Passionfruit and Lime Cake
A delicious family cake that is very pretty and will keep well for a week or so, if you don't just eat it immediately of course!
A quick loaf cake is always handy to have up your sleeve. This is such an good old fashioned type cake, best served in thick slabs with a cup of herbal tea in a garden preferably. Perfect for serving anyone who may pop in on occasion. (Does that even happen any more?)
Fresh passionfruit pulp is not that cheap, we went with frozen pulp which we then thawed. The cake does crack a little on top, but no one ever minded a little crack with some icing seeping into it. Extra yummy!
Passionfruit is rich in antioxidants like Vitamin C, promoting a strong immune system and healthy skin. Its fiber content aids digestion and may help reduce the risk of heart disease. So there's that! Healthy cake...you're very welcome.
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Need
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The Cake
- 240 Grams raw caster sugar BUY
- 2 limes zest, finely grated and juice
- 280 Grams Greek plain yogurt
- 1 Teaspoon vanilla bean paste BUY
- 60 Grams Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) BUY
- 2 eggs
- 220 Grams bakers or strong flour
- 1 Teaspoon baking powder
- Pinches pink salt flakes BUY
- 150 Grams passionfruit pulp
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The Frosting
- 50 Grams passionfruit pulp
- 100 Grams icing mixture
Do
- 1
Preheat oven to 170ºC and brush a loaf tin with EVOO. Set aside.
- 2
To make the cake, place sugar and zest into the Thermomix bowl and mill 10 sec/speed 10.
- 3
Add yoghurt, vanilla, EVOO, lime juice and eggs. Blend 10 sec/speed 6.
- 4
Add remaining ingredients and blend 12 sec/dough setting/Interval. Finish combining with a spatula if necessary.
- 5
Scrape into prepared tin and dollop with passionfruit then swirl it throughout the batter. You will need a good nonstick tin for this cake, or avoid getting the passionfruit pulp on the tin itself as it will caramelise and stick to the metal during baking.
- 6
Bake 50-55 minutes or until skewer comes out clean.
- 7
Cool on wire rack turning out of the tin after 10 minutes.
- 8
To make the frosting, whisk the passionfruit pulp and icing mixture in a small bowl until you reach your desired consistency. Drizzle over cooled cake. You may need to add more or less sugar depending on how thick your pulp is.
Tenina Holder is a wife, mother of five and grandmother of eight, who started cooking in the olden days before Thermomix was even a thing.
Tenina has become the premium go to source for all Thermomix expertise and of course fresh and easy recipes that work. Her cooking classes and foodie trips are sold out in literally hours, her cookbooks appear on the Australian best seller lists and her social reach is in the millions. Her Insider Club is the most fun you can have with a Thermomix and you really should join her! She believes chocolate, butter and salt are health foods. Her food positivity mantra is, eat everything, just not all at once!
