Best Key Lime Bundt Cake Recipes

KEY LIME BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• For the Streusel: Preheat oven to 325°F. Pulse graham crackers in a food processor until fine (you should have 1 heaping cup); transfer to a large bowl and whisk in flour, salt, and cinnamon. Add brown sugar; whisk to combine. Using your fingers, work in butter until mixture is evenly moistened (you should have 3 1/4 cups). Brush a 10-to-15-cup Bundt pan with butter; dust with flour, tapping out excess. Sprinkle 1 cup streusel evenly into bottom of pan.
• For the Cake: Beat butter with granulated sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda, and lime zest on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Beat in eggs, one at a time, to combine. Beat in flour in three additions, alternating with milk and then lime juice, beginning and ending with flour.
• Dollop half of batter over streusel in prepared pan. Sprinkle with 1 cup streusel; top with remaining batter. Spread with a spatula to cover streusel. Gather remaining streusel in your hands and press into large clumps before sprinkling over top to cover.
• Bake until a wooden skewer inserted in center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Remove cake from oven (leaving oven on) and let cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes. Turn out of pan onto a small baking sheet or pan large enough to hold cake; let cool 10 minutes.
• For the Syrup: Meanwhile, combine lime juice and granulated sugar in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring, until sugar has dissolved, then continue cooking until thickened slightly, 1 minute. Brush cake all over with syrup, continuing to brush until all of syrup is used and absorbed. Return cake to oven and bake just until syrup is set, 5 minutes.
• For the Glaze: Meanwhile, whisk together confectioners' sugar and lime juice. Immediately after removing cake from oven, use a large spatula to transfer it to rack. Let stand 5 minutes, then brush all over with glaze, dabbing top so as not to displace streusel. Let cool completely before serving. Cake can be stored at room temperature, loosely tented with foil, up to 3 days.

KEY LIME-COCONUT CREAM BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 12-cup fluted tube cake pan with shortening; lightly flour. In small bowl, mix cracker crumbs, brown sugar and 3 tablespoons butter; set aside.
• In medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder and salt; set aside. In large bowl, beat 3/4 cup butter and the granulated sugar with electric mixer on medium speed 2 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. On low speed, alternately add flour mixture, about one-third at a time, and whipping cream, about half at a time, beating just until blended. Add 4 teaspoons lime peel and 1/4 cup lime juice; beat just until blended. Stir in 1 cup coconut.
• Sprinkle half of crumb mixture in bottom of pan. Spoon half of batter over mixture in pan; spread evenly. Sprinkle with remaining crumb mixture; top with remaining batter.
• Bake 45 to 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes. Remove cake from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• In small bowl, stir powdered sugar, 1/2 teaspoon lime peel and 4 to 5 teaspoons lime juice. Spoon glaze over top of cake. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons coconut. Cut with serrated knife.