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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. In the middle of the summer here in New Orleans I’m always looking for a refreshing dessert…and this Key Lime Cake Recipe looks like a hit!! Will try it this weekend….and to go with it I’d love to win the Key Lime bag.
    Thanks for hosting this great contest!

  2. Oh I need that Black Forest Cake!

  3. Plum tart cake is my favorite!

  4. Oh! I love all of them…to only pick one I would say Black Forest but I would take any of them! They are adorable!

  5. oohh the key lime cream looks decadent! Thanks for sharing!

  6. My favorite is the Black Forest Cake! Though as bags go they all look amazing…and as cakes go…well…yum

  7. This cake looks so tasty! My favorite bag is the Berry Chiffon Cake, so cute!

  8. Oooh! I love that Key lime cream cake one! I just want to gobble it up! So cute!

  9. Berry Chiffon Cake please!!!

  10. The key lime cake sounds yummy and I will definitely make it. I would choose the black forest cake bag because of it’s neutral quality!

  11. Love love love the bag! Especially the Black forest one.

  12. Black forest cake would be amazing!!!

  13. I would love the Black Forest Cake!

  14. Oooo. Berry chiffon, please!

  15. I would LOVE a slice of that Key Lime Pie and perhaps the Black Forest Handbag? Both look yum! ;)

  16. This Key Lime cake looks amazing! But if I win the bag, I think Black Forest is more my style. Fingers crossed I win and that I can make the cake taste as good as it looks!

  17. Love the plum tart colors!
    And, I am definitely making this key lime cream cake for my birthday next weekend!

    Thanks for the ideas!

  18. The Key Lime Cake looks so light and summery!

    All of the bags are cute, but I think Plum Tart Cake is my favorite. But I’d like to reserve the right to change my mind… (o;

  19. Your Key Lime Cream Cake looks delicious (just like all your creations!) I am going to do my best to re-create it! If I’m chosen to win a bag I would choose the Black Forest Cake – it looks like it would go with anything. P.S. I love the uneven layers on the cake – I wouldn’t change a thing! Thanks so much!

  20. I would have to have the Key Lime Cream Cake color. It would be perfect year round bag! The bright greens would works beautifully spring summer, fall and winter! I adore it!!

  21. Black Forest Cake, please! So pretty and the Key Lime cake looks soooo good!

  22. The Black Forest Cake would be my choice! Beautiful!

  23. I love the Berry Chiffon Cake

  24. If I had to choose just one ….Berry Chiffon

  25. Key Lime Cream Cake is it! I love it! It would be great with my kids too! (Always carrying their stuff) LOL!

  26. Ohhh the key lime cake is beautiful & my birthday is this Sunday maybe I get my b-day wish ??????

  27. the cake looks delish will try it soon. I love the berry chiffon cake.

  28. black forest looks delicious!!

  29. I think I’ll try that Key lime cake recipe..just as soon as I get some Key Lime juice, but for now I’ll dream about having the Black Forest bag. Beautiful!

  30. I’m loving the Plum Tart Cake!

  31. That Berry Chiffon bag is SOOO cute! i love the colors!

  32. Oh yum, key lime! A friend of mine made a banana cream pie on the weekend and it was so delicious.

    I would like to win the Berry Chiffon Cake bag. I know a few mommies that would really appreciate this bag.

    Thank you for the opportunity and for sharing this with us!

    xo

  33. My favorite is Plum tart. Fun and playful!

  34. I love all four of them!!!!! But I love the recipe more. but if I must pick only one it would be Plum Tart.

  35. They are all so adorable! I think the Plum Tart is definitely the cutest!

  36. The black forest cake bag is my favorite! The Key Lime cake looks delicious! Thanks for the opportunity and for your inspiring blog!

