would go with everything.

  53. They are all beautiful, my favorite is the berry chiffon.

  54. They are all great, but I would take the black Forest Cake

  55. They are all fabulous, but I’d have to go for the Key Lime Cream Cake…LOVE the color for the summer! And I LOVE your blog! Been following it for over a year now. :)

  56. Key Lime Cream Cake! (And who wouldn’t be interested in that recipe?!)

  57. OMG I love the Plum Tart, but the Berry CHiffon is a close second :)

  58. I think I’m in love… with plum tart!

  59. I love them all!!!! IF I had to choose, I’d probably go with the Berry Chiffon Cake. Looks good enough to eat!

  60. Plum Tart Cake!

  61. Plum Tart Cake!

  62. I love the Black Forest Cake for everyday, but I think Key Lime Cream Cake would be lovely for a special bit of color. :)

    (And an actual key lime cream cake? YUM!)

  63. they are all adorable – but the BLACK FOREST CAKE is my favorite!!!!

  64. I love the Black Forest Cake!!

  65. Black Forest Cake please!!!

  66. Berry Chiffon – so sweet! :)

  67. Key lime! Or Berry Chiffon…

  68. Love love love the Berry Chiffon…

  69. Ooh, I loooooove the Key Lime and the Plum Tart! I think I’d have to pick the Plum Tart if I could only choose one. :)

  70. Key lime cream cake please! Oh, and the key lime bag too… :)

  71. OMG – the Key Lime Pie is tooooo cute. I love all of them but the Key Lime Pie stole my heart. Thanks for the cake recipe also! :)

  72. Key lime. But they are all terrific.

  73. The Plum Tart Cake is adorable!

  74. I would love the black forest cake bag!!

  75. Everything looks so beautiful!
    I don’t know if I can participate because I’m from Argentina, but anyway I would love to have the Black Forest Cake. I love your blog!

  76. I’m diggin’ the key lime cream cake

  77. Berry Chiffon for sure!

  78. Love the black forest! yum :)

  79. The Berry Chiffon Cake!

  80. I think I’d get the most use out of the Black Forest Cake Bag. So cute!

  81. I love the Black Forest Cake- it would actually make a really fun diaper bag as well!

  82. I LOVE the Black Forest Cake!!!!

  83. Love all of them but Plum Tart is super cute!!

  84. Oooo Berry Chiffon cake… soooo pretty! Love lov e love :)

  85. I think that the Black Forest Cake looks amazing!

  86. The bags look as yummy as that cake. I can not wait to try this recipe.
    What a great give a way…While eating my Key Lime Cake I would choose the Cake Bag Berry Chiffon.

  87. I love them all! How to choose between key lime and black forest?? I would be happy to own any of them <3 thank you for doing this give away !!

  88. They are all so pretty…love them all…if I had to choose my favorite is the Black Forest!!!

  89. Plum Tart Cake! Omnomnomnom…

  90. The Key Lime would liven up my attire. They are gorgeous!

  91. The Plum Tart is my favorite :)

  92. That’s a tough decision but I think the key lime pie is awesome!

  93. Berry Chiffon Cake

  94. Black Forest is my favorite!

  95. I would definitely go with the Key Lime Cake!!! I love that shade of green as a neutral.

  96. love the berry chiffon cake!

  97. Berry Chiffon Cake for sure!

  98. Berry Chiffon Cake would be yumalishous!!!

  99. Oh, how hard to choose… I think Plum Tart is the one that I would use the most, and go with more things… But they are all so beautiful. Thanks for the super fun and cute give-away!

  100. PS – they are all so beautiful. Key Lime is my fav.

  101. Key Lime! Love the green!!

  102. The bags are decadent, just like so much you post here. I love your blog! My favorite bag is the Black Forest Cake.

  103. Berry Chiffon – so gorgeous!!

  104. I would want the Key Lime Cream Cake. So pretty!

  105. Berry Chiffon, but they’re all cute!

  106. Black forest cake! Perfect Summer to Fall fashion :)

  107. I’d love the black forest cake bag w/the keylime cake you made inside….yes! ..i can finally have my cake and eat it too!

