Comments on: But, there is cake

By: Guicella Gonzales

Guicella Gonzales — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 07:50:06 +0000

Wow! The cake looks wonderful. All that effort you put into it really shows you’re love and dedication. We will definatly use you’re recipe! Thanks for sharing!

By: Johnna @Weightloss.net

Johnna @Weightloss.net — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 20:21:34 +0000

That looks so good! I believe I just found another reason to break my diet! I loo-oo-oove key lime anything!

On another topic, I wanted to tell you that I’m completely hooked on the “Downside Ghosts” series and that “Sacrificial Magic” is my favorite of all so far! Please tell me you have another book already at the publishers!

By: Duffi McDermott

Duffi McDermott — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:01:40 +0000

Beautiful! This looks like it would be fun to make. Congratulations! & belated happy birthday to Mr. K

By: MrsJoseph

MrsJoseph — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:22:31 +0000

Though this is a day late and a dollar short, my favorite go to site for complicated/exotic recipes is Epicurious.com: http://www.epicurious.com/tools/searchresults?search=key+lime+cake&x=0&y=0

BTW, I think I’m going to try your cake!

By: Stace

Stace — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:50:03 +0000

Yeah, I was really stunned to see that there were hundreds of those “Take a box of cake mix and add a box of Jell-O powder” recipes and only two that actually use real lime etc. Really, nobody’s ever wanted to make a key lime cake before? I mean, people who actually bake and not who just throw some boxes of stuff together. I’m not wholly opposed to using boxed mixes for some things, but I generally use real ingredients.

You can buy lime oil online. And yes, you can use zest. Just soak the zest in the juice to soften it first and help bring out the flavor. My suggestion if you’re using regular lime zest & juice would be 3 Tbsp zest, and then 1/4 cup juice. And to compensate for the flavor difference, maybe add 2 tsp of lemon zest to that? You want some lemon because key limes have a lemony tang.

By: Seeley deBorn

Seeley deBorn — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 23:15:23 +0000

That cake is not a lie.

The ones made with boxes of preserved stuff and artificial flavours and colours totally are. I really wish recipe sites would stop accepting crap like that as “recipes”.

I love lime and may just have to make that myself sometime. Where did you get the lime oil? I’ve never seen it. Would zest work?

By: Stace

Stace — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:15:57 +0000

Well, Mr. K. and I say happy belated to you!

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:13:19 +0000

Just goes to show that creative people tend to be creative in multiple areas! That sounds FABULOUS

By: Randi Rousseau

Randi Rousseau — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:58:43 +0000

I would happily send you graham crackers, but doubt they’d survive the trip. But you know if you mention you want something, and how to send it, you’ll get A LOT of it from your fans! We’ll always find a way.

Happy Birthday to Mr. K (a fine day to be born, as it’s my birthday too!)

By: Miss Bliss

Miss Bliss — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:48:40 +0000

WOW! You can’t get key limes here in California usually either. My folks both grew up in Florida and my Mom just about killed herself, and us, trying to make key lime pie when I was a kid. We had only been living in CA for about four years and I think she snapped because she hadn’t had any real key lime pie for so long. Sadly her experiments didn’t turn out as well as yours did. I should try your recipe the next time I go to visit them. Wouldn’t that be a nice treat? Happy Birthday to Mr. K!