  37. You mean I can eat my cake and carry it too!??? Key Lime is divine :)

  38. Black Forest caught my eye!

  39. I love the Berry Chiffon one, but any wouldbe great.

  40. I’d like the berry chiffon one, thanks! :)

  41. Black Forest, please!!

  42. I love the Black Forest Cake!!

  43. Ooohhh I love the Black Forest Cake purse!!!!!!!!

  44. Key lime cream cake! Reminds me of florida:)

  45. I really like the Plum Tart flavor! And the real Key Lime Cake looks wonderful!

  46. They’re all gorgeous! I would have to choose the plum tart bag. Thanks for having the contest!

  47. The cake looks yummy! I love the Black Forest Cake bag!

  48. definitely black forest cake!

  49. I love green so the Key Lime Cream Cake Bag is the one I like best. So cute.

  50. The Key Lime Cream bag would make me happy in my heart…..

  51. berry chiffon… no, plum tart… no berry chiffon… no… um… plum tart.

  52. Its our 7th yr. Wedding Anniversary today and my wife would love the black forest cake bag.

  53. berry chiffon – delish!

  54. Did you also put graham cracker crumbs between some of the layers? I see that the recipe doesn’t mention it but that was the first thing that caught my eye in the photo. LOOKS DELISH!!! Can’t wait to try it! Thanks for sharing!

  55. Oh my word this cake looks absolutely delicious! I think the uneven layers makes it even better too because it shows contrast!

    The Plum Tart cake bag is adorable! I love the label haha

  56. Ooohhhh…
    They all look so cute!!!
    I have to go with Black Forest Cake, though:)

  57. I am definitely going to make your Key Lime Cream Cake, it looks delicious, I love key lime! Thanks for the chance to win one of these great bags. Difficult choice, but I would go for the Plum Tart Cake. Thanks!

  58. I LOVE the Black Forest Cake…and the Key Lime…and the Berry Chiffon! :) Although they all look scrumptious, I do believe the Black Forest Cake is my absolute favorite. However, I WILL be baking the Key Lime cake this weekend! Whoo hoo! Thank you SO very much for this recipe…my mouth is watering…lol! I hope I can do it justice!!

  59. Beautiful bags, and yummy looking cake.
    My favourite bag would have to be the Black Forest bag.

  60. Black Forest please…..mmmm chocolate!

  61. Love the plum tart bag!

  62. Anonymous said… forgot to list my name and email above!

    I like them all but key lime and black forrest are my favorites. I just ate a surprisingly delicious key lime tart last weekend in Philadelphia. Today I came to your site to look for the ribbon frosted cake you posted not too long ago, but I will have to consider this key lime endeavor as well. Looks delicious!

  63. Berry Chiffon Cake is my favorite! Pink is my favorite color!

  64. Key Lime is so pretty!

  65. Definitely the Black Forest Cake. Beautiful bags and no calories. :)

  66. I like them all but key lime and black forrest are my favorites. I just ate a surprisingly delicious key lime tart last weekend in Philadelphia. Today I came to your site to look for the ribbon frosted cake you posted not too long ago, but I will have to consider this key lime endeavor as well. Looks delicious!

  67. Key lime looks adorable!

  68. Toss up between the Black Forest and Plum Tart but I think the Plum Tart wins in the end :0)

  69. They are all so pretty! My favorite bag is the Black Forest Cake. Perfect for any outfit and classy.

  70. Loving the Key Lime Cream Cake!!!

    The cake AND the bag ….nom nom nom ….. ;-)

    xxxx

  71. oh, did I have to say my favorite bag? Berry Chiffon

  72. Berry Chifon for me please! I could just eat it, but I won’t cause that would be weird. ;) I’ll just try the cake instead!

  73. umm this is hard to choose……I’ll have to go with the plum tart cake!:)

  74. Berry Chiffon cake for me!!!

  75. Ah!!! I’m so excited :D….I would love to obtain the BERRY CHIFFON CAKE <3

  76. I love the black forest bag. But I think I’ll be making that key lime cream cake! Both look awesome.

  77. I am SO into key lime everything this summer! I would LOVE the key lime cake bag! :) thanks for offering this great giveaway!

