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White Chocolate and Key Lime Bundt Cake

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This white chocolate and key lime bundt cake recipe is easy to put together, keeps well, and everyone loves it. Moist, tangy, sweet, and buttery  it is the perfect summer dessert. Serve it with a strawberry or raspberry coulis to kick it up if you want.

I have loved white chocolate since I first bit the head off my first white chocolate Easter lamb way back in the 1960s. The creamy richness is like nothing else when done right…and like nothing else when done wrong. There is nothing worse than badly done white chocolate.

One of the reasons I like it with lime so well is that the two flavors balance perfectly; tangy lime and silky white chocolate. When you have two completely different areas of your tongue being massaged by complimenting flavor molecules it produces mouth magic.

No, really.

This particular cake is a favorite because it is moist and delicious AND easy. If you have time make it a day ahead because the flavors will mellow out overnight to exquisite perfection. If you don’t have time to let it sit (well covered) overnight then go ahead and eat it anyway.. it is still amazing.

And, if you want to add a great layer of flavor? Serve it with a ripe, fresh blackberry coulis.

The most important two things to remember for this cake are a great assistant and a great key lime juice.

Pour in the sugar to the butter carefully.

Melt the white chocolate until it is an ewy, gooey, luscious, melty consistency.

Add the powdered sugar to the key lime to make a thick glaze.

Drizzle the glaze over the cake while it is still warm. You can add more glaze later but you want this batch to melt in.

Lime bundt cake with a moist, tender crumb. Yum.


Really, isn’t that amazing? You can even freeze it for up to three months. This is a recipe you will probably go to again and again – I know I do.

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If you can’t find key lime juice in the store you can find it on Amazon.

Nellie & Joe’s: Key West Lime Juice, 16 oz (2 pack)
: White Chocolate and Key Lime Bundt Cake

: a moist, tender cake with superb flavor

  • 1 cup unsalted butter, room temp.
  • 1 1/2 cups pure cane sugar
  • 2 tsps. vanilla
  • 3 eggs, room temp
  • 2 tbs grated lime zest
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 cup buttermilk (not low fat)
  • 1/3 cup key lime juice
  • 1 1/4 cups good quality white chocolate chips
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 3 tablespoons key lime juice
  1. Preheat the oven to 350F.
  2. Grease and flour a bundt pan.
  3. Beat the butter and then slowly add the sugar.
  4. Cream until light and fluffy.
  5. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each.
  6. Add vanilla and lime zest.
  7. Melt the white chocolate chips.
  8. Beat in to the butter mixture.
  9. Mix the flour, baking powder, and salt.
  10. Mix the 1/3 cup lime juice with the buttermilk.
  11. Add the flour to the butter in three parts, alternating with the buttermilk.
  12. Mix until blended.
  13. Spoon into prepared pans and bake 45-50 minutes.
  14. Let cool 10 minutes and turn out of pan.
  15. Add the remaining lime juice to the powdered sugar to make a glaze.
  16. Spoon it over the warm cake.
  17. Add more glaze when the cake cools.

Preparation time: 10 minute(s)

Cooking time: 50 minute(s)

Number of servings (yield): 12

Meal type: dessert

Culinary tradition: USA (General)

5 :  ★★★★★ 1 review(s)

 

 

Nutrition Information:serving size 1/12th

Calories 491

Fat 22.6

Carbs 67.7

Fiber 0.9

Protein 6.0

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About Marye

With a 40 year focus on the importance of family and a passion for southern comfort food, Marye Audet-White has become an expert in melding the two together effortlessly. Marye's a NY Times Bestselling author with 10 cookbooks under her belt and her recipes have been featured in Good Housekeeping, Country Living, Today, House Beautiful, Texas Living, Food & Wine, and many more.

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  1. Joanie @ Zagleft

    I keep a bottle of key lime juice in my fridge to use in recipes and to add add to and give a hint of flavor too water. I think I’ll make this cake this weekend, white chocolate and lime are a great combination and I know my family would love this.

    Reply

    • Marye Audet

      Joanie, Please let me know what you think!

  2. Jennifer A Stewart

    Key Lime Bundt? You have my full attention now! The white chocolate is just taking it over the top! How much more decadent can you get?!?!?

    Reply

    • Marye Audet

      Ummm…. well…. I keep trying. 😉

  3. Susan | LunaCafe

    This sounds divine.White chocolate and lime are a fabulous pairing..

    Reply

    • Marye Audet

      I totally agree, Susan!

  4. Dee Dee (My Midlife Kitchen)

    Sadly, my two assistants are much shorter, have four legs each, and are just generally in my way. Yours looks like she is much more help! And I love anything with key lime, so you have me hooked!

    Reply

    • Marye Audet

      Let me know what you think. I have some assistants like that, too. 😉

  5. Carolyn

    I love the white chocolate/key lime combo here. And I love a good bundt cake!

    Reply

    • Marye Audet

      It’s one of my favorite combos. 🙂

  6. allie @ Through Her Looking Glass

    That poor little Easter lamby. White chocolate is THE best, Marye. Gorgeous cake. I dub you the Cake QUEEN. Looks fantastic and I would love a slice of this delicious WHITE CHOCOLATE AND KEY LIME BUNDT CAKE! (Lovely assistant besides.) xo

    Reply

    • Marye Audet

      LOL! Thanks Allie!

  7. Mandy @Mandy's Recipe Box

    This cake looks so good. What a cute assistant you have!

    Reply

    • Marye Audet

      She’s grown up so much since then, Mandy, but still cute!

  8. heather @french press

    we LOVE pretty much anything key lime, and I;m sure with white chocolate it is amazing

    Reply

    • Marye Audet

      It really is a nice combination. 🙂

  9. Stephanie

    My word, this looks amazing!! I wish I had a slice right now!

    Reply

    • Marye Audet

      Me too. I think I need to make it again!

  10. Melissa

    I love key lime anything. Looks delicious with white chocolate.

    Reply

  11. Ali @ Home & Plate

    Two of my favorite ingredients. This bundt cake looks delish. Pinning!

    Reply

    • Marye Audet

      Thanks!

  12. Doreen

    I’m not a fan of white chocolate – but this cake looks delicious!!

    Reply

    • marye

      🙂 It really is delicious…and not overly white chocolate.

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