Lime Sponge Cake#SundayFunday

This Lime Sponge Cake is easy to make with a refreshing zesty lime flavour. Topped with a drizzle or lime flavoured glace icing. Made this simple cake for a friends birthday since he does not like icing decided to a simple lime glaze icing.

Makes 6" round cake
Ingredients
1 Teaspoon Lime zest
30 Ml Lime juice
30 Grams Vegetable Oil
1 Teaspoon Vanilla extract
3 Large Eggs - seperate - the whites & yolks whites
1 Teaspoon Lime juice
70 Grams Sugar
80 Grams Cake flour
For The Lime Sugar Glaze
Lime Juice - as required
1 Cup Icing sugar
Method

Zest the lime and then squeeze out the juice. Measure the lime juice in the bowl add the zest, vanilla essence and vegetable oil, mix well, keep aside.
In another large bowl add in the egg white add a teaspoon of lime juice and beat till light and fluffy, then add in the sugar a little at a time till it form soft stiff peaks. In add in the egg yolk one at time and lightly beat till all the yolks are incorporated. Now add in the sieved cake flour and fold it lightly with a spatula till no dry flour is seen. Then in the oil lime mixture 2 tablespoons of cake batter and mix well till incorporated. Now mix this into the cake batter folding lightly till incorporated. Pour this into a greased and lined 6" inch /15 cm round cake pan. Tap the pan on the work surface twice to remove any air bubbles.

Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 30 -35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool completely then removed it from the pan.
For The Lime Glaze

Mix the icing sugar with enough lime juice to make icing that is firm enough to be drizzled over the top of the cake without it pouring off. Use a blunt knife to drizzle the icing over the cake. Leave for an hour for the icing to set.The texture of this sponge cake is light and moist and soft.