  78. These are too cute! I really like the Black Forest Cake though Plum Tart is a very close second.

  79. I am due in 3 weeks and have yet bought a diaper bag because I have not found any I like, but these are absolutely adorable! I am torn between the Key Lime and Berry Chiffon…

  80. They are all beautiful and I am thinking the Plum Tart is the one for me.. love the Key Lime recipe !

  81. The Black Forest bag is to die for!

  82. I love them all! If I had to pick one it would be the Berry Chiffon though.

  83. black forest or key lime for me – they are all gorgeous!!! thanks for the chance to win!

  84. Ok. So I’m totally going to make that cake for a friend’s baby shower (she loves key lime…). And if I HAD to choose one of those lovely satchels, I’d go with the plum cake. Adorable. Simply adorable.

  85. First, that cake looks delicious! I can not wait to have a reason to make it! As for the bag, well since I live here in hurricane alley (NW Florida), home of Key Lime Pies, of course I would pick the Key Lime Cream Cake bag! Beatiful! As a side note, I love your blog and refer it to friends all of the time. So creative.

  86. They all look wonderful! I love the Key Lime!

  87. The cake looks awesome! I make key lime pie from mar-la-go recipe Donald Trump’s restaurant and it is delish! I cannot wait to try this recipe. On the other hand, these bags are awesome! My daughter, who has been with her man for 10 years, got married last September check out her wedding her:http://charmcitywed.com/2012/06/landis-valley-village-farm-museum-wedding-tpoz-photography/
    Both my girls are out of the house and life is just toooo quiet! Now, I can’t wait till babies are running around and I would so love to give her this bag. I checked it out from the last time and it is definitely a keeper! So, here is to random and the universe lining up in my or should I say her favor! Cause it would make a great BABY shower gift!

  88. Berry Chiffon Cake

  89. So many cakes, so little time! I have to go with the Plum Tart! Beautifully yummy! Love it!

  90. They’re all so yummy looking! I’m torn between Plum Tart and Black Forest….decisions are hard!!!!!

    Okay…Black Forest, it is!

  91. Oh my goodness! I have to have the Plum Tart Cake bag! It’s deliciously gorgeous!

  92. I would love the Black Forest cake bag! To die for! But then again, the Key Lime Cake bag would give any outfit t hat extra needed POP! Thanks for the giveaway!

  93. black forest cake FTW. maybe you will make that next…? :)

  94. Berry Chiffon! So cute! :)

  95. I love key lime and plum tart, but I’d actually USE Black Forest! What fun bags — but the recipe is the best part! Can’t wait to try it -yum!

  96. I would like the Plum Tart Cake. Hubby love Key Lime so I might have to try the cake too! :)

  97. Well I’d have to go with either key lime or black forest as I don’t have much plum or pink in my wardrobe. And your cake looks divine! Will be trying this one very soon!

  98. I’d love the Black Forest Cake bag! (And the Key Lime Cake looks amazing, I gotta go shopping soon)

  99. Plum Tart Cake, and I have printed out your Key Lime Cream Cake recipe and I can’t wait to try it!

  100. They are all beautiful but my favorite is the Key Lime Cream Cake!

  101. I would like the key lime cream cake bag to wear while im eating a slice of your key lime cream cake:) …yum yum awsome cake…awsome pictures…awsome blog:)

  102. I love the Plum tart bag!

  103. Berry Chiffon — SO cute!

  104. I LOVE that Black Forest print! Classy but fun =)

  105. Black Forest looks the most delish! :)

  106. They are all sooo adorable.. I love the berry chiffon one beautiful!

  107. Thank you so much for the recipe!

    OMG, they all look so delicious! But Black Forest Cake looks yummiest to me!

    Thanks for the offer!

