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Sweet Lime Cake

Akum Raj Jamir
Mosambi Cake or Sweet lime cake has the goodness of freshly squeezed sweet limes juice with glaze. The cake is so soft, moist and spongy. This sweet lime cake is too easy to make that even a beginner in baking can nail it perfectly. This is a tea cake so apt for a light snack with a cup of coffee or as a snack in between the meals. 
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 8

Equipment

  • OTG
  • Mixing bowl
  • Spatula
  • 7 inches rectangular cake tin

Ingredients
  

For Cake:

  • 128 Grams All purpose flour (1 cup)
  • 30 Grams Milk powder (3 tablespoon)
  • ¼ Teaspoon Salt
  • 1 Teaspoon Baking powder
  • ½ Teaspoon Baking soda
  • 100 Grams Curd / Yogurt (4-5 tablespoon)
  • 100 Grams Sugar (½ cup)
  • 150 ml Sweet lime juice (⅔ cup)
  • 1 Teaspoon Sweet lime zest
  • 60 ml Oil (¼ cup)
  • 1 Teaspoon Vanilla essence

For Glaze:

  • 50 Grams Powdered sugar (½ cup)
  • 2 Tablespoon Sweet lime juice
  • 1 Teaspoon Sweet lime zest

Instructions
 

Making The Glaze:

  • In a small bowl add in the powdered sugar, sweet lime juice and zest. 
  • Mix well until smooth and a thick consistency glaze. Keep aside. 

Making The Cake:

  • Preheat oven @180° C for 10 minutes. Grease a cake tin with oil and line with parchment paper.
  • In a mixing bowl add in the curd (yogurt) and baking soda. Mix well and keep aside for 3-5 minutes.
  • Add in sugar, sweet lime juice, zest, oil and vanilla essence. Mix well to combine and incorporate the mixture together well.
  • Sieve in the all purpose flour, milk powder, baking powder and salt. Sift them.
  • Gently fold them and make a smooth batter.
  • Transfer the batter onto the prepared cake tin and tap the cake tin to release any air bubbles trap inside.
  • Bake them at a preheated oven @180° C for 30-35 minutes with both rods on. A skewer inserted should come out clean.
  • Remove from the oven and let it stand for about 5 minutes. Demould the cake and allow the cake to cool down completely.
  • Once the cake has cool down completely, drizzle the glaze over the cake. Cut and serve. Enjoy!

Notes

  1. You can use whole wheat flour or a mixture of both. 
  2. You can swip the oil with butter. 
  3. Milk powder is optional but recommend to use if you have. 
  4. To make with egg, you can use 2 eggs and opt out the curd and baking soda. 
  5. Allow the cake to cool down completely before drizzling the glaze. 
  6. For powdered sugar, grind ¼ cup (4 tablespoon) granulated or caster sugar into fine powder in a mixie Or blender. 
Keyword citrus cake, mosambi cake, sweet lime recipe, tea cake