Lime Cake Bars
A simple lime custard with a pecan and coconut crust tastes of summer.
Servings: 12 slices
Ingredients
Crust
- 150 grams plain flour
- 75 grams icing sugar
- 50 grams pecans finely chopped
- 1 lime, zested
- 75 grams butter cold, cut into small cubes
Filling
- 2 eggs
- 150 grams caster sugar
- 50 grams desiccated coconut
- 1 lime, juiced 2 - 4 tablespoons
- 2 grams baking powder 1/4 teaspoon in imperial
- 20 grams plain flour
Instructions
Crust
- Preheat fan oven to 175F.
- In a medium bowl, combine flour, icing sugar, pecans and lime zest.
- Add the butter cubes and mix with your hands until you have what looks like fine breadcrumbs.
- Press into the base of an 8x8 baking dish
- Bake for 20 - 25 minutes until golden brown.
Filling
- In a small bowl, whisk together the eggs, caster sugar, coconut and lime juice.
- Stir in baking powder and flour.
- After the crust has had its 20 minutes, remove from oven. Pour the filling mixture on the hot crust and return to the oven.
- Bake for a further 20 minutes until the filling is set.
Finishing
- Remove from oven and allow to cool.
- Dust with icing sugar and cut into slices of desired size.