  108. That cake looks amazing! The bags are super cute! I love the plum tart! Adorable!

  109. First of all that cake recipe looks awesome :) I like the black forest cake! Thanks!

  110. Key Lime….absolutely yummy! I made key lime cake pops for a fundraiser and they were a big hit! All the bags are adorable! Since I have to choose a favorite I am going with Berry Chiffon Cake!

  111. Berry Chiffon Cake…everyone must have one of these bags!! Love berries, love pink…couldn’t be better :-)

  112. I love the black forest cake bag!

  113. The cake looks amazing! I can’t wait to try it. I’d have to choose the Plum Tart bag :o)

  114. Black Forest Cake

  115. That black forest bag is gorgeous!!

  116. Love them all! It is as hard picking what cake I want for dessert! I would have to go with the Black Forest…that is what I am in the mood for today!

  117. The cake looks heavenly! My favorite bag favor is the Black Forest Cake.

  118. It’s hard to choose a favorite – they are all lovely! I think I’m leaning towards the Berry Chiffon.

  119. Hands down the key lime cream cake bag! I’m in love! I also can’t wait to make this recipe!

  120. okay that is hard to decide, but the plum tart makes me think of cake the most.

  121. Key lime cream is super summery. Fun!

  122. I love the black forest cake diaper bag. It is adorable!

  123. Plum tart cake please! Love your posts!

  124. Key Lime Cream Cake please!

  125. WOW! What a great idea. I love cake. And I love purses.
    I would like the Black Forest or the Berry Chiffon. Love your
    Website and your creativity. Thank You!!!!!

  126. All so cute. I’d love to win the Black Forest cake bag.

  127. Black Forest Cake
    Thanks for sharing

  128. Key lime, of course!! It is the pie of choice here in South Florida!

  129. This looks fantastic. Can’t wait to try the cake. Love the bags, too! I am a black forest lover so that’s the bag for me!

  130. The plum tart bag, I think.
    Your key lime cake looks yummy… I’ll be trying this recipe soon!

  131. I love the Plum Tart bag but love your key lime cream cake recipe even more!

  132. They are all beautiful!! But I think I would pick Plum Tart… though I’d definitely pick eating your key lime cream cake, LOL! :)

  133. Plum Tart Cake; and I’m totally baking the key lime cake this weekend!

  134. i love the berry chiffon !

  135. Wow, they are all so scrumcious! My wedding anniversary is on July 1st and we had a Black Forest Cake. Every year I bake this cake to celebrate, so I will pick Black Forest Cake, please.

  136. Berry Chiffon. Ooh! Or Black Forest. So hard to choose.

  137. Black Forrest cake! Too cute!

  138. Berry chiffon cake would be my first choice!

  139. I can’t decide!!!!! either the Key lime or the Black forest. they are so pretty!!!

  140. That looks delicious! This looks great for a summer recipe. I must go buy key lime juice today : ) Love the cake bags too! But, oooh, such a toss up on faces, they are all VERY cute! Black Forest is a keeper though, oh so classic!

  141. They’re all delicious-looking, but I’d have to choose the Black Forrest Cake. It looks like a flavor that would go with anything!

  142. Plum Tart Cake is my favorite!

  143. I can’t wait to try that recipe. My favorite bag is the berry chiffon cake!

  144. My favorite: Black Forest Cake!!!

  145. I think after reading your delicious recipe, I like the Key Lime bag! :)

  146. Looks delicious! If I had to choose, it would be the Black Forest.

  147. Tough to choose between the key lime and the black forest!!

  148. The plum tart cake bag looks good enough to eat. That’s the one for me.

  149. Black Forest Cake…..yummy!

  150. Berry Chiffon Cake is cute!

  151. OOOHH LA LA!! Love love love Black Forest Cake!!!! :D

  152. Oooooo! Black forest cake please! Love the blog and glad you are doing well!

  153. LOVE the black forest cake bag! So cute!

  154. Berry chiffon cake! :)

  155. Thanks for the cake recipe, looks so yummy! My favorite bag is the Black Forest Cake! Love a cake that goes with everything! LOL

