Description
Watermelon Cake with Lime Curd is the ultimate summer dessert, combining refreshing watermelon flavors with zesty lime curd in a visually stunning layered cake. This delightful treat features soft white cake layers soaked in homemade watermelon simple syrup, topped with creamy watermelon buttercream and bright lime curd. Perfect for birthdays, picnics, or any festive gathering, this eye-catching cake will wow both kids and adults alike while bringing the essence of summer to your table.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 cups cake flour
- 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
- 1 1/4 cup buttermilk (room temperature)
- 5 egg whites
- Watermelon Jell-O
- Lime juice and zest
- Heavy cream
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325°F. Prepare cake pans by greasing and lining them with parchment paper.
- In a stand mixer, cream together butter and sugar until fluffy. Add egg whites one at a time and mix in vanilla extract.
- Combine dry ingredients separately, then alternate adding them with buttermilk to the mixer until smooth.
- Divide batter into prepared pans and bake for 30-33 minutes. Cool completely before leveling layers.
- Make watermelon simple syrup by dissolving sugar in water, then stirring in watermelon Jell-O.
- Prepare watermelon buttercream by beating softened butter, gradually adding powdered sugar and Jell-O mixture.
- For lime curd, cook lime juice, zest, sugar, and eggs over medium heat until thickened; stir in cold butter until smooth.
- Assemble the cake by layering with watermelon buttercream and lime curd between each layer.
- Decorate the outside with reserved frosting and add chocolate chips as 'seeds.'
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 33 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 420
- Sugar: 35g
- Sodium: 250mg
- Fat: 22g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 50g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 60mg