Key Lime Cake

I have always enjoyed a good Key Lime Pie and serving my mission only increased  my love for them. While looking through some of the recipes in the cupboard I took this one hoping it would satisfy my Key lime craving without too much work.

Key Lime Cake II

Rated: Submitted By: Kaye Frickhoeffer Photo By: Celeste Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 50 Minutes Ready In: 1 Hour 10 Minutes Servings: 24

"Lemon cake with a tropical taste."

INGREDIENTS:

1 (18.25 ounce) package lemon cake mix 1 (3 ounce) package instant lemon pudding mix 3/4 cup water 1/2 cup vegetable oil

4 eggs 5 tablespoons key lime juice 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar 3 tablespoons key lime juice

DIRECTIONS:

1.	Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease one 9x13 inch cake pan or one 10 inch bundt pan.
2.	In a large bowl stir together; lemon cake mix, lemon instant pudding, water, oil, eggs, and 5 tablespoons key lime juice, mixing well. Pour batter into prepared pan.
3.	Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 minutes. Pour key lime glaze over cake while still warm.
4.	To Make Glaze: Mix together the confectioner's sugar and 3 tablespoons of the key lime juice (or more if necessary), spoon glaze over warm cake.

I feel like the cooking time was really long. My cake was pretty brown and a little bit dry, but a boxed cake mix with a box of pudding added can't really get 'dry'. Maybe if I had used my bundt pan the cooking time would have been more accurate.

It was good (clearly because two of us ate the whole thing in 2 days), but I don't think it was four and a half stars good. The glaze totally made the cake, but that was really the only key lime flavor. The rest was just citrusy. So, if you are looking for a real Key lime cake, don't try this one. If you want a nice (easy) citrusy cake, make this one.

And, thank goodness I got all these allrecipe recipes! Sure does make it easy to type them up :)