Mango & Lime Cake

12 ingredients
7 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 large mangoes, ripe but not too soft
  • 175 g unsalted butter, softened
  • 2 limes, finely grated zest of
  • 175 g caster sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 125 g self-raising flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 45 g ground almonds
  • 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
  • Syrup
  • 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 1/4 cup caster sugar

Directions

  1. 1
    Slice the peeled mangoes into strips and arrange attractively on the base of a heavily buttered 24-26 cm springform tin.
  2. 2
    Beat the butter, lime zest and sugar until creamy.
  3. 3
    Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  4. 4
    Sift the flour and the baking powder and fold into the mixture alternating with the ground almonds and the lime juice. Spread mixture over the mangoes.
  5. 5
    Bake cake in a 160C oven for 60 minutes until skewer comes out clean when inserted. Leave to sit for 10 minutes then invert onto a serving plate.
  6. 6
    FOR THE SYRUP: melt the sugar in the lime juice. Simmer for 2 minutes and then drizzle over the cake.
  7. 7
    Serve with thick cream, sorbet, or ice-cream.

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