Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick butter) melted
- 2 (14-ounce) cans sweetened condensed milk
- 1 cup key lime or regular lime juice
- 2 whole large eggs
- 1 cup sour cream
- two tablespoons powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon lime zest
Directions
Preheat the oven to 375 levels F.
Inside a bowl, mix the graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and butter together with your hands. Press the mix firmly right into a 9-inch cake pan, and bake until brown, about twenty minutes. Remove in the oven and permit to awesome to 70 degrees before filling.
Lower the oven temperature to 325 levels F.
Inside a separate bowl, combine the condensed milk, lime juice, and eggs. Whisk until well blended and put the filling out the cooled cake covering. Bake within the oven for fifteen minutes and permit to relax within the refrigerator not less than 2 hrs.
Once chilled, combine the sour cream and powdered sugar and spread over the top cake utilizing a spatula. Sprinkle the lime zest like a garnish on the top from the sour cream and serve chilled.
Recipe thanks to Emeril Lagasse, 2002