Easiest Way to Prepare Perfect Key Lime Velvet Cake

Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, key lime velvet cake. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Key Lime Velvet Cake is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Key Lime Velvet Cake is something which I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook key lime velvet cake using 14 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Key Lime Velvet Cake:

1. Take 2 cups all purpose flour
2. Make ready 1 tsp baking soda
3. Get 1/2 tsp baking powder
4. Make ready 1/2 tsp salt
5. Get 1/2 cup granulated sugar
6. Take 1/2 cup vegetable oil
7. Take 1/4 cup butter, softened
8. Make ready 2 large eggs
9. Make ready 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
10. Prepare 1 and 1/2 tsp key lime zest
11. Make ready 1 cup buttermilk
12. Get 1/2 tsp white vinegar/apple cider vinegar
13. Make ready 3 tbsp key lime juice + 1 tbsp hot water, mixed
14. Prepare Afew drops yellow food colouring, optional

Steps to make Key Lime Velvet Cake:

1. In a bowl, combine all the dry ingredients and whisk to combine.
2. In a seperate mixing bowl, add in the sugar, butter and oil and whisk till thoroughly combined.
3. Next, add in the eggs and whisk again until a thick smooth mixture forms.
4. Then, add in the lime zest, vanilla, vinegar and food colouring and whisk again to combine.
5. Next, add in the dry ingredients and buttermilk, alternating, beginning with the dry ingredients. With a spatula, fold in after each addition.
6. Finally, add in the lime juice and with the spatula lightly fold it in, making sure to have a smooth, airy batter at the end without overmixing.
7. Pour the batter into a 7 inch round cake pan (for a tall cake) that has been lined with parchment paper and greased around the sides.
8. Bake in a preheated oven at 325 degrees fahrenheit on the center rack for about 35 minutes.
9. The cake is ready when the top is still soft but set and is golden brown around the edges. Do the toothpick test as well.
10. Let the cake cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then take it out. Dust with powdered sugar and lime zest if desired and serve preferably warm. Enjoy!

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