  156. You are always making me sooooo hungry!!! Would go for the Key Lime Cream Cake bag – amazing colors! And might have to bake the cake one of these days…

  157. Oh wow! It’s so hard to decide between the Berry Chiffon Cake and the Black Forest Cake! But I think I’d have to go with Berry Chiffon Cake. I love the pinks and greys, plus, you can never go wrong with berry anything! Raspberries are my favorite fruit, and I love how you can blend all berries together into a dish, and it still tastes amazing

  158. Angie, your buttercream work on that Key Lime cake is flawless!

    Ooh, and I would totally rock that Berry Chiffon cake bag!!

  159. Berry chiffon!

  160. Fantastic giveaway…thank you. They all look so yummy. I’d love the Black Forest one :-)

  161. I love the Plum Tart Cake! So CUTE!

  162. OH, yum! Plum Tart Cake!!

  163. Black forest cake.

  164. Love your site and love the key lime bag!!! Perfect summer tote :-) thanks for the chance to win!!!

  165. Black Forest Cake for sure!

  166. I would love the Black Forrest one. I love black forest cake and that bag is just too cute. On top of that, I actually hate my current diaper bag and my purse keeps breaking with everything I have to put in it so this would be wonderful!

    Now to find some key limes and make that cake!

  167. Love the Key Lime Cream Cake bag!

  168. Love, love, love them all, but I’d have to go with Plum Tart Cake.

  169. I just want to touch the fabric on those bags!

    I would choose the Plum Tart Cake!

  170. Ah, these are soooo cute! I especially like the Berry Chiffon Cake :)

  171. I think my favorite is the key lime. I love that color green!

  172. Black Forest Cake. Mmmmm my favorite!!!

  173. Can ‘t wait to try your keylime cake, love all the bags too. Can’t pick one, i just love them all.

  174. Black Forest Cake looks awesome! thanks for the giveaway!!

  175. I love the Black Forest Cake!

  176. I love the Berry Chiffon bag!! Plus, it looks roomy enough for all my stuff!

  177. They are all beautiful but id say Black forest!

  178. I’d LOVE to win! Especially since I’m actually due in 2 weeks and am needing a new diaper bag! :) The berry chiffon one is to die for!

  179. Ooooh! Plum Tart would be my favorite… and now you must excuse me while I got dream up a plum tart cake!

  180. I would love to win the Black Forest bag….would look great for my firstborn child due this September!!!!

  181. Mmm! Berry chiffon cake looks beautiful and delicious. I would love it!

  182. I would love the Black Forest Cake

  183. the key lime cake was absolutely adorable and those whipped cream swirls made me swoon! Definitely on my “to bake” list. :) As for the bag, the Key Lime is adorable and it is a great summer color!

  184. Black forest for sure. Deeelish….:)

  185. Hard to choose! I like berry chiffon :)

  186. Either Key Lime or Black Forest!! Both are so cute!!!!

  187. Black Forest Please.

  188. OHHHH…….Berry Chiffon, I am in love!!! Random and Bakerella, show me the love and pick me! ;-) Thank you for always sponsoring such great giveaways!!

  189. I love Berry Chiffon!

  190. Black Forest PLEASE!!!

  191. yummmm! Berry Chiffon Cake is my favorite!

  192. The cake sounds divine ….imagine key lime curd in between the layers . . .mmmm
    The bags are beautiful . . . I’m loving the Black Forest Cake. . . ALMOST makes me want to have a baby!!! ; ~ )

  193. Key Lime all the way!

  194. I’d love to win the Key Lime Cream Cake flavour…..these bags are just so cute!
    anita
    :)

  195. Black Forrest is devine!!

  196. love the black forest cake!

  197. I love the Berry Chiffon Cake, but they’re all gorgeous!

  198. Berry Chiffon!

  199. even though the black foresty one is more practical I have to go with the berry chifon :)

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