Margarita Cake With Key Lime Cream Cheese Frosting Recipes

MARGARITA CAKE WITH KEY LIME CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease two 9 inch cake pans well.
• Add the ingredients for the cake to a mixing bowl, and beat on high until smooth.
• Pour the batter evenly between the two cake pans and bake for 35 minutes, or until cooked through. Allow cooling to room temperature on a rack.
• Once cooled, run a knife around the edges of the cakes, and turn them out onto a cooling rack.
• Add the butter and cream cheese for the icing to a mixing bowl, and beat until light and fluffy.
• Place the lime juice, zest, and confectioners sugar for the icing to the mixing bowl, and beat until a smooth and creamy icing has formed.
• Place one layer of the cake on a serving tray or platter.
• Add a layer of icing to the top of that layer of cake.
• Put the other layer of cake on top of the first, and continue to ice the top and sides of the cake completely.
• Garnish with fresh lime slices and zest before serving.

MARGARITA CAKE WITH KEY LIME CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch cake pan.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat together the cake mix, egg whites, frozen margarita mix, vegetable oil, lime zest, and 1 tablespoon lime juice. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center shows moist crumbs, 30 to 35 minutes. Cake will be very moist. Cool in the pan.
• To make frosting, beat the cream cheese and butter together until light and fluffy, and stir in the lemon peel and 1 tablespoon of lime juice. Beat in the confectioners' sugar, 1 cup at a time, scraping the sides of the bowl thoroughly with a spatula after each addition. Spread the frosting over the cooled cake.

KEY LIME CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Beat butter and cream cheese until fluffy.
• Add in lime juice and zest.
• Slowly mix in powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time.
• If it seems too runny add a little bit more powdered sugar.

MARGARITA CUPCAKES WITH KEY LIME ICING

Steps:

• In large bowl, combine cake mix, Margarita mix, egg whites and vegetable oil using electric mixer.
• Stir in lime zest; mix completely.
• Fill prepared pans 2/3 full.
• Bake according to box directions (usually 325 degrees - be sure to check box!) 22-24 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cupcake comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on cooling rack 5-8 minutes.
• Remove cupcakes from pan; cool completely.
• FOR ICING:.
• In large bowl, cream butter, cream cheese, juice and zest with electric mixer until light and fluffy.
• Add 4 cups confectioners' sugar, one cup at a time; continue beating until light and fluffy.
• If icing is too thin add additional confectioners' sugar 1 tablespoon at a time.