Key Lime Poke Cake

The only change I may make is putting the curd on the cake before the whipped topping for better presentation. Would make it again.

I am a huge fan of Key Lime anything! so when I saw this recipe in my in box, I had to try. I didn't change a thing! Its a delicious cake recipe. The frosting takes time to make, but so worth it!

I made this for Memorial Day barbecue at a friends house. I honestly couldn’t wait to taste it. Well, it was fantastic desert!! Moist and so flavorful. A big hit at the party. I would definitely make it again!!!!!!!

Use butter instead of vegetable oil in the cake mix

Make it at my sister house and the family loved it

Wonderful fresh limey flavor! It is quite simple to make, almost. The curd stage (to make for the frosting) turned out to be time-consuming and tedious. I suspect a double boiler would have worked better, since I tried 3 different bowls over a boiling pot of water and couldn't get the juice/sugar mix to boil. It got up to aboout 190 deg so I went to the next step, adding to the eggs. It came out fine, but next time I will probably use a different curd process (for instance see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHg2XlakQGE) . Otherwise the recipe worked very well. It's so worth it, a favorite.

This cake is very good. My husband says it is the best cake he’s ever eaten. I was a tad too tart for me. I followed the recipe except used fresh-squeezed regular lime juice. Key lime juice was not available. Next time I will cut down on the amount of lime zest. There was too much for me. The one thing I did add was I toasted some shredded coconut and sprinkled it on top of the cake. It added some sweetness and texture. The lime curd was very tart and the coconut helped to balance it out. I will definitely be making this cake again with those two minor changes. Oh, and next time instead of a yellow cake mix I am going to use a white cake mix.

It was kind of putsy , but easy. I dirtied every bowl in the house. 😂. Made it for St Patrick’s day. Put the curd under the light and fluffy frosting. I also put vanilla pudding and an extra egg in the cake mix. Everyone raved about them. They were delicious. It made 15 cupcakes.