Lime Cake
Recipe: #17074
January 30, 2015
Categories: Desserts, Cakes, Brunch, Mothers Day, Picnic, Potluck, Oven Bake, Vegetarian, Lime, Kosher Dairy, more
"Recipe source: Bon Appetit (January 2009)"
Original is 9 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (131.9 g)
- Calories 458.9
- Total Fat - 17.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 10.3 g
- Cholesterol - 87.7 mg
- Sodium - 161.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 75.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.3 g
- Sugars - 61.7 g
- Protein - 4.4 g
- Calcium - 30.9 mg
- Iron - 1 mg
- Vitamin C - 4.3 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Step 2
Butter and flour a 8-inch square baking pan.
Step 3
Using an electric mixer cream butter and 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar. Beat in eggs one at a time. Beat in milk and then beat in the flour.
Step 4
Transfer batter to prepared pan.
Step 5
Bake for 30-40 minutes or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.
Step 6
Meanwhile, grate enough lime peel to equal 1 tablespoon.
Step 7
Halve the limes and squeeze enough juice to measure 1/4 cup.
Step 8
Mix the peel, juice and 1/4 cup sugar in a small bowl. Set aside.
Step 9
Using a skewer poke holes all over the baked cake. Spoon half of the lime mixture all over the baked cake. Cool.
Step 10
Whisk 1 cup powdered sugar into the remaining lime mixture; drizzle over the cake.
Step 11
Let stand one hour before serving and then cut cake into squares.
Tips
No special items needed.
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