lime cake

basic butter cake with lime juice, zest and lime syrup

Easy to remember lime cake with butter cake base.

ingredients

• 150g (3/4 cups) caster sugar
• 150g (1 cup & 1tbsp) flour
• 150g (2/3 cup) butter
• 2 large eggs
• 60 ml (1/4 cup) milk
• 4g (1tsp) baking powder
• 2g (1/2 tsp) sugar vanilla
• 2gr (1/2 tsp) salt
• *all the ingredients should be at room temperature

ingredients for the syrup

• 45g (1/3 cups) caster sugar
• juice and rinds of 4 limes

preparation

• preheat oven to 180°C/350°F
• coat a 23cm/9-inch springform pan with cooking spray or line the bottom with parchment paper
• sift together the flour, salt, vanilla and baking powder
• beat the butter and the sugar for 5 minutes or until fluffy and light in colour
• add the eggs one at a time, beat well after each addition
• add the sifted dry ingredients to the creamed mixture alternately with the milk
• stir until just blended
• pour batter into prepared pan
• bake for 30 minutes for until cake springs back when lightly touched
• let cool in the pan for 10 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack to cool completely
• as this is a lime cake, add in the zest of one lime when creaming the butter and sugar together

preparation of the syrup

• boil all the ingredients in a saucepan for 5 minutes over medium heat

assemble

• while the cake is hot and still in the tin, pour over the cold syrup
• let it penetrate the cake for 30 min before cutting

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