  108. Love the Black Forest Cake!!! Um, yum!!!

  109. To be honest I would love the actual cake, pregnancy brain;) Love the colors in them all but I think I would go with the Plum Tart!

  110. Black Forest Cake, I love the striking contrast of the black and cream.

  111. They’re all so pretty…but if I had to choose one, it’d be Plum Tart Cake :)!

  112. the black forest cake for sure!

  113. This recepice is to die for cant wait to try it! I would love the Black Forest Cake!

  114. Oh goodness! I love them all but my favorite one would have to be the Black Forest Cake. It reminds me of mornings spent in the kitchen with my Mother baking her famous chocolate cake for family parties, since she’s not with us anymore my daughter and I now make her cake together.

  115. These are too cute! My first choice would be the Black Forest Cake but the Key Lime is a close second. We have something coming up at work and I can’t wait to try this cake recipe! Thanks!!

  116. I love Petunia! And your key lime cake looks delish!
    My favorite is Plum Tart Cake :)

  117. Love love love the Berry Chiffon! Love them all but the Berry Chiffon is my fave!

  118. Key Lime… and I can’t wait to make the cake!

  119. Black forest cake goes best with my wardrobe, but I think they’re all cute. If I don’t win, I may have to splurge!

  120. Black forest all the way!

  121. Key Lime or Plum Tart! So cute.

  122. I;d love the Berry Chiffon Cake bag!!

  123. I really Like the Key Lime Cream cake, But the Plum Tart one is really cute as well.

  124. The Black Forest Cake, please.

  125. I’d love to win the Black Forest Cake! Gorgeous! I can’t wait to try the Key Lime Cream Cake though….I love Key lime!! Need to find an excuse to make one!!

  126. The cake looks absolutely mouthwatering and the bags, well, they too look mouthwatering, especially the Black Forest Cake!!

  127. Love them all!! And the recipe too. Yummy all around. If I had to pick….Key Lime Cream Cake.

  128. I love the berry chiffon bag, but realistically, would probably carry the black forest cake bag more since it goes with so much!

  129. They all look fab but I think Berry Chiffon Cake is my favorite. :)

    I am off to mix up that Key Lime Cake. It looks amazing and perfect for a summer day!

  130. They are all adorable but I love the Berry Chiffon Cake

  131. I like the Black Forest Cake one! Thanks for the giveaway!

  132. I love the Berry Chiffon!

  133. so yummy i am going to try this cake.
    and the bags are amazing!!!!!
    i love the Berry Chiffon the most :)

  134. I would choose the Black Forest Cake! I love these bags!

  135. The Berry Chiffon Cake!!! I love PINK!!!

  136. They are all so lovely – I have no idea how to choose! Green is my favorite color, so I just might have to pick the Key Lime! *^.^*

  137. Ooooooooooooooooooo BLACK FOREST CAKE <3<3

  138. These are the most adorable bags! Please consider me for one! My husband’s fav is Key Lime! It’s just so darn cute!

  139. Hard to choose, but I think Black Forest Cake…yummy!

  140. I love the black forest cake bag! The berry is pretty too!

  141. I love the Black Forest one or the Key Lime. They are beautiful and a wonderful giveaway!

  142. The bags are absolutely beautiful. I can imagine how much fun it would be to carry anywhere and to find great matching outfits to show it off! Your site is just fabulous – with or without giveaways!

  143. BERRY CHIFFON for me!!! ;) what a fun giveaway.

  144. Black Forest Cake!!

    Thanks for the great giveaway!

  145. Plum Tart Cake please!

  146. I really like the Key Lime Cream Cake bag. Thanks for the recipe, I know what I will do for my Mother-in-Law’s birthday cake in a couple weeks. :)

  147. Berry Chiffon – but I like them all!

  148. Way cool! I didn’t realize these were diaper bags!

  149. OH…plum tart cake please!

  150. Ooooo….I”m lovin’ the Key Lime Cream Cake!!!! So pretty! What a fun giveaway! The recipe looks great, too!!

  151. Berry Chiffon Please (and a slice of Berry Chiffon Cake?)

  152. Black Forrest Cake!!!!!!

  153. I love love love your cake and the Key Lime bag, but if I win I think I will have to choose the Black Forest bag. Black is just so much more versatile, especially with my wardrobe colors.

