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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. Black Forest is definitely the best one. Hands down.

  2. Oh boy! Key Lime is my absolute favorite… but I do get tired of the same ol’ pie all the time! I LOVE the cake idea and will be making it this weekend! As for the handbag, I like all the flavors…different outfits… different days… different moods… hey a girl can dream!!!!

  3. Black Forest Cake! What a lovely bag!

  4. Black Forest . . . Or Key Lime? Either would be fantabulous!

  5. Plum or black forest are so pretty

  6. Black Forest Cake, but I’ll for sure be making the Key Lime Cream Pie for my hubby’s bday in a few weeks!!!!

  7. I piece of berry chiffon cake, please!! :)

  8. I love them all but I really want the black forest cake!

  9. hard decision, but i like the plum tart cake most!!!

  10. Craving the Black Forest Cake <3

  11. I would have to try to decide between the key lime and the plum – love them both. And, yum that recipe… Trying to decide on a birthday cake for my son who is turning 10… Decisions, decisions, decisions…

  12. LOVE LOVE LOVE the Berry Chiffon! And then the Key Lime Cream Cake! :)

  13. Sorry, didn’t plan to be anonymous! lol
    Love the cake! Love the contest! Key Lime Cream Cake would be my choice…..and my daughter would love it!
    Thanks!

  14. The flavor I would like to win is the Berry Chiffon Cake bag!

  15. Black Forest Cake!!!! So cute!

  16. They’re all so ever cute……but if I had to choose only one, it would be Black Forest.

  17. Key Lime Cream Cake of course!

  18. My favorite it the Berry Chiffon! How cute is that pink and gray?? Your cake looks decadent too!

  19. I would love the Black Forest Cake! Your cake looks delicious!!! Thanks for the giveaway!

  20. I would like the plum tart bag.

  21. Wonderful looking cake. My husband loves anything lime, so I’ll have to make it for him!
    Nice contest too. It would have to be the Key Lime Cream Cake. My daughter is having a tough pregnancy and it would really brighten her day!

  22. They are all beautiful! But, Berry Chiffon Cake might be my favorite!

  23. Key Lime Cream Cake would look great on my shoulder!

  24. Ooh – definitely would like to try this recipe! And to have the Key Lime Cream Cake bag to go along with? Divine! :)

  25. I like the Black Forest Cake. Thanks for the opportunity to win!

  26. Bakerella! You’ve done it again! The cake looks divine! I will definitely make this cake soon. If I were selected for the bag, I prefer the Black Forest but they ate all beautiful colors! Bake On!

  27. They are all so wonderful but I must say Berry Chiffon Cake is the best! Oh and the purse is nice too :)

  28. Plumb Tart Cake. So adorable!

  29. Berry Chiffon Cake – it is berry season after all!!

  30. ooh, i love green! the keylime cream cake (both of them) are just awesome! thanks for hosting this giveaway. ;-)

  31. I have bad luck at winning but I will try! Black Forest Cake and I love your blog, not only for the recipes and dessert variety but for the inspiration you are in being a fighter!

    Janine

  32. My favorite is the Black Forest Cake. I had to try this Key lime recipe right away. Everyone loved it and could not get enough!! Thank you for sharing the recipe and the giveaway!

  33. Key Lime Cream Cake!
    It is soo cute…

  34. Key Lime Cream Cake to go along with the Key Lime Pie I am making this weekend!

  35. Black forest!!

  36. The Black Forest Cake is to die for! SO CUTE!!!!

  37. Even though I have more black bags then I can count, I LOVE the Black Forest Cake one :)

  38. Plum tart! Love it!

  39. The key lime cream cake bag looks resplendent! <3

  40. key lime cream cake is my favorite!

  41. how adorable! The Key Lime is my favorite!

  42. Beautiful cake and bags! I like Plum Tart Cake….

  43. Berry Chiffon Cake! Gorgeous. Bakerella, you’ve outdone yourself. That cake looks amazing!

  44. Awww, they’re all too cute – but I think I like the “berry chiffon cake” best :-)

  45. Oh so hard to choose just one! But I think the Berry Chiffon is yummy. Your key lime cake looks absolutely luscious too! Might have to give that a try!! Thanks for the chance to win!!

  46. Initially I wanted the Key Lime, until I scrolled down and saw the other bags.. Plum Tart cake Please!!

    Your cake looks delicious as well and I wish I were there to sample it!

  47. Black Forrest Cake, please!

  48. Berry Chiffon looks yummmmmmmy

  49. Plum Tart for me please!

  50. I’m making this for my husband. He loves Key Lime anything. So the cake can be for him….that means I need the PPB diaper bag! Please pick me!

