Key Lime Cake

This key lime cake uses box lemon cake and lime gelatin mix to make an easy, moist, flavorful 3-layer cake topped with homemade cream cheese icing.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 477 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter
• 4 large eggs
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 4 cups confectioners' sugar
• ¾ cup orange juice
• 1 (3 ounce) package lime flavored Jell-O® mix
• 1 ⅓ cups vegetable oil
• 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 1 (15.25 ounce) package lemon cake mix

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease three 8-inch round cake pans.

Step 2

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.

Step 3

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.

Step 4

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.

Step 5

Fill and frost cooled cake layers.