  154. I love the plum tart!

  155. I love the Black Forest Cake! And with a second baby on the way, this would be fabulous!

  156. Ohhh tough choice, but it would be the Berry Chiffon. Love the color combination

  157. Key Lime would be my choice, and thanks for the great recipe, I have a birthday party coming up, this cake will be perfect for it.

  158. The Black Forest Cake would be th most practical, but when it comes to cake, who wants practical?! I’d choose the Plum Tart cake!

  159. I love your blog and those bags…my favourite is the Black Forest Cake. Thanks for your generosity!

  160. Oh this is my favorite kind of cake and pie. I think like everybody else that the Black Forest Cake bag is amazing!

  161. Mmmmm… Black forest would be a great treat!

  162. This sounds yummy and refreshing! I think this may be my choice for a birthday cake this year :) Thanks for your continued inspiration!

  163. got to be plum tart!

  164. The Key Lime Cream is really beautiful, but I have to admit, the Berry Chiffon took my breath away! Such a striking color combination! (Plus, I’m a sucker for pink!)

  165. Key Lime Cream Cake just suit me! Love it!

  166. I love them all, too! Key Lime is the most like me, though.

  167. Ooo, Berry Chiffon please :) I love the Key Lime and Black Forrest as well :) This cake recipe looks wonderful! I think I’ll make it for our anniversary next month.

  168. LOVE the Plum Tart Cake one! Can’t wait to try out the recipe too. Looks really yummy! <3

  169. I like the berry chiffon cake…so sleek of a bag (and a tasty treat)!

  170. Black Forest Cake! It has always been one of my favs! Plus this would end up being one of my favorite knitting bags! It would go everywhere with me.

  171. Decisions, decisions, decisions :) I think they’re all beautiful, but I’d go with the Key Lime Cream Cake, because it would make my green eyes pop! That dress is gorgeous too!!!

  172. I love the key lime bag. I wear green all.the.time.
    Love your blog!

  173. Black Forest Cake! So Cute!

  174. Pretty!!! Berry Chiffon Cake Bag.

  175. They are all adorable!! The Black Forest Cake is my favorite, if I had to choose one. :)

  176. Hands down – the Black Forest Cake!

  177. Berry Chiffon. Too lovely!
    Also, going to surprise the Boy this weekend with this cake. He’s going to go nuts.

  178. I would love the Berry Chiffon! Not only does it look delicious but it sounds Yummy too!

  179. Berry Chiffon or Key Lime Cream! Those are absolutely gorgeous. Thanks for thinking of us!

  180. Plum Tart Cake

  181. These bags are amazing! If I won, I’d love to have the Black Forest Cake. Thanks!

  182. I love them all!!! I would have to go with Berry Chiffon or Black Forrest.

  183. Key Lime Cream, naturally.

  184. Key Lime Cream Cake, please… Love the bag… I am going to make the cake, too.

  185. It’s tough, but I’m gonna say Key Lime although I may change my mind :)

  186. Key Lime Cake, please, please!!!! Though, they are all adorable. I’m a huge Key Lime Pie fan and the cake looks amazing….I’ll be making it soon!

  187. The black forest looks absolutely delicious!

  188. I love your blog and these bags! The Black Forest Cake is my favorite. Thanks for your generosity! :)

  189. I love the Black Forest cake bag!

  190. I agree. There’s nothing like a good key lime dessert in the Summer. For my bag pick, I like the Plum Tart Cake. Thanks for having the giveaway. “Petunia” sounds like a great company.

  191. Have to go Key Lime Cake, not only is it my favorite color but it is my favorite flavor.

  192. Key lime for sure!

  193. I love the Black Forest Cake…it’s beautiful. :)

  194. Plum Tart Cake for sure

  195. Love these bags and love the blog! Crossed fingers and toes that I win!!! Thanks Bakerella!

  196. I love the pink chiffon……… I love them all. lol

  197. What a gorgeous cake and the bags, too! In three weeks after this boot camp thing I’m doing…I’m making that cake. The Black forest tort would go with everything! Thanks for the info on the bags.

  198. Plum tart Cake

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