Grace'S Guava Cake

• 1/2 cup softened butter
• 4 tablespoons cooking oil
• 1 cup palm sugar or 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup guava, pulp (this is just guava put in the blender, but don't forget to run through sifter to trap the tiny seeds)
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 cups flour (sift flour and baking powder together)
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 fresh guava, shredded
• For topping
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 3 tablespoons guava juice (or any fruit juice)
• 1/2 lime, juice of
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• crushed peanuts (I prefer honey roasted)
• grated coconut

1. Grease baking pan and preheat oven 180 C or 350 degrees F.
2. Cream butter, sugar, and almond essence.
3. Add eggs, one by one, followed by the guava pulp.
4. Add the flour/baking powder mixture, little by little.
5. When it's all in, beat on high speed for approximately a minute.
6. Clean mixer.
7. Fold in shredded guava using a spatula.
8. Bake 45-55 minutes.
9. Decorate when cool.
10. To make topping, combine powdered sugar, almond extract, guava juice, and lime juicetill smooth.
11. Glaze over cooled cake, then top with peanuts and coconut.

butter, cooking oil, palm sugar, eggs, guava, almond, flour, baking powder, fresh guava, powdered sugar, guava juice, lime, almond, peanuts, coconut

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/graces-guava-cake-68579 (may not work)