Zesty lemon/lime cake

Name: Zesty lemon/lime cake
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 1.5 cups all purpose flour; 1 cup sugar; 1 teaspoon baking powder; Half cup butter (leave it at room temp); 2 eggs; Half cup yoghurt; Tablespoon grated lime zest; 2 tablespoon lime juice; 2 tablespoon cooking oil

Mello @Melochef

I accidentally bought a kg of lime and this is an easy way to use some them. This recipe was inspired by Phils Kitchen-youtube.

Mello @Melochef

I accidentally bought a kg of lime and this is an easy way to use some them. This recipe was inspired by Phils Kitchen-youtube.

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Ingredients

1 hour

4 people

1.5 cupsall purpose flour
1 cupsugar
1 teaspoonbaking powder
Halfcup butter (leave it at room temp)
2eggs
Halfcup yoghurt
Tablespoongrated lime zest
2 tablespoonlime juice
2 tablespooncooking oil

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Steps

1 hour

1

Grate your lime/lemon zest finely and set aside. Squeeze the juice of the limes to get 2 tablespoons
2

Cream the butter with sugar using a wooden spoon until its well mixed. Then add the lime zest and fold in
3

Add the eggs one by one and use a Whisk to mix well
4

Add yoghurt, lime juice and cooking oil and mix well.
5

Seive the flour and baking powder into the mixture and fold in till all the flour is mixed in. The mixture will be dense
6

Pour the mixture into a baking tin and bake in a pre heated oven for 30- 40 mins- check if done using a tooth pick. If it comes out clean, the cake is ready. Enjoy!