A tropical lime and coconut loaf cake with a zingy lime drizzle, bringing a taste of sunshine to your home any time of the year. This cake is so simple to make and tastes absolutely AMAZING. I guarantee the whole family will love it.
This is one delicious cake! It’s lovely and moist, and the combination of lime and coconut gives it an amazing tropical flavour. The lime and coconut loaf cake is perfect for parties and bake sales, as it can be made a day or so in advance, without compromising on taste.
The cake is made with your regular cake ingredients such as butter, sugar, eggs and flour, but in this loaf cake I’ve also added ground almonds (which helps keep the cake moist), and of course limes (zest in the cake and juice for the drizzle) as well as desiccated coconut.
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✔️ Why should you try it?
- Easy to make
- A great cake for freezing
- Tropical tasting
🥘 Ingredients
- Butter
- Caster Sugar
- Eggs
- Flour
- Ground Almonds
- Desiccated Coconut
- Limes
🥄 Equipment
A mixing bowl, wooden spoon, citrus juicer and 2lb (1kg) loaf tin, are all you need to make this zingy lime and coconut cake.
🔪 Instructions
The recipe card with ingredient quantities and detailed instructions can be found at the bottom of the post
One: Preheat the oven to 180°c (160° fan/ 350F/ Gas 4) and line a 2lb (1 kg) loaf tin with baking paper.
Two: Cream the butter and sugar until soft and fluffy.
Three: Beat in the eggs.
Four: Fold in the flour, desiccated coconut and ground almonds.
Five: Stir through the lime zest.
Six: Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin.
Seven: Bake in the oven for 1 hour 10 minutes.
Eight: Cool completely before slicing.
📖 Variations
- Instead of the drizzle icing, you could sprinkle some desiccated coconut on top of the cake after baking. This would reduce the amount of sugar in the recipe.
- Up the fruit, by adding a handful of blackberries to the cake mixture. Lime, coconut, and blackberry are a great flavour combination.
- If you can’t get hold of limes, you could use lemons or oranges instead.
🍴 Serving suggestions
A cup of tea would be perfect with a slice of this cake, for a delicious mid-afternoon pick me up. You could even serve it as an easy dessert with a dollop of clotted cream or homemade ice cream.
🧊 Suitable for freezing?
One of the reasons I LOVE loaf cakes so much, is that they can be frozen. Let the cake cool completely, then wrap it tightly in a couple of layers of greaseproof paper and a layer of foil to seal it. The cake can be frozen for up to 3 months.
When you are ready to use it, take it out of the freezer 24 hours before needed, to defrost.
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- Blueberry Loaf Cake
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Recipe
Lime and Coconut Loaf Cake
Ingredients
- 225 g Butter softened
- 225 g Caster Sugar
- 4 Eggs
- 175 g Self Raising Flour
- 40 g Desiccated Coconut
- 25 g Ground Almonds
- 3 Limes zest of
For the lime drizzle
- 60 g Caster Sugar
- 2 Limes juice of
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°c (160 fan/ 350F/ Gas 4) and line a 2lb (1 kg) loaf tin with baking paper.
- Cream the butter and sugar until soft and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs one by one.
- Fold in the flour, desiccated coconut and ground almonds. until everything is combined
- Stir through the lime zest.
- Spoon the cake mixture into the tin and bake in the oven for 1 hour 10 minutes (start checking after 1 hour).
- Mix together the drizzle ingredients and pour over the hot cake. Allow to cool before slicing.
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Notes
- Instead of the drizzle icing, you could sprinkle some desiccated coconut on top of the cake after baking. This would reduce the amount of sugar in the recipe.
- Up the fruit, by adding a handful of blackberries to the cake mixture. Lime, coconut and blackberry are a great flavour combination.
- If you can’t get hold of limes, you could use lemons or oranges instead.
Shashi
The combination of lime and coconut indeed sounds delightfully delicious – and I LOVE your use of ground almonds in this as well – such a tasty cake – wishing I was having a slice for breakfast=dessert 😉
Beth Sachs
The ground almonds make the cake lovely and moist.
Charla
I love a coconut and lime cake for some reason they always remind me of the summer season. It must be that tropical combination.
Danielle Wolter
I am a huge fan of lime and coconut. This loaf cake sound absolutely incredible and I am definitely making it this weekend!
Beth Sachs
Let me know how you get on! I hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
Gina
I love how simple this recipe is yet packed with flavor!
Linda
I love making loaf cakes too! They deliver so much flavor with minimal effort. This cake if like a pina colada I can take a bite of. Love the lime zest in the cake and don’t get me started on the glaze. Amazing!