Key Lime Pie Poke Cake
February 27, 2013 by admin • 28 Comments
How is everyone doing today? I hope all is well with you. My husband had eye surgery yesterday and is recovering nicely. I thought I would surprise him with a sweet treat and made this Key Lime Cake. It is a super easy recipe and makes a delightful dessert anytime.
Ingredients:
cake -
1 box white cake mix
1 1/4 cups water
1 Tbsp. oil
4 eggs
key lime filling -
1 can sweetened condensed milk
3/4 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup key lime juice or regular lime juice
1 tsp. grated lime peel
4 drops yellow food color
1 drop green food color
frosting-
1 container (12oz.) whipped vanilla frosting
2 tsp. grated lime peel
Instructions:
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray bottom only of 13 x 9 -inch pan with baking spray with flour.
In large bowl, beat cake ingredients with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pan.
Bake 26 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes. With handle of wooden spoon, poke holes almost to bottom of cake every 1/2 inch, wiping spoon handle occasionally to reduce sticking.
In medium bowl, stir together filling ingredients ( mixture will thicken). Pour over cake; spread evenly over surface, working back and forth to fill holes. Some filling should remain on top of cake. Refrigerate 1 hour.
Spread frosting over cake; sprinkle with lime peel. Garnish, if desired with strawberries, lime slices and lemon leaves. Store loosely covered in refrigerator.
Enjoy!
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This looks yummy! So glad that Dad is recovering well. He is such a trooper…and so are you
Hugs,
Nici
Glad everything went well with the hubby! And on this dreary day in February, this recipe sounds perfect!!..Going for limes..
I don’t usually comment, but it made me chuckle that your husband had surgery and you made him a “poke” cake ;~) I’m sure he loved it, it sounds delicious. Glad he’s doing well.
I attended an event last weekend where they served mini key lime cupcakes and they were perfection. I have been dreaming of them ever since, so this recipe could not have been more timely! I pinned them for safekeeping!
An interesting way to place the filling:) Never made any cake with lime before, so I may try this on an adventurous day! Glad your husband is recovering well!
This cake looks so light and fluffy and absolutely heaven!
Moni, your cake looks so moist and yummy…my mouth is watering! Glad to hear your husband is recovering nicely. I’m sure the cake will help with that.
I’m off to make your daughter’s no-knead bread! Have a great day.
Debbie
Oh looks soooooooooo delicious.
Okay YUMMMM! This looks and sounds so so good! Now if only I could just grab that piece and eat it!!!
) I might just need to make my own! Thank you for sharing at the Inspiration Gallery!
Jaime
I LOVE anything key lime – and this cake looks absolutely delicious!!! Thanks for sharing the recipe today. I’m going pin this one to make later!!!
xoxo laurie
So glad everything is going well after the surgery.
– you might have given me the last pull 
And what a treat you made. Looks and sounds yummy.
Last time we went to the garden store I asked hubby is I could have a Lime Tree and he “Why?”… I like the way limes look and taste – a more sassy orange and less bitter lemon
Have a Nice Weekend!
That really looks yummy! Thank’s for the recipe
http://www.cassandrasminicorner.com/2013/02/how-to-make-green-papaya-pickle-filipino-style.html
Stopping bu from Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop- hope you can stop by
It looks so light and fluffy and yummy! I hope your husband is doing well following his surgery. I’m sure this helped.
Have a great weekend. Thanks for sharing this at Real Family Fun link party.
KC
This sounds so yummy. I love key lime pie, and this looks so simple to make.
Thank you for sharing.
Kristen
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This looks amazing! Thanks for sharing.
Awesome flavor for a poke cake!!
This looks delicious! Pinned and baking VERY SOON!
This cake looks heavenly and so light
I’d love for you to share this over at my link party 
http://thevelvetmoonbaker.blogspot.ie/2013/03/sweet-and-savoury-sunday-link-party-1.html
This cake recipe looks delicious. We have a link party called Wednesdays Adorned From Above Blog Hop and would love to have you share this and any other posts with everyone. It runs from Tuesday night through midnight Sunday. Here is the link to the party.
http://www.adornedfromabove.com/2013/02/wednesdays-adorned-from-above-blog-hop_26.html
Debi and Charly @ Adorned From Above
My husband loves key lime! I will be making this for him soon! Hope your husband is doing well.
Huge key lime fans at our house! Looks so good.
Thanks so much for sharing over at Finding the Pretty & Delicious Linky Party – hope you’ll visit again next Saturday!
Looks delicious! Thank you for joining Home Sweet Home!
Sherry
Wow! I love key lime. This looks so good!
I’m over from Your Homebased Mom. Thanks for the recipe. I ziplisted it.
That sounds heavenly!
Hello, My husband and I really love anything key lime and love to try new things. We have been ordering those famous key lime pies baked over in N.C. by “Anita Pelaez” at her key lime pie factory,
they have been our favorite for many years now. Your cake caught my eye while I was browsing the web today. Now that looks like our piece of cake. Thank you for the recipe, You can bet your sweet Bippi that we are just dieing to try it out next weekend.
Again Thanks so much,…Sherrie
Another fantastic recipe! Thanks so much for sharing.
I just wanted to share that I made your cake into cupcakes, which I shared with my neighbors. Everyone loved them! I decorated each little cake with a tiny lime slice….so pretty and fresh. I will definitely be baking these again! Thank you so much for sharing the recipe.