Easiest Way to Make Ultimate Key Lime Velvet Cake

Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, key lime velvet cake. One of my favorites food recipes. 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 favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Key Lime Velvet Cake is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook key lime velvet cake using 14 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Key Lime Velvet Cake:

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

Instructions 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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