key lime cream cheese cake
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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.
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prep time
20 Min
cook time
1 Hr
method
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yield
12 serving(s)
Ingredients
- BASE:
- 1 box vanilla cake mix, reserving 1 cup for topping ( i like french vanilla)
- 1/2 cup butter, melted (i use real butter, you only live once!)
- 1 - egg
- FILLING:
- 1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
- 1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated)
- 3/4 cup key lime juice ( i've used bottled lime juice, but like the key lime better)
- 2 - eggs, beaten
- TOPPING:
- 1 cup reserved cake mix
- 1 cup chopped pecans, walnuts or combination of both
- 3 tablespoons butter, softened
- - powdered sugar for garnish
How To Make key lime cream cheese cake
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Step 1Heat 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.
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Step 2In medium bowl, mix remaining cake mix, 1/2 cup melted butter and 1 egg until well combined. Press in bottom of pan; set aside.
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Step 3In 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.
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Step 4With fork, mix reserved cake mix with pecans and 3 tablespoons softened butter until crumbly. Sprinkle evenly over filling.
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Step 5Bake about 45 minutes or until golden brown. Cool in pan at least 20 minutes. Before serving, sprinkle individual servings with powdered sugar.
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Step 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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