Ginger & Lime Drizzle Cake

Name: Ginger & Lime Drizzle Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: Makes one 900 g (2 lb) loaf cake
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: Juice of 1 lime; 175 g (6 oz) caster (superfine) sugar; 2 pieces of stem ginger, finely diced; 20 ml stem ginger syrup; 100 g (3½ oz) caster (superfine) sugar; 1 tsp stem ginger syrup; Zest of 1 lime; 175 g (6 oz) butter; 160 g (5¾ oz) self-raising (-rising) flour; 2 tsp ground ginger; 3 eggs, large

Preparation info

Makes
one
900 g loaf cake

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 10

Appears in

The Pink Whisk Guide to Cake Making

By Ruth Clemens

Published 2013

About

A fiery, zesty version of this cake but any combination of citrus fruits work well in a drizzle cake – why not try orange, lemon and lime?

Ingredients

Cake

175 g (6 oz) butter
175 g (6

Europe
United Kingdom
Dessert
Cake
Baking
Vegetarian

Method

Follow the same method as Lemon and Elderflower Drizzle Cake, but add the zest of a lime, 2 diced stem ginger pieces and 1 tsp stem ginger syrup to the creamed butter and sugar. Add 2