Cream Cheese Lime Bars Recipe
A delicoius and light summer dessert! Cream Cheese Lime Bars
Prep Time20 minutes mins
Cook Time30 minutes mins
Total Time50 minutes mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Dessert bars, lime bars
Servings: 15
Calories: 302kcal
Mixing Bowl
9x13-inch Baking Pan
Crust
- 15.25 ounces key lime cake mix
- 1 egg
- ½ cup butter softened
Middle/Frosting layer
- 3 Tablespoons butter softened
- 2 ½ cups powdered sugar more or less if needed
- 2 teaspoons lime juice
- 3 drops green food coloring
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 2 eggs
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
For crust layer, combine softened butter, eggs, and the cake mix.
Stir until combined and press into a greased 9x13 glass pan. Set aside.
For middle/frosting layer. beat together powdered sugar and butter.
Add lime juice until consistency of thick frosting is reached, if needed add more powdered sugar.
Mix in cream cheese, and food coloring.
Set aside one cup of mixture for frosting.
With remaining mixture, beat in two eggs until fluffy.
Pour new mixture over the crust, and bake for 25-30 minutes or until center is done.
Let bars cool for about 15 minutes before spreading the frosting mixture on top.
Calories: 302kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 63mg | Sodium: 358mg | Potassium: 71mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 33g | Vitamin A: 390IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 93mg | Iron: 1mg