  51. I knew there was multiple reasons why I love black forest cake!

  52. Black Forest Cake… so pretty… so elegant. So “goes with everything”.

  53. Love them all, but if had to pick…it would be the Berry Chiffon.

  54. I like Berry Chiffon :) That gray strap looks great with the pink.

  55. The berry chiffon cake is my fave!! I cant wait to make this cake (the edible one, not the bag!) for my hubby – he loooiives key lime!!!

  56. All the colors are great but Berry Chiffon is my favorite. And the cake looks delicious !!!

  57. Ohhh Angie! that is so great! Id love the black forest one!!!
    thanks for always being the sweetest!

  58. I love berry chiffon

  59. Black Forest!! Thanks for the recipe, I love key lime!

  60. Key lime is my favorite flavor and color. Can’t wait to try the recipe too!

  61. Berry chiffon or black forest please. Sooooo cute!

  62. The Black Forest Cake is fabulous and looks mighty tasty! I also have adoration for the Berry Chiffon Cake – in a pinch, I mgiht have to indulge in all four!

  63. Berry Chiffron! Sooooooo cute!

  64. Wow, they are all cute! But, if I had to choose I would choose the Black Forest Cake.

  65. I love all of them but the Black Forest Cake is my favorite.

  66. Looks delicious. I’d like a key lime cream cake purse.

  67. Berry chiffon is to die for! I have admired these bags since your last giveaway.

  68. I am in love with the colors of the Berry Chiffon Cake. Simply delicious!

  69. I love the berry chiffon one! The colors are fantastic.

  70. Your cake looks scrumptious!! I’m going to have to make it. As for the bag the black forest cake wins every time:). I would love to carry something around that sounds and looks sooooo delicious.

  71. Definitely Black Forest!

  72. Now that’s a very tough decision to make! Love all the colors, but have to say the Berry Chiffon would be my favorite!
    Can’t wait to try the Key Lime Cake recipe….thanks for sharing and for the contest!

  73. Plum Tart is ADORABLE!!

  74. They’re all pretty!!! However, I think I like the Plum Tart Cake the best!

  75. The gorgeous Key Lime Cream Cake is the most luscious but eating it is gonna be a whole ‘nother adventure!! I’ll probably end up with saddlebags for hips. (I know, I know………….don’t give up my day job!) :)

  76. The black forest cake bag is so adorable!! Your cake looks fabulous too!

  77. Oh la la! So delish! It’s a must bake for summer.
    Love the Black Forest Cake! Perfect for traveling and big enough for adding a knitting project!

  78. wow, too hard to choose! Maybe the Black Forest Cake would be great!

  79. I would LOOOOVE the black forest!!! Beautiful!!

  80. Oh, I like the Key Lime Ceam Cake…and I like the Black Forest Cake…all of them are actually really neat. it’s really hard to decide which one I llike the best. The recipe sounds yummy and I just called my husband to add some ingredients to his shopping list…I’m baking tonight! Thanks for the recipe!

  81. Beautiful Key Lime cake. We have a birthday in the family this week and h loves citrus favors so I will try this one out. It will be nice to have a scratch cake recipe in my file! Black fForest is my choice for a bag. It’s my favorite cake and my favorite color in my wardrobe!

  82. How to choose – they’re all beautiful! Eeny, meeny, minie – Plum Tart! Thanks! :)

  83. Berry Chiffon Cake purse is my favorite! I will have to try the recipe too!! :)

  84. They are all Great but the plum tart cake is Really beautifull!!!!!!!!

  85. The cake looks amazing! The bags are beautiful, I could eat them all up! My favorite is the black forest cake!

  86. Just made a yummy Key Lime Pie with a Shortbread crust via “HowDoesShe” which was delicious! Ready to try the Key Lime Cream Cake… looks scrumptious! As for the bag, I have to go with Key Lime cream cake! As a redhead, that’s my color! Thanks so much!

  87. Key Lime Cream Cake!

  88. Very cute! I like the Black Forest Cake.

  89. Ooh, the berry chiffon bag!! So pretty! Thanks for the chance to win and the key lime cake recipe. :)

  90. I love the black forest!

  91. Wow…beautiful cake, beautiful purses! I’d definitely take the Pum Tart Cake bag!

  92. I Live in Miami a couple of hours from the keys so Petunia’s Pickle bottoms , Key Lime Cream cake is so me!!!!!

  93. You know, I usually carry very colorful handbags but the Black Forest Cake just calls out to me! They all are such beautiful bags!!!

  94. Berry Chiffon, pretty please!

  95. The black forest one is my fav!

  96. Black Fores Cake!

  97. Ohhhh, the berry chiffon cake bag is calling my name! So beautiful!

  98. The Plum Tart I suppose if I have to choose! They are all so pretty, you always find and bake the cutest thingsz, Thanks!!

