Ingredients
For the cake
1 package white cake mix
3 ounces lime gelatin
1 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup orange juice
4 large eggs
2 tablespoons lime juice freshly squeezed
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the Frosting
½ cup butter at room temperature
8 ounces cream cheese at room temperature
3 and ½ cups confectioners sugar sifted before measuring
2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
For the cake
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 3 – 8 inch round cakes pans or 1 – 9×13 cake pan.
In a large mixing bowl, add cake mix and gelatin. Add 1 cup oil and ¾ cup orange juice and beat on low.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Add lime juice and vanilla. Beat 2 minutes on med hi, scraping sides.
Pour into cake pans. Bake 8 inch layers 22-25 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Bake 9×13 inch cake 27- 30 minutes. Cool completely before icing with Key Lime Cream Cheese Frosting.
*For the stacked layered cake, I used three 8 inch pans and cooked them for 27 minutes at 350 degrees.
For the Frosting
Beat 1/2 cup butter and 8 ounces cream cheese until smooth, add confectioners sugar with a mixer on low. Add lime juice and vanilla. Mix until smooth. Frost cake.
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