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Strawberry Lime Cake

This stunning Strawberry Lime Cake is everything you never knew you needed for a showstopper dessert! Made with lemon cake mix, orange juice, and homemade strawberry frosting!
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time1 hour
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: lime cake recipe, lime green cakes, lime jello cake, strawberry frosting recipe
Servings: 9
Calories: 1729kcal
Author: Jill

Equipment

Ingredients

Ingredients

    Lime Cake

    • 37 ounces Lemon Cake Mix (2 18.5-oz boxes)
    • 2 cups Canola Oil
    • 8 large Eggs
    • 6 ounces Lime Gelatin (2 small 3-oz boxes)
    • 1 1/2 cups orange juice pulp free

    Strawberry Frosting ingredients

    • 2 cups unsalted sweet cream butter softened
    • 6 cups powdered sugar
    • 4 teaspoons vanilla extract
    • 1/2 cup finely diced strawberries
    • 5-7 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
    • 2 Limes cut into slices for decoration
    • Strawberries cut in half for decoration

    Instructions

    Cake Directions:

    • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray your cake pans with pam baking spray.
    • Using a standing mixer, beat together until combined the cake mix, canola oil, eggs, lime gelatin, and orange juice until combined.
    • Divide the batter between the 3 pans.
    • Bake in the oven for 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
    • Allow to cool completely.
    • Remove cakes from pans and place onto a cutting board and use the cake leveler to even out the cake rounds.

    Frosting Directions:

    • Using a standing mixer, cream together the butter, vanilla, powdered sugar, diced strawberries and heavy whipping cream until combined and creamy and stiff with peaks.

    Directions to build the cake:

    • Place one cake round onto the cake board.
    • Scoop 1 C of the frosting onto the middle of the cake.
    • Using the angled spatula, smooth the frosting out.
    • Place the second cake layer onto the first layer.
    • Repeat steps with the frosting and remaining cake layer.
    • Scoop 1 C of frosting into the piping bag and set aside.
    • Once you have built your cake, scoop the remaining frosting onto the top of the cake and use the angled spatula to smooth it out.
    • Frost the entire cake until smooth.
    • Using the piping bag, pipe dollops of frosting around the edge of the top of the cake.
    • Place sliced limes onto the dollop of frosting and place strawberries along the sides of the dollops.
    • Place into the fridge for 1 hour to allow the frosting to harden.
    • Cut into slices and enjoy.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 1729kcal | Carbohydrates: 200g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 101g | Saturated Fat: 35g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 17g | Monounsaturated Fat: 45g | Trans Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 263mg | Sodium: 1002mg | Potassium: 244mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 150g | Vitamin A: 1685IU | Vitamin C: 30mg | Calcium: 298mg | Iron: 3mg