Lime fingers
Limes were on offer today in the supermarket, so I decided to try this recipe which comes from one of my cookery books I bought in France called 'Patisserie'. I had no difficulty finding 'fromage blanc'. Another recipe using oil instead of butter. 200g plain flour 4 tspns baking powder 100g fromage blanc 1 tbspn milk 4 tbspns oil - I used rapeseed 60g demerara sugar 7.5g vanilla sugar [or 1 sachet - I found mine in Lidl] 50g icing sugar 2 tspns lime juice and the zest of 1 lime Preheat oven to 180C/ gas 4 Grease and line a cake tin 30 x 20 cm. Mix the flour and the baking powder together in a bowl. In another bowl mix the fromage blanc, milk, oil and sugar together to get a creamy mixture. Add the flour to this a bit at a time. Spread the mixture into the tin and bake for about 15 mins till golden. Cool on a wire rack. Mix the lime juice and icing sugar and spread over the cooled cake and cut into 16 pieces. Decorate each piece with a little lime zes...