  99. These bags are amazing! I would definitely pick the Black Forest Cake bag. Black goes with EVERYTHING! Now, I want cake.

  100. Berry Berry Scrumptious, Berry Chiffon!! :0

  101. I love the Berry Chiffon! Pink and Grey? Yay!!

  102. It’s hard to beat that Key Lime!

  103. Yummy!! My favorite is Black Forest Cake

  104. I LOVE the Plum Tart one!! But they all are really pretty. Bakerella, you ROCK!!!

  105. I just luv the Black Forest Cake. I’d love to win it…..

  106. Black forest cake. Sounds and looks yummy!

  107. I would love the black forest cake bag.

  108. My daughter loves key lime pie..I am going to make her this cake today. I love all the bags. I will just flip a coin…black forest won. Thanks

  109. I love the berry chiffon one! But then I love the others they are all so pretty!

  110. Wow! What a great looking bag! I love the black forest bag.

  111. I love them all but my favorite is black forest cake and I also love berry chiffon!!!! They are all so cute!!!

  112. Black Forest is so yummy but I also love the other three.

  113. I LOVE the plum tart bag. So unbelievably cute!!

  114. I am drooling over the Berry Chiffon Cake! It is absolutely gorgeous.

  115. They’re all beautiful, but I’m loving the Key Lime Cream!

  116. The Black Forest Cake! This would make a great gift for my little sister who is currently preggers!

  117. I love that Plum Tart!!!

    That cake looks devine! And your frosting…how did you get it so smooth?

  118. They are all so cute!!!! If I had to pick it would be the black forest.

  119. I love these bags. I would choose the berry chiffon bag. They are so cute.

  120. I love the Black Forest Cake!

  121. I think I may make that cake for our 18th anniversary tonight! Yummy! As far as the bags, they all look amazing but I think I’m partial to the Key Lime…or the Berry Chiffon, oh I don’t know, the Black Forest is pretty awesome too!! Tell you what, if I win just surprise me!! I can’t choose!

  122. Berry Chiffon Cake. My mom makes an awesome vanilla chiffon cupcake- we may now be inspired to attempt a berry one due to the bag! Cannot wait to try to the cake! We just did key lime cheesecake bars over the weekend- there is something about summer & limes that go so well together….may be cause it’s refreshing! :) Thanks for the opportunity!

  123. i love them all, but the plum tart cake is my favorite!

  124. black forest cake!

  125. Berry Chiffon Cake! :D

  126. I have always wanted one of those bags! I like the key lime bag the most!

  127. Love the Black Forest Cake bag!

  128. The Key Lime bag is definitely my favorite!
    This cake looks delicious and I can’t wait to try making it! Thank you for always being so generous with your recipes, techniques and giveaways!

  129. Oh this cake is wonderful! Gorgeous! Although I think I might be addicted to those bags. I want black forest!

  130. I love the Berry Chiffon!

  131. I like Key Lime and Plum Tart. I’m usually very basic with my purse colors, so those would be a good pop of color!!

  132. I’m definitely making the key lime cream cake. Oh YUM! I love the freshness of key lime. But if I had to choose a bag, it would be the berry chiffon cake bag. Loving the grey and pink.

  133. Oh I love them all! I guess the plum tart cake!

  134. SWEET! Berry chiffon, please.

  135. While key lime is my favorite pie, that black forest bag is my definite fave! Also, your cake looks delicious!!

  136. Can’t wait to make the cake for a potluck this week at work!! Nice change from key lime pie. And the key lime bag would go great with my red hair! Thanks for the opportunity to win

  137. I love the colors of the Plum Tart!

  138. I love key lime so I will be making the cake, but plum tart cake is my favorite bag! Yummy!

  139. I adore the berry chiffon cake! Sooo cute.

  140. Loving the Black Forest cake

  141. berry chiffon

  142. LOVE LOVE LOVE Berry Chiffon Cake!! Pink and Grey are one of my fave color combos!!! Super cute bag!!

  143. My favorite is the Black Forrest Cake!

  144. HOLA, ME ENCANTARIA PARTICIPAR, NO SE SI SE PODRA YA QUE SOY DE ARGENTINA, PERO BUENO, DE PODERSE MI GUSTO PREFERIDO ES PLUM TART CAKE. DELICIOSA LA TORTA , GRACIAS POR COMPARTIR LA RECETA. SALUDOS

  145. What a gorgeous cake!

    I’d pick the plum tart – so pretty!

  146. I like the key lime creme cake one the best, and key lime pie is my favorite desert. I may have to request this cake for my birthday.

  147. I would like the Berry Chiffon Cake style!

  148. What cute bags and cute names! The Berry Chiffon looks delightful, but really, it’s so hard to choose a favorite. I’ll stick with Berry Chiffon for now.

