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AmericanKey lime loaf cake

Serves 12 | Prep 20 mins | Cook 1 hr

Inspired by the American classic Key lime pie, this sweet-but-tangy bake features regular limes (Floridian Key limes are more intensely aromatic), condensed milk and a crunchy biscuit crumb topping - divine!

Source: www.sainsburysmagazine.co.uk

Ingredients

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90 g soft butter, plus extra to grease
75 g caster sugar
zest of 3 limes, plus 1 extra lime to decorate
225 g condensed milk
3 large eggs
200 g plain flour
40 g cornflour
1½ tsp baking powder

For the topping

juice of 2 limes, use 2 of the zested limes from the cake ingredients
60 g caster sugar
100 g icing sugar
2 digestive biscuits, crumbled

Instructions

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Preheat the oven to 150°C, gas 3½. Grease and line the base and sides of a 900 g loaf tin (10 cm x 20 cm base measurement) with baking paper.
Beat together the butter, sugar and zest of 3 limes until pale and creamy. Mix in the condensed milk until smooth, then beat in the eggs, one at a time, adding a spoonful of flour with each egg. Don’t worry if the mixture looks a little curdled, it’ll come back together.
Sift in the remaining plain flour, cornflour and baking powder with a pinch of salt and fold into the mixture until no pockets of flour remain.
Scrape into the prepared tin, level the top and bake for or until golden brown and a skewer comes out clean. Cover with foil for the final if the loaf is browning too fast
Once the cake is out of the oven, squeeze the juice from 2 of the zested limes and place in a small saucepan with the caster sugar. Heat gently to dissolve the sugar, then simmer over a low heat for until syrupy. Poke holes into the warm cake with a skewer and brush with the lime syrup. Leave to cool in the tin.
To finish, sift the icing sugar into a bowl and mix in about 1 tablespoon of water to make a thick but pourable icing. Remove the cake from the tin and discard the baking paper. Drizzle the icing over the top of the cake and scatter with the biscuit crumbs and the zest of the extra lime.

Nutrition

Per Serving	% Daily Value
Calories 437 kcal	21.9%
Total Fat 20 g	25.6%
Saturated Fat 12 g	60.0%
Carbohydrates 56 g	20.4%
Dietary Fibre 1 g	3.6%
Sugars 36 g	72.0%
Protein 7 g	14.0%
Sodium 0.8 g	34.8%

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