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.
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.
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!
I do hope you try my Easy Iced Lime Cake! You might like these citrus bakes from fellow bloggers too:
Lemon & Grapefruit Drizzle Bundt Cake
Lemon, Lavender & Almond Cake – gluten free
Lemon & Elderflower Drizzle Muffins
Lemon & Cucumber Cake with Gin Icing
Easy Ginger Avocado Cake with Lemon Drizzle
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Easy Iced Lime Cake
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.
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!!”
Camilla
Great Sally, so glad you like the recipe and added your own touches:-)
Sarah
This cake is as delicious as I’d hoped it would be. I’ll definitely be making over and over again! X
Camilla
Fabulous Sarah, so glad you enjoyed it:-)
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!
Camilla
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/
Simone Reeves
Can I use a loaf tin I don’t have a square tin thanks .
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.
Georgina
Absolutely lovely… and so easy! I did need go bake it for more like 60 mins before skewer came out clean though…
Camilla
So glad you liked it. 60 minutes does sound odd, maybe your oven’s thermostat is slightly out of sorts.
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.
Camilla
Thanks Jemma, it certainly is!
Candace
This cake looks amazing! You are reminding me how many of my posts need updated photography but where to find the time????
Camilla
Thank you Candace, yes it’s like painting the fourth bridge, it’s just never ending isn’t it:-)
Sarah Montgomery
Looks fantastic. I need this in my life!
Camilla
Thanks Sarah, such an easy and delicious cake:-)
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.
Camilla
Thanks! You need to try Lime Cake Danni, a nice change from lemon:-)
Kavita Favelle
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!
Camilla
Thanks Kavey, it really is so delicious and so simple:-)
Jacqueline Meldrum
I love a citrus bake and this one looks so light and fluffy Camilla. Just gorgeous! Shared!
Camilla
Thanks Jacs, yes citrus cakes are simply delicious:-)
Fiona
I really want to make this cake. But is the oven temp for fan assistant ovens?
Camilla
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!