Skip to content Skip to navigation
Just a heads up: we're taking a quick maintenance break! Our site's offline Saturday evening to Sunday. Thanks for bearing with us!

Ginger & Lime Drizzle Traybake

A classic snack with the perfect combination of spicy and zesty flavours, this rich and warming recipe from the Dairy Diary makes the ultimate coffee sidekick on a cold day.

  • Preparation time: 20 min(s)
  • Cooking time: 40 min(s)
  • Servings: 16

How to make

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees, and line a 20cm (8in) square cake tin with baking paper.
  2. Put the butter, muscovado sugar, treacle and syrup in a large saucepan over a medium heat and stir until the sugar has dissolved.
  3. Once dissolved, take off the heat and stir in the milk, then beat in the eggs.
  4. Add the flour, bicarbonate of soda and ground ginger, half the stem ginger and the zest from 1 lime and beat well.
  5. Pour into the tin and bake for about 35 minutes or until risen and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
  6. For the drizzle, grate the zest from the remaining 3 limes and set aside.
  7. Mix the juice from all 4 limes with the ginger syrup.
  8. When the cake has been out of the oven 5 minutes, spoon the drizzle mixture over it then sprinkle with the lime zest, demerara sugar and the remaining stem ginger.
  9. Leave in the tin to cool for at least 30 minutes. This will allow the drizzle to soak in, enriching the flavour. When cold, cut into squares. The cake will keep for a week in an airtight container.