Margarita cake with cake mix recipes - Cakes and cupcakes
A margarita - tequila, lime juice, triple sec - is baked into a cake mix. Everything you love about margaritas in cake form!
Margarita Cake - A Cake Mix Recipe

This delicious Margarita Cake starts with a cake mix! You will love the amazing lemon lime flavor with a hint of tequila.
Provided by: Melissa Diamond
Yields: 0 servings
Number of ingredients: 18
Provided by: Melissa Diamond
Yields: 0 servings
Number of ingredients: 18
Ingredients:
- 1 Box White Cake Mix (We used Duncan Hines)
- 1 Cup (121g) All Purpose Flour
- 1 Cup (200g) Granulated Sugar
- Generous Dash of Salt
- 1 Cup (242g) Sour Cream
- 3/4 c. (177g) Water
- 1/4 c. (59g) Lime Juice
- 3 Whole Eggs
- 1 Tablespoon (12g) Lemon Extract
- Zest of two Limes
- Zest of one Lemon
- 2 cups (4 sticks) (453g) unsalted butter, softened
- 10 to 12 cups (1150g to 1380g) powdered sugar (measure by lightly spooning to a cup, then sift. I used 12 cups.)
- 1 teaspoon (6g) salt
- 4 Tablespoon (49g) lime juice (2 small limes)
- 3 Tablespoons (37g) tequila
- 2 teaspoons (11g) milk - milk is optional, you could also use lime juice or tequila
- *Coloring Gel- Optional- Electric Green
How to cook:
- For the Cake
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour three 8x2" round pans.
- In the bowl of your mixer, combine dry ingredients and whisk at least 30 seconds to blend.
- In another bowl, combine sour cream, water, lime juice, eggs, & flavorings.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix on medium speed for two minutes. Stop and scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl midway through the mixing.
- Pour batter into prepared pans and bake at 350 degrees. Check after 35 minutes to see if the middle of the cake springs back when touched, or a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake should come out clean or with just a few crumbs attached. The sides with slightly pull away from the pan.
- For the Tequila Lime ButtercreamCream the softened butter until smooth. Add the salt and slowly add the powdered sugar until mixed with the butter.
- Add the lime juice, tequila and milk. Mix on medium speed for 3 to 6 minutes or until it is a light smooth consistency.
- Scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl and mix an additional 3 minutes on slow speed until creamy.
Margarita Cake

A margarita - tequila, lime juice, triple sec - is baked into a cake mix.
Provided by: Allrecipes Member
Total time: 80 minutes
Cook time: 60 minutes
Prep time: 10 minutes
Yields: 1 serving
Number of ingredients: 12
Provided by: Allrecipes Member
Total time: 80 minutes
Cook time: 60 minutes
Prep time: 10 minutes
Yields: 1 serving
Number of ingredients: 12
Ingredients:
- 1 (18.25 ounce) package orange cake mix
- 1 (3.4 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix
- 4 eggs
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- ⅔ cup water
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- ¼ cup tequila
- 2 tablespoons triple sec liqueur
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 tablespoon tequila
- 2 tablespoons triple sec liqueur
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
Nutrition:
- Calories: 392.8 calories
- Carbohydrate: 53.7 g
- Cholesterol: 62.9 mg
- Fat: 16 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Sodium: 418.2 mg
- Sugar: 36.6 g
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan.
- In a large bowl combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, oil, water, lemon juice 1/4 cup tequila and 2 tablespoons triple sec. Beat for 2 minutes.
- Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes; remove to rack and pour glaze over cake while still warm.
- To make the glaze: In a small bowl, combine confectioners' sugar with 1 tablespoon tequila, 2 tablespoons triple sec and 2 tablespoons lime juice. Mix until smooth.
Margarita Cake

Margarita Cake - a moist and super delicious way to use up your cake mix to make something really fabulous.
Provided by: Joanna Cismaru
Total time: 90 minutes
Cook time: 60 minutes
Prep time: 30 minutes
Yields: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Number of ingredients: 13
Provided by: Joanna Cismaru
Total time: 90 minutes
Cook time: 60 minutes
Prep time: 30 minutes
Yields: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Number of ingredients: 13
Ingredients:
- 1 package lemon cake mix
- 1 package instant lemon pudding mix
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/2 cup frozen lemonade concentrate
- 4 large eggs
- 2 tablespoon triple sec
- 1/2 cup tequila
- 1 1/2 tablespoon tequila
- 1 tablespoon triple sec
- 1/4 teaspoon zest of a lime
- 1 tablespoon line juice
- 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
Nutrition:
- Serving Size: 1 cake
- Calories: 833 kcal
- Carbohydrate: 132 g
- Protein: 8 g
- Fat: 25 g
- Saturated Fat: 17 g
- Cholesterol: 141 mg
- Sodium: 766 mg
- Fiber: 1 g
- Sugar: 81 g
- Preheat the oven to 350 F degrees and grease and flour a bundt pan.
- In the bowl of a mixer, combine the cake mix, pudding mix, vegetable oil, lemonade, water, eggs, triple sec and tequila and mix for 5 min at medium speed.
- Pour the batter in the bundt pan and bake for 45 min to an hour or until done, use a toothpick in the center, if it comes out clean, it's done. While the cake is baking, you can make the glaze, so basically add all the ingredients in a bowl and whisk them well, if it needs to be a bit thicker, just add more powdered sugar. Let the cake cool on a wire rack for a few minutes, about 10 minutes, and then remove it from the bundt pan and let it cool completely.
- Pour the glaze over the cake and you've got yourself a yummy yummy margarita cake.
Margarita Cake

Everything you love about margaritas in cake form!
Total time: 70 minutes
Cook time: 60 minutes
Prep time: 10 minutes
Yields: 10 servings
Cuisine: American
Number of ingredients: 14
Total time: 70 minutes
Cook time: 60 minutes
Prep time: 10 minutes
Yields: 10 servings
Cuisine: American
Number of ingredients: 14
Ingredients:
- 1 package lemon cake mix
- 1 (3.4 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix
- 4 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2/3 cup water
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- 1/4 cup tequila
- 2 tablespoons triple sec liqueur
- 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 1 tablespoon tequila
- 2 tablespoons triple sec liqueur
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- lime zest, for garnish
How to cook:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan.
- In a large bowl combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, vanilla extract, oil, water, lime juice, 1/4 cup tequila, and 2 tablespoons triple sec. Beat for 2 minutes.
- Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes; remove to rack and pour glaze over cake while still warm. Garnish with lime zest.
- To make the glaze: In a small bowl, combine confectioners’ sugar with 1 tablespoon tequila, 2 tablespoons triple sec and 2 tablespoons lime juice. Mix until smooth.