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key lime cream cheese cake

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Tami Hammers
Jacksonville, IL

Bright refreshing taste.. If you love citrus you'll love this cake. This was a huge success at work, I've taken it a couple of times and everyone wants the recipe once they taste it.

(1 rating)
yield 12 serving(s)
prep time 20 Min
cook time 1 Hr

Ingredients For key lime cream cheese cake

  • BASE:
  • 1 box
    vanilla cake mix, reserving 1 cup for topping ( i like french vanilla)
  • 1/2 c
    butter, melted (i use real butter, you only live once!)
  • 1
    egg
  • FILLING:
  • 1 pkg
    (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
  • 1 can
    (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated)
  • 3/4 c
    key lime juice ( i've used bottled lime juice, but like the key lime better)
  • 2
    eggs, beaten
  • TOPPING:
  • 1 c
    reserved cake mix
  • 1 c
    chopped pecans, walnuts or combination of both
  • 3 Tbsp
    butter, softened
  • powdered sugar for garnish

How To Make key lime cream cheese cake

  • 1
    Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray. In small bowl, reserve 1 cup of the dry cake mix for the topping; set aside.
  • 2
    In medium bowl, mix remaining cake mix, 1/2 cup melted butter and 1 egg until well combined. Press in bottom of pan; set aside.
  • 3
    In large bowl, beat cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk, lime juice and 2 eggs with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Pour filling evenly over base in pan.
  • 4
    With fork, mix reserved cake mix with pecans and 3 tablespoons softened butter until crumbly. Sprinkle evenly over filling.
  • 5
    Bake about 45 minutes or until golden brown. Cool in pan at least 20 minutes. Before serving, sprinkle individual servings with powdered sugar.
  • 6
    (The recipe calls to bake for 45 minutes or until golden brown, I have found in my oven it's closer to 1 hour)

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