Because it began with a cake mix and because of some of the reviews I set out to make this with low hopes and poor expectations all of them dashed. I was prepared for the cake to be ugly it isn t. It has a pretty golden exterior and the cake itself a delicate and pretty pastel green. Too sweet and too limey some reviews said nope it s just right. In fact in hindsight I would have added some grated lime zest maybe a tablespoon. Tastes awful SO like a cake mix. Wrong again. While I don t necessarily think it would fool anybody it nevertheless does not have that obvious commercial cake mix taste tho I m convinced this is because I started out with a French Vanilla cake mix better as far as I m concerned than lemon yellow or white cake mixes. I thought maybe a cup of oil would make this heavy and greasy but it was not. Again I used a Duncan Hines French Vanilla cake mix (deliberately as with all this oil I did NOT want a pudding-included cake mix). I used fresh-squeezed orange juice which really was why I chose this recipe in the first place as I had a number of oranges to use. I baked it in a Bundt pan 325 degrees for about 55-60 minutes. Fearful of infusing any more moisture or sweetness into the cake I did not use the recipe s glaze. I used a simple powdered sugar and fresh lime juice glaze. I m pleasantly surprised.
Delicious and moist! Just as good the second day!
I have been searching for a recipe close to my mothers lime cake for over 15 years. This is the closest I have had! I just baked it and havent even poured the frosting on it yet. I just leveled the layers and got to nibble on some of the extra..WOW! its delish! I did not purchase the lemon cake mix I used yellow instead. All I had here in my pantry. And it still came out wonderful I just added 1/2 tsp of lemon extract when I still felt that diddnt give it enough tang I gave it 1/2 tsp of lime juice. I am going to frost it with a cream cheese frosting with a few tbls of lime thrown in. I will make this over and over. Thanks for a wonderful recipe!Edit:8/27/08- I have made this cake over and over. I have made it in a bundt pan with a lime glaze and powdered sugar over it. I have also made it into a 1/4 sheet cake by doubling the recipe and using a cream cheese lime frosting. YUM
I also tried this recipe as a strawberry lemonade version by adding strawberry jello instead of lime and lemonade instead of orange juice and it was a hit. I baked it in a bundt pan and topped the cooled cake with coolwhip and garnished with sliced strawberries and lemon zest.
This recipe is awesome! I have used it to make lemon orange pineapple cherry cranberry raspberry and strawberry. I think you are only limited by the flavors of Jello.
Made this for my husband to take to work. It was devoured way before lunch and everybody wanted the recipe. I can't eat it because I'm on the low carb diet but from all reports this will be a permanent addition to my dessert file. My husband usually prefers pies over cakes but he said to make this as often as I can. I fixed a frosting for it with only 1 tub of cool-whip and a small box of lime jello mixed together and spread over the cooled cake. WONDERFUL!!!!!!!
Absolutely scrumptious! Very moist and wonderful tasting. What a beautiful green color too. I made this cake for work and it was gone in no time. I love the very simple lime glaze which gives just the right finish. I did not poke the holes in the cake. Instead I let the cake cool and then poured the glaze over top. Finally I garnished with lime twists on top for a nice presentation. I will make this recipe over and over again! mmmm! mmmm! p.s. It's great FROZEN too!
I made this as a bundt cake and it came out great!
This cake rocks! I baked it in a bundt pan. The only thing I changed was instead of the lime juice I used a 6 ounce can of thawed frozen limeade concentrate & mixed that with the 2 c. powdered sugar before pouring over the cake. I also added a very tiny bit of blue paste food coloring to the orange juice mixture in the blender which made it a festive green color. My family loves this cake & it's great in the summertime or when you don't want a heavy dessert as it doesn't require any frosting!
I served this at a party and although I personally really enjoyed this cake my guests were not thrilled. I am known for making great desserts and they all said that this was not their favorite. The main problem people had with the cake was that the lime flavor was very overwhelming. I however thought it was very tasty! To make the top a little prettier I sprinkled powered sugar and green sprinkles on top.
