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.
Today I’m updating my Easy Iced Lime Cake or traybake (as some might call it) 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!
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.
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!
As this lime cake is so easy to make it’s perfect for kids to bake.
More citrus cake ideas
If I’ve whet your appetite for citrus cakes then do check out the following recipes from myself and fellow food bloggers:
- Easy Chocolate Orange Cake
- Easy Lemon Curd Muffins
- Lemon Lavender Bundt Cake
- Lemon & Grapefruit Drizzle Bundt Cake
- Daiquiri Cocktail Bundt Cake
- Lemon & Blueberry Layer Cake
- Lemon, Lavender & Almond Cake – gluten free
- Lemon & Elderflower Drizzle Muffins
- Little Orange & Lime Cakes
- Candied Nut & Orange Cake
- Blood Orange Olive Oil Cake
- Lemon & Cucumber Cake with Gin Icing
- Easy Ginger Avocado Cake with Lemon Drizzle
I’m sure you’ll love this super simple lime traybake so do leave a comment and rating below. If you’re on social media you can tag @FabFood4All and even share a picture with me. I do love seeing your creations.
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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.
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
Camilla
Fab Chris, so glad to hear you like it. It’s easy to forget about recipes I know!
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!
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:-)
Bintu Hardy
Lime is one of my fav treats so I am defo up for making this cake. Looks lush
Camilla
Thanks Bintu, limes are fab:-)
Helen at Casa Costello
Ooh isn’t this the most quintessentially English cake? So summery – perfect for Bank holiday weekends.Thanks so much for mentioning my Grapefruit Bundt.
Camilla
Aaw, thank you Helen. Your Bundt sounds wonderful too:-)
Kate
This cake sounds so zesty, zingy and tasty! Perfect for eating in the garden with a glass of Pimms on a sunny afternoon. 🙂
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:-)
Nickki
This looks so delicious Camilla! I love lime in cakes so I must try it. Thank you for including my blood orange cake
Camilla
Thanks Nickki, I’d love to try your cake too, just never see blood oranges for sale which I love!
Kavita Favelle
Utterly love citrus in cakes, looks so good!
Camilla
Thank you Kavey, me too:-)
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?
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.
Jacqueline Roberts
Love lime cake yum
Camilla
It is lovely:-)
Helen at Casa Costello
Really useful recipe for an everyday cake – Would disappear in seconds in this house. Thanks for offering your link – This recipe is featured in this week’s Bake of the Week Lime Roundup x
Camilla
Thanks Helen, I really should make it more often as it’s so easy. Will be over in the morning:-)