GRANADILLA CAKE
Preparation time: 10min
Cook time: 25min
Serves: 6 people
INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 cups self raising flour
3/4 cups sugar
1/2 cup cooking oil
1/2 cup cold milk
2 large eggs
5 ml vanilla essence
pinch salt
100 gr granadilla pulp
1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
1 granadilla pulp for icing
METHOD
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius, and prepare one bunt or ring cake pan with nonstick spray
- Add all the ingredients for the cake to an electric mixer, beat for 3 – 4 minutes, starting on medium speed and progressing to high speed
- Scrape and mix all the ingredients in the mixing bowl with a spatula, and transfer the batter to the prepared cake pan
- Bake for 20 – 25 minutes, if your tester comes out clean, your cake is done
- Transfer cake to a cooling wire to cool
- Place the icing sugar to a clean electric mixer bowl. Add the pulp of one granadilla, put the mixer on medium speed, and add more pulp as needed until icing sugar becomes a little droopy
- Don’t add too much pulp too quickly then your icing will be too runny, add little at a time and increase the speed of the mixer until desired thickness are reached
- Pour icing over cooled cake, and serve with lots of love and care
NOTE
This cake recipe is an awesome family favorite and a quick way to whip up a vanilla cake or some cupcakes. Use the base of this recipe (without the pulp) and combine it with your own flavors for a different cake. This is one version of what we in South Africa would call “’n klop en bak koek”.
By Anza Fischer
