Margarita Cake with Key Lime Cream Cheese Frosting

This margarita cake with key lime cream cheese frosting oozes with margarita flavor. Margarita mix, cream cheese, plus lemon and lime create a party-worthy cake.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 60 mins
• Calories: 417 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 3 egg whites
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 (18.25 ounce) package white cake mix
• 5 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 tablespoon lime juice
• 1 tablespoon grated lime peel
• 1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
• 1 (10 fluid ounce) can frozen margarita mix (such as Bacardi®), thawed
• 0.5 cup unsalted butter, softened

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch cake pan.

Step 2

Beat together cake mix, egg whites, margarita mix, oil, 1 tablespoon lime juice, and lime zest in a large bowl until smooth and well combined. Pour batter into the prepared pan.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of cake shows moist crumbs, 30 to 35 minutes. Cake will be very moist. Cool completely in the pan, about 1 hour.

Step 4

Beat together cream cheese and butter in another large bowl until light and fluffy. Stir in remaining 1 tablespoon lime juice and lemon zest. Beat in confectioners' sugar, one cup at a time, scraping the sides of the bowl thoroughly with a spatula after each addition. Spread frosting over cooled cake.