Lime pound cake with caribbean lime spread
Lime pound cake with caribbean lime spread recipe in the cake category
Recipe ingredients:
- Cake:
- 3/4 cup, 1 1/2 sticks, butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup lime marmalade
- Grated zest of 1/2 lime
- 4 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
- 2 teaspoons ginger
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 tablespoons dark rum
- Spread:
- 1/2 cup, 1 stick, butter, at room temperature
- 1 tablespoon sifted confectioners sugar
- 1 tablespoon dark rum
- 2 tablespoons lime marmalade
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped crystallized ginger
Recipe method:
- To make the cake, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F and grease a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan.
- In a large bowl beat the butter with the sugar.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time, then mix in 1/2 cup of lime marmalade, the grated zest, 1 tablespoon of lime juice, and the ginger.
- Add the flour, baking powder, and baking soda and beat until the mixture is thoroughly blended.
- Put it in the prepared pan and bake for 20 minutes, then lower the heat to 350 degrees F and bake until a wooden pick inserted in the middle comes out clean, about 25 to 35 minutes longer.
- Remove from the oven.
- During the last few minutes of cooking, combine the remaining 1/4 cup of marmalade with the remaining 3 tablespoons of lime juice, the 2 tablespoons of rum, and 3/4 of a cup of cold water in a small pan.
- Bring to simmering point, stirring the ingredients.
- Stick a skewer into several places in the loaf, then strain about 1/3 cup of the liquid over the surface.
- Let it sink in for a minute or two, then repeat this step two more times.
- Leave the cake in the pan for 15 minutes.
- Remove and let it cool on a wire rack.
- To make the lime spread, cream the butter with the confectioners sugar, then stir in the rum and marmalade.
- Mound in a little dish and serve with the cake.
- Note: To make an orange pound cake, substitute orange marmalade for lime marmalade and orange zest and juice for lime.
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