Margarita Cake with Key Lime Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients
- 1 (15.25 ounce) package white cake mix
- 3 large egg whites
- 1 (10 fluid ounce) can frozen margarita mix (such as Bacardi), thawed
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons lime juice, divided
- 1 tablespoon grated lime zest
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
- 5 cups confectioners' sugar
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Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch cake pan.
- Beat together cake mix, egg whites, margarita mix, oil, 1 tablespoon lime juice, and lime zest in a large bowl until smooth and well combined. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of cake shows moist crumbs, 30 to 35 minutes. Cake will be very moist. Cool completely in the pan, about 1 hour.
- Beat together cream cheese and butter in another large bowl until light and fluffy. Stir in remaining 1 tablespoon lime juice and lemon zest. Beat in confectioners' sugar, one cup at a time, scraping the sides of the bowl thoroughly with a spatula after each addition. Spread frosting over cooled cake.
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