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Easy Iced Lime Cake

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Easy Iced Lime Cake uses the all-in-one method for a super simple cake with a gorgeous lime icing with a wonderful zing. This traybake is so delicious, you’ll be making it again and again. 

Easy Iced Lime Cake with cut slice.

Today I’m updating my Easy Iced Lime Cake or traybake (as some might call it) with better photographs!

I was reminded of this recipe recently when a fellow blogger said she’d Googled Easy Lime Cake and up had popped my recipe which she was going to make!

Slice of Iced Lime Cake

My immediate thought was “gosh those photographs need updating”!  So yesterday I got baking and made my daughter and hubby very happy as I’ve been on a health kick lately so haven’t been buying or making any cakes or biscuits!

I’ll leave you to read the original post or you could just skip down to the bottom to see the recipe.

Square Easy Iced Lime Cake aerial shot.

Routing through my mother’s recipe folder (I’ve scanned the whole thing onto my computer) I came across a recipe for Easy Iced Lime Cake.

On speaking to my mother she had no recollection of where this hand written recipe came from and it wasn’t any handwriting I recognised!

Well I’d just bought a bag of limes so felt compelled to make the recipe and I can say it was quick, simple and a big hit with the family.

I did adjust the recipe slightly as it called for the juice of 2 whole limes in the icing when 1 to 1.5 worked better.

Hence my icing was a tad runny so learn from my mistake and add the juice gradually to get a good consistency.

Easy Iced Lime Cake with slice on a plate.

I’ll definitely be making this Easy Iced Lime Cake regularly as the lime was such a refreshing change from lemon and the cake vanished within a couple of days!

As this lime cake is so easy to make it’s perfect for kids to bake.

Easy Iced Lime Cake on a tray.

More Citrus Cake Recipes

If I’ve whet your appetite for citrus cakes then do check out the following recipes from myself and fellow food bloggers:

Easy Ginger Avocado Cake with Lemon Drizzle - Fab Food 4 All
Easy Ginger & Avocado Cake
Iced Lime cake with slice removed.

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Easy Iced Lime Cake with cut slice.
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Easy Iced Lime Cake

Easy Iced Lime Cake uses the all-in-one method making it so quick and easy to make. It's moist and delicious with a zing of lime.
Course Cake, Snack
Cuisine British
Prep Time 8 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 43 minutes
Servings 12 – 15
Author Camilla Hawkins

Ingredients

  • 170 g / 6 oz Buttery spread or softened butter
  • 170 g / 6 oz Caster sugar
  • 225 g / 8 oz Self raising flour
  • 1 ½ tsp Baking powder
  • 3 Large eggs
  • 3 tbsp Milk
  • Grated zest of 2 limes
  • For the icing:
  • Juice of 1 – 1.5 limes approx
  • 225 g / 8 oz Icing Sugar
  • Optional Decoration:
  • Lime zest

Instructions

  • Pre-heat the oven to 180°C.
  • Grease and line a 23cm / 9 inch square tin.
  • Place all the cake ingredients into a mixer or use a hand mixer and mix until well combined.
  • Tip into the tin and spread out to the edges and level with a palette knife.
  • Bake for about 35 minutes until springs back to touch or an inserted skewer comes out clean.
  • Allow to cool in the tin for 5 minutes before turning onto a rack to cool.
  • Make the icing by mixing in enough of the lime juice to make a pourable but not too runny icing (or it will run off the cake).
  • Pour onto the cake and allow to spread.
  • If you have any more limes you could decorate with some zest.

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  1. Sally

    Deliciously moist cake thanks for the recipe. I reduced the sugar to 100g and added 2 large spoons of lime marmalade. It made 24 squares of mouthwatering “yummyness!!”

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  2. Sarah

    This cake is as delicious as I’d hoped it would be. I’ll definitely be making over and over again! X

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  3. Aarthi

    This went down a treat, thank you!
    It was very slightly crumblier than a regular cake, not that anything went waste anyway.
    Is there any way to up the tang? Family loved it, personally I’d like more sharpness.
    Easy cake, definitely making this again!

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        • Camilla

          It wouldn’t be as good as you wouldn’t get the correct lime icing to cake ration, you’d have more cake and not enough icing, plus I don’t know what size of loaf tin you’d need. I’d say a round tin would be a better swap. I’m sure there are websites that tell you what size tins equate to others or the changes in cooking times needed.

