This last week a good friend of mine had a birthday, so I decided to surprise her at work!
She is a teacher and mommy friend :0) - which means she deserves an extra special cake!
Here it is!
Key Lime Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting and Toasted Coconut
(why do all of my recipes have such long names?!)
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| YUMMY!!! |
This cake is easy to make, a fun and tasty mix of flavors, and...
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| THE HULK!! GrrRAAAWWWrrrrr! |
did I mention it was green?! EXTRA FUN!
While making this cake, I turned on The Next Great Baker for inspiration. It just so happened they were having a Baker's Challenge to see who could crack a tray of eggs the fastest...so naturally...I joined in (this recipe calls for 5 eggs)!!!
I tried cracking the eggs with one hand for the first time, like they do on TV!...yikes.
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| Do you see ALL those shells?! I would have lost, |
I promise I picked them all out :0)!
What I love most about this cake, is all the fresh ingredients.
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| Oranges and limes!!! Minus the hanging bananas...that would be weird. |
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| Orange juice! |
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| Toasted Coconut...in my wok! ASIAN PRIDE! |
The recipe I followed calls for three 9" pans. Am I good at following directions? Only 50% of the time...I had a vision!!!!
As you can see I tried using my 6" pans again and much to my dismay, my impatience caused the middles to fall a bit:
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| BLAST! |
So let us add "human tears" to the ingredient list, shall we?!
Luckily, it's nothing a little leveling can't fix!
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| Awesome! But next time...try to center the cake Kina :0) |
I had extra batter to make some cupcakes too! After the Funfetti incident, I had to make sure this cake was edible!
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| A small, cupcake army! |
SUCESS! These things are FANTASTIC! I highly recommend this recipe...for any occasion! They/It (cupcakes/cake) are sure to be a hit!
At the end of the day, the goal was to make my friend feel as special as she deserves and I think it was a success :0).
I love you Brittany! Thank you for being a wonderful person and friend!
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| BEAUTIFUL family! |
P.S. Her husband Sean is the best realtor in Bend! He helped make all of our homeowner's dreams come true!
Love you all! Take Care and God Bless!
Key Lime Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting and Toasted Coconut
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Yield: Serves 10 Prep Time: 20 min Total Time: 1 hour - 1 hour and 15 minutes
Ingredients:
Key Lime Cake
Glaze
Cream Cheese Frosting
Toasted Coconut
Directions:
Key Lime Cake with Glaze
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour three 9" round cake pans. (You could also do cupcakes and bake for 18-23 minutes)
2. Mix lime gelatin, granulated sugar, flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in a large bowl. Set aside.
3. Mix eggs, oil, orange juice, lemon juice, and vanilla in a medium bowl.
4. Slowly mix wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.
5. Carefully divide batter evenly amongst the three pans and bake for 30-45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
6. Cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then take them out to cool on racks.
7. While cake is still hot on the racks, mix together the key lime juice and confections sugar for the glaze. Pierce the cake layers with a fork and pour over three cake layers(piercing allows the glaze to soak in). Let iced layers cool completely before frosting and decorating with toasted coconut.
Cream Cheese Frosting
1. Using a hand mixer or stand mixer with paddle attachment to cream butter and cream cheese for 3-5 minutes, until smooth.
2. Slowly add confectioners sugar one cup at a time and add vanilla.
3. Frost in between layers and outside of cake completely.
Toasted Coconut
1. On medium-low heat, toast coconut in a medium sized wok or frying pan for about 10 minutes on stovetop, stirring constantly. Toast until desired color/crispiness.
2. Let cool and then decorate cake by gently pushing toasted coconut onto the frosting with your hand.
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