for 12 pieces

Sponge mixture

250 g	butter, soft
250 g	sugar
2 pinch	salt
4	eggs
3	organic limes, grated zest and the juice
250 g	white flour
20 g	blue poppy seeds
1 tsp	baking powder

Icing

150 g	icing sugar
2	organic limes, grated zest and the juice

How it's done

Sponge mixture

Place the butter in a bowl. Whisk in the sugar and salt. Add the eggs one at a time and continue to beat until the mixture becomes lighter in colour. Stir in the lime zest and juice. Combine the flour, poppy seeds and baking powder, mix in. Transfer the sponge mixture to the prepared tin.

To bake

Approx. 1 hr. 5 mins. in the lower half of an oven preheated to 180°C. Remove from the oven, allow to cool slightly, remove from the tin and leave to cool completely on a rack.

Icing

Mix the icing sugar and lime juice to create a thick icing, spread on top of the cake, sprinkle with lime zest, leave to dry.

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