Yoghurt and Passionfruit Cake
Yoghurt and Passionfruit Cake
Ingredients
For the Cake
- 125 ml vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla paste
- 1 lemon, zested and juiced
- 3 eggs
- 120 g yogurt
- 100 ml passionfruit pulp
- 40 ml lemon juice
- 140 g self-raising flour
- 100 g caster sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- pinch sea salt
For the Frosting
- 260 g icing sugar, sifted
- 60 g passionfruit pulp
- 20 g butter, melted
Instructions
- 1
Preheat your oven to 165°C. Lightly grease and flour four small cake tins, or line them with parchment paper.
⏱️ 5 min•🌡️ 165
- 2
In a large mixing bowl, combine the wet cake ingredients: vegetable oil, vanilla paste, lemon zest, lemon juice, eggs, yogurt, and 100ml passionfruit pulp. Whisk them together until well combined and smooth.
⏱️ 5 min
- 3
Add the caster sugar to the wet mixture and whisk again until fully incorporated.
⏱️ 2 min
- 4
Sift the self-raising flour, bicarbonate of soda, and a pinch of sea salt directly into the wet mixture in the bowl.
⏱️ 3 min
- 5
Gently whisk all the ingredients together until a smooth batter forms. Be careful not to overmix.
⏱️ 2 min
- 6
Pour the batter evenly into the prepared small cake tins.
⏱️ 2 min
- 7
Bake the cakes in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the center of a cake comes out clean.
⏱️ 30 min•🌡️ 165
- 8
Remove the cakes from the oven and let them cool in their tins for 10-15 minutes before carefully transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely. This cooling process will take approximately 45 minutes.
⏱️ 60 min - 9
While the cakes are cooling, prepare the frosting. In a food processor, combine the sifted icing sugar and melted butter. Process until they are well combined.
⏱️ 3 min - 10
Transfer the processed mixture from the food processor to a bowl. Add 60g passionfruit pulp to the bowl.
⏱️ 1 min
- 11
Mix all the frosting ingredients together with a spoon until a smooth, pourable frosting is achieved.
⏱️ 2 min
- 12
Once the baked cakes have cooled completely, pour or spoon the prepared passionfruit frosting generously over the top of each cake. Serve and enjoy!
⏱️ 5 min
Kitchen Tools
Yoghurt and Passionfruit Cake
For the Cake
- 125 ml vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla paste
- 1 lemon, zested and juiced
- 3 eggs
- 120 g yogurt
- 100 ml passionfruit pulp
- 40 ml lemon juice
- 140 g self-raising flour
- 100 g caster sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- pinch sea salt
For the Frosting
- 260 g icing sugar, sifted
- 60 g passionfruit pulp
- 20 g butter, melted
Instructions
- 1
Preheat your oven to 165°C. Lightly grease and flour four small cake tins, or line them with parchment paper.
⏱️ 5 min•🌡️ 165 - 2
In a large mixing bowl, combine the wet cake ingredients: vegetable oil, vanilla paste, lemon zest, lemon juice, eggs, yogurt, and 100ml passionfruit pulp. Whisk them together until well combined and smooth.
⏱️ 5 min - 3
Add the caster sugar to the wet mixture and whisk again until fully incorporated.
⏱️ 2 min - 4
Sift the self-raising flour, bicarbonate of soda, and a pinch of sea salt directly into the wet mixture in the bowl.
⏱️ 3 min - 5
Gently whisk all the ingredients together until a smooth batter forms. Be careful not to overmix.
⏱️ 2 min - 6
Pour the batter evenly into the prepared small cake tins.
⏱️ 2 min - 7
Bake the cakes in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the center of a cake comes out clean.
⏱️ 30 min•🌡️ 165 - 8
Remove the cakes from the oven and let them cool in their tins for 10-15 minutes before carefully transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely. This cooling process will take approximately 45 minutes.
⏱️ 60 min - 9
While the cakes are cooling, prepare the frosting. In a food processor, combine the sifted icing sugar and melted butter. Process until they are well combined.
⏱️ 3 min - 10
Transfer the processed mixture from the food processor to a bowl. Add 60g passionfruit pulp to the bowl.
⏱️ 1 min - 11
Mix all the frosting ingredients together with a spoon until a smooth, pourable frosting is achieved.
⏱️ 2 min - 12
Once the baked cakes have cooled completely, pour or spoon the prepared passionfruit frosting generously over the top of each cake. Serve and enjoy!
⏱️ 5 min