Best Lemon And Lime Cake Recipes

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LEMON AND LIME CAKE



Lemon and lime cake image

Delicious, easy and unusual teatime cake

Provided by ilonah

Time 1h10m

Yield Serves 8

Number Of Ingredients 0

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 200 degrees C (180 fan oven)
  • Whisk the sugar and butter until light and fluffy
  • lightly whisk the eggs and slowly beat into the butter and sugar mixture
  • fold in the flour, lime and lemon zest and juice, sultanas and almonds
  • Pour the mixture into a well greased cake tin or loaf tin
  • Bake for 45 minutes or until a skewer pushed into the centre comes out clean
  • Leave for a few minutes in the tin before turning out onto a rack to cool

LEMON LIME AND ALMOND CAKE



LEMON LIME AND ALMOND CAKE image

Categories     Cake     Citrus     Dessert     Bake     Summer

Number Of Ingredients 16

Cake:
4 eggs.
1 1/4 cups caster sugar.
2/3 cup cream
Finely grated zest of two large lemons and one large lime
1/3 cup melted butter, cooled
2 cups ground almonds.
1/2 cup self raising flour.
1/2 teaspoon sea salt.
Topping:
1 tablespoon caster sugar.
2 tablespoons melted butter.
1/2 cup slivered almonds.
To Serve:
Icing Sugar for dusting.
Softly whipped cream or yoghurt.

Steps:

  • Grease 24cm round cake tin, and fully line tin with baking paper. Preheat oven to180c. Topping: Combine all topping ingredients in bowl. Cake: Whisk eggs, sugar, cream lemon and lime zests and butter in large bowl. Combine the dry ingredients and whisk into the egg mixture until smooth. Pour into the tin and bake 30 mins. Remove cake from oven. Sprinkle topping on top of cake, but don't press in. Return cake to oven Bake cake for a further 20 mins. (cover loosely with foil if browning too quickly) Test cake with skewer to see if cooked. Cool 15 minutes in tin Remove from tin and cool completely on wire rack.. To Serve: Dust with icing sugar and serve with cream or yoghurt. Keeps 3-4 days in tin - tastes better the next day

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