Chime Cake (Chocolate and Lime)

Chime Cake

Serving Size 20 ish

I made two sheet cakes and covered them with chocolate hard glaze. ( save some of the glaze for decorating ) Once the glaze was some what hard I put the lime frosting on top of one of the sheet cakes and flipped the second cake on top. Once this was done I placed the cake back in to the refrigerator to cool and set. After all of the chocolate had hardened I cut the cake in to the sail boat shape and placed it in the shape. After moving the cake I covered it with the remaining frosting and outlined it with the reaming chocolate glaze.

Key Lime Honey Cake

This is a very moist, light and clean tasting cake; balances out the lingering taste in your mouth after a heavy dinner. Honey and key lime cake recipe >>

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

I doubled the recipe in order to make 2 sheet cakes

1. Step 1
   Gather and prepare the following items for the honey and key lime cake recipe:
   
   -- Ingredients --
   
   (For the Cake)
   * 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened / butter preferred
   * 1-1/6 cup white sugar
   * 2 large eggs
   * 2 teaspoons grated key lime zest
   * 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
   * 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
   * 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
   * 1/4 teaspoon salt
   * 3/4 cup key lime juice
   * 4 tablespoons pure honey
   * 2 to 3 drops green food coloring, optional
   
2. Step 2
   - - Make the Cake --
   
   Lightly grease a cake pan. Set aside.
   
   Sift together the baking powder, baking soda, flour, and salt. Set aside.
   
   Beat together using electric mixer on high speed the butter (margarine, if using) and 3/4 cup of the sugar. Beat until light and fluffy.
   
   Fold in the egg yolks (reserve the whites) one at a time to the above mixture. Stir in lime zest. Add green food coloring (optional, if you want your cake a pretty lime green color). Add sifted flour mixture, alternating with 1/2 cup lime juice, beating to form batter. Add honey, and egg whites to the cake batter.
   
   Pour batter into prepared cake pan. Bake for 38 minutes at 350°F or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
   
   Cool cake for 15 minutes in pan on wire rack.

Chocolate hard glaze

Ingredients

• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup shortening or margarine
• 3 tablespoons light corn syrup
• 1 tablespoons water

Place all ingredients in a pot. Heat slowly steering the whole time

Key Lime Cream Cheese Frosting:

I doubled this recipe to make sure I plenty of frosting. Next time I am going to not put in the totally amount of confectioners sugar. I thought the frosting was a little to liquidity.

8 oz cream cheese softened (230 grams)
8 tablespoons butter (114 grams) — salted
3 ¼ cups confectioners’ sugar (442 grams) 1 box
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon lime juice

Frosting:
In a mixer cream together cream cheese and butter. Add sugar and vanilla, then beat in the lime juice – beating and scraping sides of bowl all the while.