Recipe: Granny’s Lime Pound Cake

This pound cake is dense, delicate, with a rich buttery taste and a slight tinge of lime. This is an old recipe of my grandmother’s, and baking it was such a nostalgic experience, as the aroma of nutmeg and butter filled the kitchen as it baked in the oven               .

Ingredients

• 227g of butter
• 1 1/2 cups, sugar
• Lime zest
• 5 eggs
• 2 tablespoons, sour cream
• 1 teaspoon, vanilla essence
• 2 cups, all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 2 limes
• Half a nutmeg

Preparation

• Add baking powder and grated nutmeg into flour. Sift and set aside.
• Preheat oven to 150° C.
• Grease and dust a standard loaf pan
• Grate lime zest into butter in mixing bowl. Beat at high speed.
• Oil in the zest mix well with butter.
• Add sugar, mix for 5 minutes. Add eggs to mixture, one at a time. Mix for 2 minutes.
• Add sour cream and vanilla.
• Detach bowl from mixer and fold in flour.
• Pour batter into greased and dusted standard loaf pan.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out dry, and cake is springy to the touch.
• Remove from oven, poke holes on the top of cake and pour fresh lime juice over top of cake.
• Allow to cool.
• Serve. Enjoy.

Eat responsibly.

About Ugo

A seasoned talent with extensive experience in baking, Ugo Chiori of McCreamyz Cupcakes has been creating yummy cupcakes and desserts with distinct flavor combinations for over 6 years. Armed with the freshest and best ingredients, her recipes are a way of giving back to the world in which she’s found creative satisfaction.