WEST AFRICAN LIME CAKE

West African Lime Cake image

This is such an easy cake that even the kids can make it with some adult supervision.

Provided by seattlelove

Categories World Cuisine Recipes African

Time 35m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

1 cup white sugar
2 ½ tablespoons butter, softened
2 eggs, beaten
1 lime, juiced
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
2 ¼ teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon chopped peanuts, or to taste

Steps:

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8x8-inch baking dish.
Beat sugar and butter together until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes; beat in eggs and lime juice. Stir flour and baking powder into butter mixture until combined. Pour batter into prepared baking dish.
Bake in preheated oven until brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Garnish with chopped peanuts.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 157.1 calories, Carbohydrate 29.1 g, Cholesterol 37.4 mg, Fat 3.5 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 2.8 g, SaturatedFat 1.8 g, Sodium 98.5 mg, Sugar 16.8 g