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  4. Georgina

    Absolutely lovely… and so easy! I did need go bake it for more like 60 mins before skewer came out clean though…

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  5. Jemma

    I do love a zesty sponge cake and lime is a lovely alternative to lemon. I bet this is great with a huge mug of tea.

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  8. Dannii

    I love lemon cake, but I have never had a lime cake. It sounds like a lovely light and fresh cake, perfect for summer.

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  11. Chris Hunt

    I love this cake. I have made it several times. It is so easy. Thanks for reminding me about it again. I have just finished baking it once more. xx

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  12. Gill Bland

    Perfect timing! Was just after an all in one recipe that I could make super fast while the small boy naps. Job done! I chopped up dates to put in the mix and topped with salted caramel icing made with the Sugar and Crumbs icing sugar. I reckon the lime version would be more to my taste but the boys like their toffee/ caramel!

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    • Camilla

      Small boy, I appear to have missed this piece of news somewhere along the way – a belated congratulation Gill. So glad my recipe came to your rescue, your version sounds fab too:-)

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  15. Kate

    This cake sounds so zesty, zingy and tasty! Perfect for eating in the garden with a glass of Pimms on a sunny afternoon. 🙂

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    • Camilla

      Thanks Kate, the Pimm’s sounds like a splendid idea. I might have to recover from my Royal Wedding Street Party over indulgence on that front first thought LOL:-)

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  18. Georgia

    I think I’ll make this for my papa this evening, do you reckon it would be okay to add the juice of a lime to the cake mixture too?

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    • Camilla

      I wouldn’t do that as I have never seen citrus added to a cake mix, you really get a refreshing zing by adding the lime juice to the icing which soaks into the cake so no need anyway.

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  27. Geoff Clark

    can’t beat a tangy cake and I must admit having the word “easy” in the title was an attraction

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  31. Jennifer Rhymer

    Oh I love lime, this looks delicious. The cake and the icing look like they have been made perfectly. Must give it a try 🙂

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  33. Carolyn Clapham

    I have lots of limes still sitting in the freezer, waiting to be used, so this is a very tempting recipe. Better wait till the little people are here though, so I don’t scoff the lot myself!.

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  37. gipsipink

    Lemon & Limes Are So Refreshing. I use it on most of my foods. Roast potatoes. & on Feta & Fried Eggs. & Love Egg & Lemon Soup. & lots of things & i very particial to a slice of cake with a lovely cup of tea.. & Lime in a Cake Is One i HAVE NOT tried. :-).. Ive tried Lemon so i will be making this with my daughter fawn.. Definatley..My neighbours love my bakes.. #ShareTheLove Of Good Food..

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  39. chris hunt

    I made this cake yesterday and it was a great success. I made a tiny adjustment by putting lime juice with half the milk and was very careful with adding the lime juice to the icing. I had to cook it for at least 20 minutes longer than the recipe, but that may be my oven. I also cooked it in a round tin as I have not got a square one (note to self- buy one).
    It tasted divine and is the best cake I have ever made. Thanks very much.xxx

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      • chris hunt

        Hi Camilla, I made this cake again yesterday, in case the first one was a fluke. It turned out even better than the first one so this is going to be my signature cake. It did take 20 minutes longer in the oven again. I gave it quite a long mix in the food processor and it seemed to make it lighter than ever. I am no Mary Berry so this is a lovely one for me to use. Thanks again. XX

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  41. helsbells

    I love the sound of this – I prefer limes plus I haven’t done one with icing sugar, a sticky sweet and sour treat that I will make SOON!

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  44. DANIELLE VEDMORE

    Ooooh looks yum. Never had a lime one before – just the usual orange or lemon. Never even thought of doing a lime one! Thanks for yet more inspiration!

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  46. Javelin Warrior

    What a wonderful cake, Camilla! I love lime and it sounds so good in a cake like this. And the crumb looks so moist and marvelous – this wouldn’t last long around me!

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  50. Vanesther - Bangers & Mash

    My girls love cakes like this on their hot school dinners days, so they’ve be absolutely overjoyed to find one in their lunch on packed lunch days! What a lovely idea. A fabulous entry for this month’s Family Foodies challenge – thanks Camilla.

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