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Only a handful of the ingredients and yet you will get this simply mixed in one bowl to create the cake batter for an outstanding Passion Fruit Cake.
Passiflora edulis, commonly known as passion fruit, is a vine species of passion flower native to southern Brazil through Paraguay and northern Argentina. It is cultivated commercially in tropical and subtropical areas for its sweet, seedy fruit.
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Passion Fruit Cake
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 1 loaf 1x
- Category: Cake, Cupcakes, Cookies and Tarts
Description
We (Jennifer) have lovely fresh Passion fruit in the garden, so I tried a passion fruit cake, wow it’s so delicious.
Ingredients
- 125 g margarine
- 1 3/4 cup self-raising flour
- Pinch salt
- 3/4 cup castor sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 2 eggs
- 100g fresh passion fruit pulp
- 1/2 cup icing sugar
- 4 Passion Fruit for the Pulp (depending on the size)
Instructions
- Beat together margarine and sugar.
- Add eggs and vanilla essence, and mix well.
- Sift in flour, and add the salt.
- Mix well and then add the passion fruit pulp.
- I added chopped cherries as well.
- Mix well, place in a greased tray, I used a loaf tin.
- Bake at 180C / 350F for 25 to 30 minutes.
- Use a toothpick to poke through to check if it’s done.
For the syrup
- Mix 1/2 cup icing sugar with a few tablespoons of orange and passion fruit juice.
- Mix until you have a thick liquid.
- Pour over cooled cake.
Notes
Prepared, tried, and tested by Jennifer
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 303
- Sugar: 27
- Sodium: 265
- Fat: 10
- Saturated Fat: 2
- Unsaturated Fat: 8
- Trans Fat: 2
- Carbohydrates: 51
- Fiber: 10
- Protein: 5
- Cholesterol: 31
Passion Fruit Health Benefits
Move over, oranges. Passion fruit is full of this antioxidant. Your body uses it to make blood vessels, cartilage, muscles, and collagen, which keeps the skin looking young. It also helps your body heal, lowers inflammation, and protects your cells from damage
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I have never had passion fruit Or passion fruit cake. I will have to try it!
Thanks Esme.
It’s outstandingly delicious. We used to pick them fresh at home in SA and enjoyed it You will get the tins with passion fruit so do try it and hope you will enjoy it