  149. Berry Chiffon Cake. Lovely.

  150. While I’m not a fan of key lime desserts, your cake looks absolutely delicious! I must try your recipe.

    The bags are adorable! The black forest cake bag is my favorite.

  151. Berry Chiffon Cake, super cute!

  152. Black Forest Cake, please! Although they’re all really nice.

  153. hola, me gusta tanto tus consejos recetas e ideas, asi que muchisimas gracias, en cuanto a las bolsas me gusta el bosque negrao pero tambien el de limon seria fanasitico, gracias por todo saludos y besos

  154. Key lime. Its my favorite color and my favorite dessert. :-)

  155. Oh the berry chiffon cake is so cute. I’ve been looking for a new diaper bag because we are about to have our 2nd little girl. I need something with lots of room to carry around all the stuff for 2 little girls under 2 and this looks like it would work. Also, the key lime cake looks super yummy. Thanks for hosting the giveaway.

  156. First, that cake.. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Key Lime and that makes me want to run home and make that tonight!!! Yummy!!

    As for the bags, the Plum Tart and the Black Forest are gorgeous!! You are just too kind! ; )

  157. I am LOVING the Plum Tart. A combo of my favorite colors. It looks so lush and yummy!!

  158. i don’t remember EVER wanting anything MORE BADLY than that Key Lime Cream bag. Green! Beautiful! *Swoon*
    Thank you.

  159. A little Black Forest goes with everything!

  160. I LOVE the key lime!!! The greens are so bright and fun :)

  161. The Berry Chiffon is so cute!!

  162. I love any excuse to buy a new handbag, but my favorite has to be the Berry Chiffon Cake!

  163. 0o0o0o Rough. I *love* the key lime, but the Black Forest would probably go with more outfits.

    Aw hell, I’d probably have to grab the Key Lime…in fact I just might eventually

  164. Key Lime Pie for me! They are all great though!

  165. YUMMY!!!!

    My favourite is the Plum Tart Cake
    :)

  166. I love them all, but I think the Key Lime Cream Cake is my favorite!

  167. Black Forest Cake. Definitely. YUM.

  168. The key lime cake and key lime bag both look really yummy!!!!

  169. I love Key Lime–by all means, the Key Lime Cream!!

  170. Plum Tart – that’s my flavor!

  171. I think I’m a Berry Chiffon kind of gal :)

  172. Your cake looks fabulous!

    I love the Black Forest Cake bag.

  173. I love the Berry Chiffon Cake!

  174. Black Forrest Cake! And yum, that cake you made looks amazing!!

  175. I love the Berry Chiffon Cake! ;-)

  176. I love Petunia Pickle bottom, I drool over their bags all the time. If I had to choose it would be the Berry chiffon cake or the Plum Tart, the bags are all petty stunning.

  177. The Berry Chiffon definitely!

    Am going to have to make this cake for my mom!

  178. They are all fantastic, but black forest cake would have to be my favorite- both colour and flavour wise!

  179. I love the Key Lime Cream Cake purse. So lovely.

  180. Berry Chiffon Cake is the winner! Love the pink & gray combo!

  181. Key Lime Pie Please….but I love them all!

  182. Berry Chiffon! I love seeing Pink and Gray together!

  183. You know, I love them all. The black forest is more my style, but the key lime is so cool and totally OUT of the box. Love it!!!

  184. Plum Tart. Love the names!

  185. Key Lime Cream Cake

    I like turtles.

  186. I’m a Black Forest kinda girl for sure!

  187. Berry Chiffan Cake!

  188. Key Lime Cream Cake all the way! My favorite summer flavor and my favorite summer color! Now I must find a reason to make this cake….

  189. Beautiful cake.. beautiful purse….. they go hand in hand.. I would happily take any one of those beautiful bags… how could one choose? Even their names are SUHWEET!

  190. I have to go with Key Lime Cream Cake….in honor of the cake you made, wonky layers and all. =)

  191. I like the Berry Chiffon cake. A few friends of mine have their diaper bags and love them. These purses are beautiful and I would honestly love any of them.

  192. Ooh, Black Forest Cake would be my pick. Although they are all fabulous! Thanks for the chance!

  193. Plum Tart Cake–it’s just so pretty!!

  194. I love these bags!! I think the Plum Tart is my favorite, though they are all gorgeous.

  195. The berry chiffon cake bag looks divine…and sound yummy too!

  196. They are all gorgeous!! I think the Black Forest is the most versatile… I would LOVE that one!

  197. I kind of like the Plum Tart!

  198. Wow, all these designs are so yummy! I think I would choose Black Forest Cake though – so pretty!

  199. I would love the Plum Tart or Black Forest…. But all of them are great!

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