With sufficient adult supervision, even children can create this delightful West African cake, which has a delicate lime flavor.
West African Lime Cake
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 (Optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the 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 the prepared baking dish.
- Bake in the preheated oven until brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Garnish with chopped peanuts.
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