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Easy Iced Lime Cake

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Easy Iced Lime Cake - Fab Food 4 All

Easy Iced Lime Cake

Today I’m updating my Easy Iced Lime Cake with some 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! I immediately thought, “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.

Easy Iced Lime Cake - Fab Food 4 AllRouting 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 - Fab Food 4 All

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!

Easy Iced Lime Cake - Fab Food 4 All

I do hope you try my Easy Iced Lime Cake! You might like these citrus bakes from fellow bloggers too:

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Lemon, Lavender & Almond Cake – gluten free

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Easy Iced Lime Cake

An all-in-one Iced Lime Cake which is so quick and easy to make and great for feeding a crowd, you’ll be making it again and again.
Course Cake, Snack
Cuisine British
Keyword all in one, cake, easy, iced, Lime
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

    25/08/2020 at 10:45 am

    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!!”

    Reply
    • Camilla

      25/08/2020 at 4:09 pm

      Great Sally, so glad you like the recipe and added your own touches:-)

      Reply
  2. Sarah

    13/07/2020 at 8:08 pm

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

    Reply
    • Camilla

      14/07/2020 at 12:14 am

      Fabulous Sarah, so glad you enjoyed it:-)

      Reply
  3. Aarthi

    10/05/2020 at 11:28 pm

    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!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      11/05/2020 at 12:19 am

      Hi Aarthi, perhaps your oven runs hotter than mine, this shouldn’t be a crumbly cake at all. Maybe knock a couple of minutes off and test with a skewer next time. More sharpness, maybe add more lime juice to the icing or ditch the icing and mix lime juice with sugar so it seeps in more. See my Chocolate Orange Cake for what I mean! https://www.fabfood4all.co.uk/easy-chocolate-orange-cake/

      Reply
      • Simone Reeves

        04/06/2020 at 8:30 am

        Can I use a loaf tin I don’t have a square tin thanks .

        Reply
        • Camilla

          04/06/2020 at 3:29 pm

          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.

          Reply
  4. Georgina

    08/03/2019 at 10:46 pm

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

    Reply
    • Camilla

      08/03/2019 at 11:13 pm

      So glad you liked it. 60 minutes does sound odd, maybe your oven’s thermostat is slightly out of sorts.

      Reply
  5. Jemma

    16/06/2018 at 7:40 am

    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.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      16/06/2018 at 12:12 pm

      Thanks Jemma, it certainly is!

      Reply
  6. Candace

    04/06/2018 at 2:19 pm

    This cake looks amazing! You are reminding me how many of my posts need updated photography but where to find the time????

    Reply
    • Camilla

      04/06/2018 at 3:31 pm

      Thank you Candace, yes it’s like painting the fourth bridge, it’s just never ending isn’t it:-)

      Reply
  7. Sarah Montgomery

    03/06/2018 at 11:06 pm

    Looks fantastic. I need this in my life!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      03/06/2018 at 11:51 pm

      Thanks Sarah, such an easy and delicious cake:-)

      Reply
  8. Dannii

    29/05/2018 at 6:49 pm

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

    Reply
    • Camilla

      29/05/2018 at 9:48 pm

      Thanks! You need to try Lime Cake Danni, a nice change from lemon:-)

      Reply
  9. Kavita Favelle

    29/05/2018 at 11:15 am

    I adore citrus in cakes, and lime is a favourite, so this is definitely a cake I’d really love. Looks very straightforward to make too!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      29/05/2018 at 12:03 pm

      Thanks Kavey, it really is so delicious and so simple:-)

      Reply
  10. Jacqueline Meldrum

    28/05/2018 at 12:01 pm

    I love a citrus bake and this one looks so light and fluffy Camilla. Just gorgeous! Shared!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      28/05/2018 at 7:12 pm

      Thanks Jacs, yes citrus cakes are simply delicious:-)

      Reply
    • Fiona

      03/01/2020 at 8:21 pm

      I really want to make this cake. But is the oven temp for fan assistant ovens?

      Reply
      • Camilla

        03/01/2020 at 10:44 pm

        Hi Fiona, no all my oven temperatures are for conventional ovens. That said I have a fan oven but everything comes out half raw if I use the fan temperature suggested in recipes or on packs of frozen food!

        Reply
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