Desserts Recipes - Banana Lime Cake Recipe

Ingredients

Serves 10

• Butter for greasing

• 300g/11 oz plain flour

• 1 teaspoon salt

• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

• 175g/6oz muscovado sugar

• 1 teaspoon grated lime zest

• 1 medium egg, beaten

• 1 medium banana (peeled and mashed with 1 tablespoon lime juice)

• 150ml/1/4pt natural fromage frais

• 100g/4oz sultanas 

For the topping:

• 100g/4oz icing sugar

• 2 teaspoons lime juice

• 1/2 teaspoon lime zest (finely grated)

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas mark 4. Grease and line a deep 18cm/7in round cake tin with baking parchment.

2. Sift the flour, salt and baking powder into a mixing bowl and stir in the sugar and lime zest.

3. Make a well in the centre and add the egg, banana, from age frais and sultanas. Mix thoroughly.

4. Spoon the mixture into the tin and smooth the surface. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes until firm to the touch. Leave to cool for 10 minutes, then turn out on to a wire rack.

5. To make the topping, sift the icing sugar into a small bowl and mix with the lime juice to form a soft, but not too runny, icing.

6. Stir in the finely grated lime zest. Drizzle the icing over the cake, letting it run down the sides.