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Key Lime Pie Cake
Key Lime Pie Cake is SO yummy! The cake itself is a graham cracker cake and it's topped and filled with the most delicious key lime buttercream frosting. This sweet cake recipe is awesome for birthdays, parties or just treating yourself!
👥 10 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 50 min⏳ Prep: 20 min🔥 Cook: 20 min👤 Shelly📖 cookiesandcups
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- oven
- pan
- bowl
- whisk
- knife
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Graham Cake
2
Preheat oven to 350°
3
Spray two 8″ cake pans with baking spray. Line the bottoms with parchment rounds and then spray again. Make sure to grease the pan carefully, as this cake has a tendency to stick. Set pans aside.
4
Whisk first 4 ingredients in a bowl to combine. Set aside.
5
IN bowl of stand mixer beat shortening and sugar until smooth. Add in egg yolks and vanilla and continue beating until incorporated, scraping sides as necessary.
sugar1 cuppowdered sugar4 cupsegg yolks3vanilla1 tsp
6
Alternate adding the reserved dry ingredients and the milk in thirds, starting and finishing with the dry.
cup milk3/4milk2 Tbsp
7
Divide batter between two prepared pans and bake for ⏱️ 20 minutes until set. Allow to cool for ⏱️ 10 minutes in pan. Run a knife along the edges to loosen cake from pans and invert pans onto a wire rack to continue cooling. Do this part carefully, as to not break the cake.
8
Once cooled frost the cake.
9
Key Lime Buttercream
10
Mix butter and zest in mixer until combined and smooth. Beat in powdered sugar and Key lime juice. Mix until combined. Add in milk and beat until fluffy.
sugar1 cuppowdered sugar4 cupsKey lime juice3 Tbspcup milk3/4milk2 Tbsp
11
Fill and frost cake with frosting.
Nutrition Facts
calories
454 calories
fat Content
16.8 g
serving Size
1 slice
fiber Content
0.8 g
sugar Content
62.8 g
sodium Content
167.9 mg
protein Content
2.9 g
trans Fat Content
1.3 g
cholesterol Content
55.8 mg
carbohydrate Content
75.1 g
saturated Fat Content
3.9 g
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