I only made the cake in the recipe – There is a section for some filling containing condensed milk and limes. We had so much cake going on in the kitchen though that I just couldn’t justify so much sweetness. So I opted for whipped double cream with the zest of 2 more limes in it instead!
We have had the ladyfingers in the kitchen cupboard for ages. They really needed using up so I decided not to make my own. The girls were delighted – they love them!
Cake Ingredients:
115g (4oz) Butter, Softened
115g (4oz) Caster Sugar
2 free range eggs
115g (4oz) Self Raising Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
1tbsp Buttermilk or Sour Cream
Grated Zest of 2 Limes
Method:
Preheat the oven to 180C and line a 6.5 ” cake tin with baking parchment – I only had a 7″ so did it in this. It was quite a shallow cake though and took a LOT of strawberries and grapes to fill it so I would definitely recommend a 6″ or even a 5″ next time.
Using an electric mixer, whisk the butter and sugar and gradually add the eggs until they are well whisked
Add the lime zest and fold in the flour, baking powder and the buttercream
Pour into the cake tin and bake for 20-30 minutes. (After 20 minutes the cake was still very wobbly but starting to turn golden on top so I turned it down to 160C and carried on cooking for a further 15 minutes)
To Assemble:
When the cake has fully cooled place on a flat plate or cake stand
Spread half of the double cream (I used a 284ml tub whisked until very thick) on top of the cake
Use the rest of the cream to dot on the bottom of the ladyfingers and stick around the sides
Secure with a ribbon
Fill in the centre with plenty of strawberries and grapes and sprinkle with icing sugar to finish
Eat immediately
So many great flavour combinations in this weeks round up, off to check a few out and make myself hungry even though I’ve already had pudding tonight!
Love the look of the lime charlotte cake and congratulations on being a magazine ambassador, sounds really exciting.
Thanks for linking to my cake too 🙂
Thanks Jen – There’s always room for more pudding! x
Your Lime Charlotte cake looks divine! Thanks for linking to my white chocolate lime shortbread, and my blueberry Madeira. Happy to help in the summer hols by hosting if needed!
Thanks very much Lucy – Will be in touch re summer hosting. Your recipes are very tempting too! x
I’ll start with the marzipan and cherry scones and just make my way around from there – lovely stuff. Must remember to enter – note to self! A magazine ambassador, now that sounds interesting.
Hands off – those marzipan scones are mine! 😉 I’ll never be short of something to read for sure x
Your Charlotte looks fabulous BTW.
Bless you – thank you! x
It is not good reading this before I get ready to visit a new Tea shop! Your cake looks scrumptious.
Ooh a new tea shop sounds exciting – enjoy! x
Wow! Another stunning cake 🙂 The lime is perfect for summer too!!
What a great looking cake Helen, fit for a princess for sure! Great round ups too, thanks for linking my recipe 🙂
this looks so pretty and delicate – perfect for some al fresco entertainig x
I’ve never heard of a charlotte cake but it looks amazing. I love limes in anything (almost) and this looks divine!
Oh wow Helen that looks amazing! I love limes so will definitely love this cake plus it looks so pretty x
Thank you for the welcome and what a fantastic round up of baking! So many things I’d like to try.
Helen – your cake looks sooooooooooooooo wonderful!! Definitely THE cake for the summer 🙂
Thank you for the party (and for the reminder!) 🙂
This Charlotte is simply stunning. I am always really impressed by your baking skills. xx
This cake looks so yummy! Now that you mention it, I’m surprised I haven’t seen many Charlotte cakes either!
Thanks for the bake of the week reminder, I’ve been so all over the place recently I’ve had a hard time keeping up with link parties, so I appreciate the reminder hehe
I love the look of your Charlotte cake. I have never heard of them before but it certainly looks like my kind of cake!!! Thanks for hosting the linky!
#Tefalgiveaway Wow these all look so yummy ??