Lime Angel Food Cake

Total Time

Prep: 20 min. + chilling Cook: 15 min. + chilling

Makes

12 servings

Updated: Sep. 25, 2022
For my husband's family reunion, I took a store-bought angel food cake and turned it into this special dessert with a lovely lime cream frosting topped with toasted coconut. It went over big! —Nancy Foust, Stoneboro, Pennsylvania
Lime Angel Food Cake Recipe photo by Taste of Home

Ingredients

  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 large egg yolks
  • 1/2 cup plus 3 tablespoons sugar, divided
  • 6 tablespoons lime juice
  • 2 teaspoons grated lime zest
  • 1/2 cup cold butter, cubed
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 prepared angel food cake (8 to 10 ounces)
  • 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut, toasted

Directions

  1. In the top of a double boiler, beat eggs and yolks. Stir in 1/2 cup sugar, lime juice and zest. Cook over simmering water while gradually whisking in butter. Cook and stir until mixture is thickened and reaches 160°. Strain; refrigerate until completely cool.
  2. In a small bowl, beat cream and vanilla until stiff peaks form; gradually beat in remaining sugar. Gently fold into lime mixture.
  3. Split cake horizontally into three layers. Place bottom layer on a serving plate. Spread with 2/3 cup lime mixture. Repeat. Place top layer on cake. Frost top and sides with remaining lime mixture. Sprinkle with coconut. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before slicing.