Margarita Cake with Key Lime Cream Cheese Frosting

52 Reviews

Prep: 30 min
Cook: 30 min
Ready In: 2 hr

“You can even make an adult version, by adding 3 shots of either rum or tequila to the icing! I make this cake for parties and on birthdays.” - by Tori Belle

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Original recipe yields 12 servings

Directions

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.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (12 total)

Calories
567 cal
28%

Fat
20.9 g
32%

Carbs
91.9 g
30%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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Susan A

Mar. 21, 2011

"Oh yum! Since others said the recipe made a lot of frosting, I took the that part of the recipe and followed the amounts used for 8 servings. This works out to be 5 ounces cream cheese, 1/3 cup butt..." See moreer, 2 t. each lime peel and juice, and 3 1/3 cups powdered sugar. That was still plenty of frosting, and we thought the flavors were just perfect! Thanks, Tori for a fantastic recipe!"

BLIZLADY

Mar. 24, 2011

"This cake is yummy and I plan to make it again for this year's Cinco de Mayo party at our office. I only wish that people wouldn't give recipes bad ratings when they change the ingredients. The over..." See moreall ratings are then skewed."

Shelly

Mar. 29, 2011

"I tried this recipe with cupcakes. I think with a little tweeking, they could be good but I ended up over baking them. I'll definitely try them again and start testing them at about 20 minutes. The..." See more icing was too thin for piping though. I tried adding more sugar which helped some but it just never seemed to get thick enough to actually pipe."

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