Passion Fruit Cake with Icing

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Indulge in a moist and tender passion fruit cake made with fresh fruit and topped with a sweet and tangy three-ingredient icing. This easy, one-bowl recipe is perfect for creating an impressive tropical treat with minimal effort.

Passion Fruit Cake with Granadilla Icing.

Why Passion Fruit Cake is the perfect tropical recipe!

This passion fruit cake made with fresh fruit, is sweet and tart, with a moist and tender crumb that makes you come back for more. The three-ingredient passion fruit icing adds extra flavor to this exotic cake.

It’s made effortlessly in one bowl only using a whisk. Making it an impressive treat with minimal effort!

Passion Fruit Cake Ingredients:

Bundt Cake:

Butter
Sugar
Eggs
Flour
Baking powder
Salt
Baking soda
Passion fruit pulp
Orange juice

Passion fruit icing:

Powdered sugar
Passion fruit pulp
Orange juice

How to make this passion fruit cake

Bundt Cake Batter

Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
Grease and flour a 10-cup bundt pan.
Using an electric blender, blend orange juice and passion fruit pulp.
In a large bowl cream butter and sugar using an electric mixer or a whisk.
Add the eggs and mix until well combined and the batter is light in color.
Add flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, and blended fruit juice.
Stir, scraping the sides and bottom of the bowl. The batter should be very smooth, light, and creamy when finished.

Step by step instructions on how to make granadilla cake.

How to Bake a Bundt Cake

Pour batter into the prepared bundt pan and bake at 350°F (175°C) for 50-60 minutes or until a wooden skewer inserted in the thickest part of the cake comes out clean.
Allow to cool in the pan for 15-30 minutes, then carefully invert onto a cooling rack to cool completely before covering with icing.

How to Make Passion Fruit Icing

To a medium bowl add icing sugar, butter, and passion fruit pulp. Use a spatula, a whisk, or an electric mixer to mix the ingredients until smooth.
Once the cake is cool, spread the icing on the top of the cake. The icing will drip some. You can either leave it to drip or use a spatula to cover the rest of the cake with icing.

Recipe variations:

This cake would be amazing with other tropical fruits alongside the passion fruit or instead of!

Gooseberries
Mango
Lychee
Dragon fruit

More Delicious Bundt Recipes:

Lemon Bundt Cake with Ginger

Easy Tangerine Cake

Cinnamon Swirl Coffee Cake

Floating Island Dessert

How to store this tropical cake

Store any leftovers in an airtight container or a large zip-lock bag to keep the cake fresh for up to 2 days.

Granadilla cake FAQs

Can I use store-bought Passion fruit pulp?

I recommend using fresh pulp as store-bought might contain added sugars and water. If you have no other option, it is still useable.

What pairs well with passionfruit?

Passion fruit tastes great with ingredients such as mango, banana, whipped cream, vanilla, and white chocolate.

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Recipe

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5 from 10 votes

Granadilla cake with Passion Fruit Icing

Prep Time25

Cook Time50

Cooling Time15

Total Time1 30

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: South America

Servings: slices

Calories: 336kcal

Author: Lizet Bowen

Ingredients

Bundt:

1 cup butter Room Temperature (227g)
2 cup sugar
4 eggs
3 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon baking soda
½ cup passion fruit pulp
½ cup orange juice

Passionfruit Icing:

2 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons passion fruit pulp
1 tablespoon orange juice

Instructions

Bundt Cake

Preheat oven to 350°℉ (175℃). Grease and flour a 10-cup bundt pan.
Using an electric blender, blend orange juice and passion fruit pulp.
In a large bowl cream butter and sugar using an electric mixer or a whisk. Add the eggs and mix until well combined and the batter is light in color.
Add flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, and blended fruit juice.
Stir, scraping the sides and bottom of the bowl. The batter should be very smooth, light, and creamy when finished.
Pour batter into the prepared bundt pan and bake at 350℉ (175℃) for 50-60 minutes or until a wooden skewer inserted in the thickest part of the cake comes out clean.
Allow to cool in the pan for 15-30 minutes, then carefully invert onto a cooling rack to cool completely before covering with icing.

Passion Fruit Icing

To a medium bowl add icing sugar, butter, and passion fruit pulp. Use a spatula, a whisk, or an electric mixer to mix the ingredients until smooth.
Once the cake is cool, spread the icing on the top of the cake. The icing will drip some. You can either leave it to drip or use a spatula to cover the rest of the cake with icing.