Passion Fruit Bundt Cake

Who doesn't love the sweet smelling passion fruit on desserts. Passion fruit pulps make an ideal for topping on pavlova,as a drink and add into your dessert for an extraordinary taste and fragrance. I personally love the fruity smell of passion fruit and never miss to buy whenever i come across of them. In Malaysia, passion fruit slowly gaining his place in desserts and drinks.

When i made a visit to a local wet market i bumped into a fruit stall selling passion fruits and i grabbed a bag of them. Tips to choose a good ripe passion fruit is always go for a purple and wrinkled skin fruit. I decided to bake a passion fruit bundt cake drizzle with passion fruit syrup which added the moistness to the soft and crumbly cake. For a perfect evening just get a big slice of the passion fruit cake with a cuppa.

Ingredients

2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 cups castor sugar
1 cup butter butter, room temperature
3 eggs, room temperature
5 tbsp passion fruit juice
Pinch of salt

Passion Fruit Syrup

1/2 cup passion fruit pulp
1/4 cup water
3 tbsp castor sugar


Methods

Preheat oven at 180'C or 350'F. Grease bundt tin evenly with butter and sprinkle with flour to coat every nook. Keep aside.

In a bowl, mix flour,baking powder and salt.

Using a hand/stand mixer, beat the butter and sugar till pale and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time and beat at each addition. Add in the passion fruit juice and beat.

Add the flour and beat for 1-2 minutes or til combine. Pour the batter into the prepared bundt pan and bake for 335-40 minutes or until a skewer insert in the center of the cake comes out clean.

Cool the cake in the pan for 10-12 minutes and carefully invert to cool completely on a cooling rack.

For The Passion Fruit Syrup

In a saucepan over a medium heat, add passion fruit pulp,water and castor sugar. Stir till the sugar completely dissolves.

Simmer the mixture for 10-12 minutes to thickened. Remove from heat and cool completely.

Drizzle the passion fruit syrup over the cake. Slice and enjoy