Lime and Strawberry Madeira Cake

Name: Lime and Strawberry Madeira Cake
Total time: 3300 s
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 175 g butter; 175 g caster sugar; 3 eggs; zest of a lime; 1 tsp vanilla essence; 225 g self raising flour; 1 tbsp milk; 55 g butter; zest of a lime; 175 g icing sugar; 2 tbsp milk; Strawberries

nicolehooper @nicolehooper

For birthdays we always try and go a little more extravagant, so not a healthy bake but really delicious for a treat! #mycookbook

nicolehooper @nicolehooper

For birthdays we always try and go a little more extravagant, so not a healthy bake but really delicious for a treat! #mycookbook

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Ingredients

55 minutes

Cake
175 gbutter
175 gcaster sugar
3eggs
zest of a lime
1 tspvanilla essence
225 gself raising flour
1 tbspmilk
Buttercream
55 gbutter
zest of a lime
175 gicing sugar
2 tbspmilk
Toppings
Strawberries

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Steps

55 minutes

1

Preheat the oven to 150°C fan
2

Cream butter and caster sugar together
3

Beat in 1 egg at a time
4

Add the grated zest of a lime and vanilla essence
5

Sift in flour and beat, add a little milk until the mix is loose enough it falls from the spoon
6

Place in a loaf tin and bake for 55minutes in preheated oven
7

Cream butter and grated lime zest together
8

Mix in sifted icing sugar and milk until a smooth consistency and leave in the fridge to stiffen whilst the cake cools
9

Divide the icing into two separate bowls and in half add some diced strawberries, cut the cake in half and place this on the bottom layer
10

Spread the remaining icing on the top of the top half and some sliced strawberries before placing it on the bottom half