Show Us Your Life -Desserts - Margarita Cake

I'm so glad that some of you have made the sweet and sour chicken I posted last week and loved it! It's my husbands favorite meal I make at home! Here's another new favorite of ours! I love to bake and always sign up to bring a dessert whenever we go somewhere!

I made this really yummy cake the other night for our girls get together! It's a great dessert for summer time cookouts and get togethers! The recipe is from The Cake Mix Doctor Cookbook. I SO need this book! All the recipe's are desserts that use a cake mix in the ingredients.

Margarita Cake

Ingredients for Cake:

- 1 package plain yellow cake mix or lemon cake mix

- Half package (4 TBSP) of Vanilla instant pudding mix

- 1/3 cup of sugar

- 2/3 cup water

- 1/2 cup vegetable oil

- 1/3 cup lime juice

- 1/2 cup tequila

- 2 TBSP of triple sec

- 1 tsp lemon zest

- 4 large eggs

For the Glaze:

- 1 1/4 cup confectioner sugar

- 1 TBSP tequila

- 1 TBSP triple sec

- 1 TBSP fresh lime juice

- 1 lime cut into slices

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Place the cake mix, pudding mix, sugar, water, oil, 1/3 cup lime juice, ¼ cup tequila, 2 tablespoons triple sec, and the lime zest and eggs in a large mixing bowl. Beat with an electric mixer on low speed until the ingredients are combined, 30 seconds. Stop the machine and scrape down the side of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Increase the mixer speed to medium and beat for 1½ minutes longer, scraping down the side of the bowl again if needed. The batter should look smooth and thick. Pour the batter into the prepared Bundt pan, smoothing the top with the rubber spatula, and place the pan in the oven.

Bake the cake until the top springs back when lightly pressed with a finger, 42 to 47 minutes. Transfer the Bundt pan to a wire rack and let the cake cool for 10 to 15 minutes. Run a long, sharp knife around the edges of the cake, shake the pan gently, and invert the cake onto a wire rack. Let the cake cool completely, about 25 minutes longer.

Meanwhile, make the glaze: Place the confectioners’ sugar, 1 tablespoon tequila, 1 tablespoon triple sec, and 1 tablespoon lime juice in a small bowl and whisk until smooth. Slide the cake onto a serving plate. Using a long wooden skewer poke 12 to 16 holes in the top of the cake. Spoon the glaze over the top of the cake, letting it drip down the sides. Garnish the cake with the lime slices and a sprinkling of coarse sugar. Let the glaze set for 10 minutes, then slice and serve the cake.