Lemon and lime cakes


Lemon and lime cakes
These little cakes get their double citrus flavour by combining the delicate bitterness of lemon and lime zest with the slight sharpness of the juice in a syrup, soaked into the cakes while still hot from the oven.
35K 8 3.1
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Last modified on: April 3rd 2019

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Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - 5 min.
Lemon and lime cakes
Put 1.8 oz caster sugar into a mixer bowl.

Grate the zest of 13 lemon and 13 lime into the bowl and mix well.

Note: for maximum flavour, this mixture can be prepared the day before and left in the fridge overnight, covered with plastic film.

Stage 2 - 3 min.
Lemon and lime cakes
Preheat the oven to 340°F (170°C).

Sieve together 3.7 oz flour and 0.04 oz baking powder, then add 0.04 oz salt.

Stage 3 - 3 min.
Lemon and lime cakes
Start the mixer to whisk together the sugar and zest, mix well.

Gradually add 1.8 oz egg after lightly beating with a whisk.

Stage 4 - 5 min.
Lemon and lime cakes
Increase the mixer speed and leave the mixture to cream and aerate.

Stage 5 - 3 min.
Lemon and lime cakes
Gradually add 0.6 oz liquid cream and 0.1 oz rum...

Stage 6 - 3 min.
Lemon and lime cakes
...then 1.1 oz Noisette butter.

Stage 7 - 8 min.
Lemon and lime cakes
Finish by gently folding in the flour+baking powder+salt mixture a little at a time with a soft spatula.

Stage 8 - 4 min.
Lemon and lime cakes
Divide the cake batter between small tins or moulds about 5 x 2 x 2 inches (12 x 6 x 6 cm).

Stage 9 - 45 min.
Lemon and lime cakes
Bake for about 45 minutes.

Stage 10 - 5 min.
Lemon and lime cakes
Soak the cakes with 1.8 oz Citrus syrup while they are still hot.

Stage 11 - 20 min.
Lemon and lime cakes
LEave to finish cooling on a wire rack.
Remarks
It is easier to leave the cakes in their tins or moulds while adding the syrup. This also allows the syrup to soak in more effectively.
Keeping
Several days in the fridge, wrapped in plastic film. .
Source
Home made, but based on a recipe by Thomas Marie (MOF Boulanger).
Nutritional information
Whole recipe
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
776 Kcal or 3,249 Kj14 gr108 gr36 gr
39 %5 %10 %5 %
Per 100 g
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
260 Kcal or 1,089 Kj5 gr36 gr12 gr
13 %2 %3 %2 %
Per piece
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
776 Kcal or 3,249 Kj14 gr108 gr36 gr
39 %5 %10 %5 %
% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).
Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, Egg, Milk
How much will it cost?
  • For 1 pieces : 0.78 €

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This recipe uses (among others)
FlourFlour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Soft apple cookies, Oat financiers for Louise, Old style brioche, Grandma Solange's biscuits, Sausage mushroom and cheese crumble, ... All
EggEgg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: French toast "cordon bleu", Provençal remoulade sauce, Rich hazelnut buttercream, Oven omelette, Toasted-flour biscuits, ... All
Citrus syrupCitrus syrup: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example:
Caster sugarCaster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Sugar syrup, Quince compote, Apple charlotte with toasted brioche, Chocolate eclairs, Coconut sweetcrust pastry, ... All
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