Kaffir Lime Cake Recipe

One day, my son went to have a playdate with his friends. We had a long talk with the grandmother about our extensive use of kaffir lime in our cuisine. She then shared this amazing recipe to make kaffir lime cake. This is now our go to recipe for amazingly easy cake that everyone loves!

What do we need to make Kaffir Lime Cake?

1. 1.5 cups of Self Raising Flour
2. 2/3 cup of oil (any light oil will do)
3. 3/4 cup of thickened cream
4. 1 cup of sugar
5. 2 Eggs
6. Zest of 2 kaffir limes

Most of the ingredients above can be found quite easily in your local supermarket. Kaffir lime is potentially harder to find. In this case, you can pretty much replace it with any type of citrus!

How do we make Kaffir Lime Cake Recipe?

1. Preheat oven (between 170 – 180 degrees) – We usually do it at 180.
2. Grate zest from 2 limes.
3. Add sugar and mix through well – oil from zest will soak into sugar.
4. Put in oil, cream and eggs – then whisk.
5. Add flour. Mix through just until you see no lumps. DO NOT OVERMIX! – All it will do is make your cake heavy!
6. Pour into tin – lined with baking paper. 23-cm tin generally works well for this much mixture.
7. Cook for about 35 minutes.
8. Dust with icing sugar.

A little tips to make your perfect Kaffir Lime Cake

1. I can’t stress enough the importance of not overmixing the dough. You want your cake to still be light and airy!
2. We usually add poppy seed into the mixture to add.
3. If you want to be really naughty, you can also put in more toppings above the cake. Why don’t you try whipped cream? or a fruit mix!

If you like this recipe, why don’t you visit our recipe page! My personal favourite is the party food: Tetsuya’s Oyster Vinaigrette recipe.