I am making a key lime cake and can't decide what to fill it with. I don't want overkill on the key lime flavor. The cake is very flavorful. I was thinking swiss meringue buttercream. I have never made it. I was hoping someone who has can tell me if that would be a good complement to the key lime cake.

thanks!

I don't enjoy SMBC but for my key lime cakes most people order it with the toasted coconut cream cheese butter cream filling - it doesn't take away from the wonderful key lime cake

That sounds wonderful! Is there a recipe on here for that filling?

I used this recipe for a wedding cake I did last summer and it received rave reviews from the guests:
Key Lime Curd (I cant remember the source of this recipe!)
6 tablespoons butter
1/2 c sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp key lime zest
2/3 c fresh key lime juice
Over low heat, melt the butter in a saucepan. Add the remaining ingredients and whisk continuously for about 8-10 minutes or until it forms a custard. Allow to cool then pour into a jar and refrigerate. The curd will thicken considerably as it cools.
I made it about 10 days in advance and used a key lime BC for the icing.
HTH!

I made a white chocolate mud cake (Bluehue's recipe) with a white chocolate lime curd and and a cream cheese Italian Meringue buttercream.

I loved the white chocolate and lime together. The cake was a big hit.

Toast coconut flakes in the oven until golden.

Make a standard cream cheese butter cream (8oz. cream cheese, 8oz. butter 2# powdered sugar) dash of salt and flavor with coconut extract

add the coconut flakes

the white chocolate lime curd sounds delish!
I'm thinking a white chocolate buttercream would be tastey too

I just made my best one yet. But my icing stays the same. It is cream cheese/butter and powdered sugar with Olive Nation key lime extract. I also use about one lime for zest in the icing. I can't say enough good about Olive Nation extracts. I have never found any extract even close to the quality.

I fel u gng to prepare the tastiest one at ur first preparation. Am i right.

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