{"id":37997,"date":"2018-03-01T19:00:42","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T00:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=37997"},"modified":"2018-02-19T16:55:25","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T21:55:25","slug":"fresh-lime-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=37997","title":{"rendered":"Fresh Lime Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I thought it might be fun to bring in a bit of the tropics to give us a taste of spring and lighter dessert days.\u00a0 I found this fresh lime cake from <a href=\"https:\/\/laughingspatula.com\/\">Laughing Spatula<\/a>.\u00a0 She actually used key limes, but since I didn&#8217;t have them, I used plain ole limes, and it was still delicious.\u00a0 This refreshing cake is the perfect pick-me-up.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I would even serve it at a girls&#8217; luncheon.\u00a0 The photos don&#8217;t do it justice, but believe me when I tell you that it is really good.\u00a0 Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-38192\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Fresh-Lime-Cake-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Fresh Lime Cake - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"850\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Fresh-Lime-Cake-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Fresh-Lime-Cake-430x323.jpg 430w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Fresh-Lime-Cake-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Fresh-Lime-Cake-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n    <div id=\"yrecipe-container-77\" class=\"yrecipe-container-border\" >\n    <div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Recipe\" id=\"yrecipe-container\" class=\"yrecipe\">\n      <div id=\"yrecipe-innerdiv\">\n        <div class=\"item b-b\"><div class=\"yrecipe-print-link fl-r\"><a class=\"butn-link\" title=\"Print this recipe\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"yrPrint('yrecipe-container-77', 'http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/yummly-rich-recipes\/', '' ); 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Spray a 9\" x 13\" pan with non-stick spray.\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-instruction-1\" class=\"instruction\" itemprop=\"recipeInstructions\">Mix together butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time.\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-instruction-2\" class=\"instruction\" itemprop=\"recipeInstructions\">Add milk, vanilla, lime juice, lime zest to combine.\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-instruction-3\" class=\"instruction\" itemprop=\"recipeInstructions\">Add flour, baking powder and salt.\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-instruction-4\" class=\"instruction\" itemprop=\"recipeInstructions\">Mix with electric mixer until well blended\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-instruction-5\" class=\"instruction\" itemprop=\"recipeInstructions\">Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-instruction-6\" class=\"instruction\" itemprop=\"recipeInstructions\">Cool cake and frost with Fresh Lime Frosting.\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-instruction-7\" class=\"instruction\" itemprop=\"recipeInstructions\">For Fresh Lime Frosting\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-instruction-8\" class=\"instruction\" itemprop=\"recipeInstructions\">In a large bowl, beat together the butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer. With the mixer on low speed, add the powdered sugar a cup at a time until smooth and creamy. Add lime zest and lime juice. Beat an additional minute until well combined.<\/li><\/ol><div class=\"y-linkback\">Schema\/Recipe SEO Data Markup by <a title=\"Yummly Rich Recipes\" alt=\"Yummly Rich Recipes\" href=\"http:\/\/plugin.yummly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yummly Rich Recipes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"yummly-recipe-plugin\" style=\"display: none;\">0.1<\/div><a id=\"y-printed-permalink\" href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=37997\"title=\"Permalink to Recipe\">http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=37997<\/a><\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">wk_bootstrap();<\/script><img id=\"yrecipe-beacon\" src=\"http:\/\/yummly-static.s3.amazonaws.com\/pixels\/wordpress-plugin.png?url=http%3A%2F%2Fthe2seasons.com%2F%3Fp%3D37997\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\">\n        <\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-38195\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Fresh-Lime-Pie-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Fresh lime pie - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Fresh-Lime-Pie-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Fresh-Lime-Pie-430x323.jpg 430w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Fresh-Lime-Pie-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Fresh-Lime-Pie-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Do you have any big plans for the week-end?\u00a0 Be sure to make this cake part of it.\u00a0 Thank you so much for stopping in and spending part of your day with u s.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought it might be fun to bring in a bit of the tropics to give us a taste of spring and lighter dessert days.\u00a0 I found this fresh lime cake from Laughing Spatula.\u00a0 She actually used key limes, but since I didn&#8217;t have them, I used plain ole limes, and it was still delicious.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":38192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[30,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37997"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37997"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38199,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37997\/revisions\/38199"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/38192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}