Description
Light, soft, and full of bright lime flavor, this cake is easy to make in just one hour.
Ingredients
Scale
- 5oz plain flour
- 1oz ground almonds
- 6oz butter
- 6oz caster sugar
- 1/2tsp baking powder
- 2 med eggs
- zest of 1 lime (leave a pinch of zest for decoration)
- juice of 1/2 a lime
For the icing:
- 2 tbsp icing sugar
- juice of 1/2 a lime.
Instructions
- Preheat the oven 180C/350F/Gas mark 4 and line a small loaf tin with greaseproof paper.
- In a large mixing bowl whisk all of the ingredients together with an electric hand whisk until smooth and combined.
- Pour the mixture into the loaf tin and sprinkle with the flaked almonds.
- Bake in the oven for 20-30 mins until golden and springy to touch. Leave to cool.
- Make the icing by mixing the icing sugar and lime juice together to make a paste and drizzle over the top of the cooled loaf. Sprinkle with leftover zest and serve.
- Category: Dessert, Baking