CITRUS MAKES ME HAPPY…TANGY FRESH LIME CAKE
CITRUS is Tartelettes’ chosen flavour for this months’ edition of Sugar High Fridays , a monthly event created by Jennifer of The Domestic Goddess. 
One of my favourite flavours, I find myself using ‘citrus‘ , mostly lime, every single day, in one way or another. No day is complete with a squirt of lemon, or a splash of orange. It’s quite amazing how international a flavour citrus is. We’re talking marinades, salad dressings, desserts, chutneys, cookies, cakes, sauces, pickles, preserves…the list seems endless. For me, it’s fascinating to find CITRUS in so many avatars in blog land…lemon preserves in Moroccan stew@ Mike’s Table, pretty Lemon Madeleines @ Tartlettes, Marinada Davita @ Familia bencomo, Lime Green Chili Pickle @ Konkan World, Orange & Asparagus Salad @ No Special Effects, Candy Ravioli in Orange sauce @ Dhanggit’s Kitchen are among a few I can remember off the top of my head. 
Crystallized flowers from my winter garden added to the high…all ready to go off for SHF!!
The cake before it got dressed up… with a dusting of sugar 
All dressed up & somewhere to go…
The recipe as adapted from Readers Digest ‘Cakes’, pg 22
Method:
- Preheat the oven to 180degrees C. Grease & flour an 8″ ring cake tin. I lined the bottom as well.
- Sift the flour + baking powder + salt. Keep aside.
- Cream the butter & sugar till light & fluffy.
- Add the eggs one by one, beating well after each addition, followed by the vanilla & lime extract.
- On slow speed, gradually beat in the flour mix + milk + lime juice + lime zest.
- Spoon the batter into the prepared tin & bake for 25-30 minutes / till done.
- Meanwhile, mix the Castor sugar + lime juice + food colour to get a thick syrup.
- Once the cake is done, cool in pan for 10 minutes, & gently turn it out onto rack.
- Poke the hot cake with a wooden skewer, & pour the syrup uniformly over it. Immediately place the flowers or garnishing & allow to cool completely on the rack.
This morning I found these pretty seeds on the ‘currypatta‘ tree; the leaves of which are very popular in Indian cuisine. I enjoy looking for ways to use fresh flowers etc from the garden as a centre piece for the table. I brought in a bunch for the table; thought they looked remarkably like speckled eggs!
The view from above…-
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About me: I am a freelance food writer, recipe developer and photographer. Food is my passion - baking, cooking, developing recipes, making recipes healthier, using fresh seasonal produce and local products, keeping a check on my carbon footprint and being a responsible foodie! I enjoy food styling, food photography, recipe development and product reviews. I express this through my food photographs which I style and the recipes I blog. My strength lies in 'Doing Food From Scratch'; it must taste as good as it looks, and be healthy too. Baking in India, often my biggest challenge is the non-availability of baking ingredients, and this has now become a platform to get creative on. I enjoy cooking immensely as well.
25 Comments
Rosie
Deeba, I just adore citrus flavours and your cake of lime is gorgeous!! I must bookmark this one!
Rosie x
Bellini Valli
This cake would place a ray of sunshine on anyones table along with the currypatta display:D
Sukanya Ramkumar
Hi…
That was a nice recipe. Lime cake looks so good. Love citrus smell in baked goodies.
Dwiana P
Debra, this is the first time I see seeds on currypatta tree. What do you usually make from currypatta leaves?
anyway, I have a pic of tulip for you too as you tagged me last time.
here:
http://dwianakitchen.blogspot.com/2008/05/cheese-muffin-and-lots-of-thanks-to-you_19.html
my site for some reason is not quite work on internet explorer. So far it is better view on firefox.
Manggy
Heyyy! Starting to experiment with a (new) camera? 😉 Love the cake! Nice ring mold you have there!
Cham
Love the citrus flavor 🙂 lovely center piece Deeba!
