Passionfruit Poundcake
- None None For the Cake
- 17 tbsp butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup plus 1 tbsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 large eggs
- 2 1/2 cups self-rising flour, sifted
- 1 pinch salt
- None None For the Passionfruit Icing
- 1 1/3 cups confectioners' sugar
- None None Pulp of 1 passionfruit
- 1 tsp butter
- Preheat oven to 350u0b0F. Grease and line a deep 8-inch square pan.
- Using an electric beater, cream butter and beat in sugar and vanilla extract until pale and creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Fold in flour and salt.
- Spoon mixture into prepared pan. Bake, 50 minutes, until cake shrinks slightly from sides of pan. Cool in pan, 5 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- For passionfruit icing, combine confectioners' sugar and passionfruit pulp in a small heatproof bowl. Mix well until thick and smooth. Beat in butter and place over a pan of simmering water, stirring, until glossy and smooth. Pour over cake and leave to set before cutting.
butter, sugar, vanilla, eggs, flour, salt, sugar, passionfruit, butter
Taken from recipes-plus.com/api/v2.0/recipes/28205 (may not work)