Lime & Blueberries
Winter calls for winter cakes. This is a simple recipe for our fluffy ‘7LR lime & blueberries’ cake. You just need:
200g organic plain flour
4 brown eggs
150g light brown sugar
150g fresh blueberries
zest of 2 limes
juice of 3 limes
1 cup of olive oil
1tsp madagascan vanilla liquid
1tsp baking powder
1tsp greek cognac or rhum
Mix sugar & olive oil in a large bowl & stir well
Separate the yolk from the white of the eggs (keep the white in a separate bowl)
Add one by one the yolk from the eggs in the bowl (of sugar & olive oil) and stir well until fluffy
Zest the two limes & add the zest in the mixture, then add the juice of the three limes
Add the vanilla and the cognac/rhum and continue to stir. Then add the blueberries, continue to stir.
Lastly, add the flour in your main mixture
Whisk the whites separately in their bowl to create your fabulous meringue and add this to the main mixture.
Stir well!
Finally add the baking powder & give it a final soft stir. Then, grease a rectangular cake tin with some olive oil or butter, add the mixture in the tin & place it in the oven (approximately 45-60 minutes: 180* Enjoy!
My 7LR 