Helen
Thank you for your entry! The overload of citrus flavors make me really happy 🙂
Tartelette
Raaga
Make some for when I visit 🙂
Passionate baker...& beyond
Hi Rosie…now the slices are piling up; gotta send you choc & lime!xoxo
You always make my day Val…the currypatta has beautiful blossoms too.
Thanks Sukanya.
Actually just in a few Indian dishes like a dal, dry potatoes, beaten rice but I know of some who use it in a raita too. I like the tree because of its blossoms & the nests that birds build in it…thanks for the tulip; it was beautiful & so are the cheese muffins. :0)
Manggy…you shall be the 1st to know!!! Mailed you about the ring mold…ciao
Thank you Cham.
Thanks Helen…your beautiful blog gave me a citrus ‘kick’…I love it!
Hope to see you soon Raaga…will make some for you for sure!
Passionate baker...& beyond
Hi Rosie…now the slices are piling up; gotta send you choc & lime!xoxo
You always make my day Val…the currypatta has beautiful blossoms too.
Thanks Sukanya.
Actually just in a few Indian dishes like a dal, dry potatoes, beaten rice but I know of some who use it in a raita too. I like the tree because of its blossoms & the nests that birds build in it…thanks for the tulip; it was beautiful & so are the cheese muffins. :0)
Manggy…you shall be the 1st to know!!! Mailed you about the ring mold…ciao
Thank you Cham.
Thanks Helen…your beautiful blog gave me a citrus ‘kick’…I love it!
Hope to see you soon Raaga…will make some for you for sure!
Purnima
Hey Deeba, FOX12 featuring this post! hwdidyadoit?? 😀 Very proud for you! And yes..is it a new mold?? Well new camera too, for awesome cakes!! Wowie..m njoying this along wt the new ‘Speckled eggs’ , loved the beautiful crystallized flower on the pretty sitting cut cake!! Yumm…
Aparna
This lime cake looks beautiful. I still can’t figure out where you get the time to turn such lovely bakes.:)
These fruits remind me of the tree in my earlier garden. I’m missing all my plants as I now live on the 2nd floor!!:(
familiabencomo
You are too cute! I love how you shared some cake with the kids just out of the oven. I made a cake the other day for a party on Sunday & as I was going to bed Alfredo told me that it tasted good…. this was Saturday night! I had to laugh at him because EVERYONE in this house knows not to touch my desserts until we’ve had a full ceremonial unveiling.
Very pretty cake! I have all the ingredients here. I love you plate too – it has all the citrusy colors to it.
Tanti baci, my friend,
Amy
P.S. Thank you for mentioning my blog! 😉
nicisme
Mmmmm… citrus makes me happy too – must be the sunny, warm feeling I get!
The cake looks delicious – love the icing dribbling over!
Jamie
The cake looks so delicious. What a great summer taste combination!
Swati Raman Garg
you couldnt have used more pics than this to tempt me more 🙁 lovely delicious looking ones.. hats off..
Purnima
Deeba, pls do pick an apt award for you from me..do visit COOK…ciya!
SMN
Deeba luks so yummy……..my mouth is awatering..
Mike of Mike's Table
Many thanks for the mention! This cake looks really tasty and those flowers make for a beautiful garnish. I really like that dripping glaze in the photos…
Ivy
Congratulations Deeba for having your recipes featured on two sites, you deserve it as your recipes are drool worthy and your pictures even more. I also love citrus and although we have nearly everything, limes are not easy to find and at last now that I’ve bought some, I do not know what to do with them (lol).
Dee
deeba love the tangy freshness of the cake.. I love citrus so much that i use only citrusy perfumes.. keeps me energetic all day long!!
Meeta
Yes, citrus is the new trendy scene in baking and desserts. I love it too – so refreshing. This cake looks simply awesome. Nice one!
Arfi Binsted
interesting fruits of that tree. they look like palm fruits. and i’m sure the cake tastes gorgeous!
Sara
Yum, looks absolutely amazing!!
Astra Libris
Ooooh, your cake is positively stunning! I adore lime, and just realized that I’ve never made a lime cake – I look forward to fixing your recipe! (such a great point you made about the internationality of citrus, too… So true…)