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.
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.
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
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
I recommend using fresh pulp as store-bought might contain added sugars and water. If you have no other option, it is still useable.
Passion fruit tastes great with ingredients such as mango, banana, whipped cream, vanilla, and white chocolate.
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Recipe
Granadilla cake with Passion Fruit Icing
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.
Kay
We absolutely love passion fruit, we have done a few recipes with this now, and it just gives a recipe that great summer feeling, I will be trying this cake recipe out very soon, it looks awesome!
Thanks for sharing:)
Erika
I haven't had tres leche cake in the longest time. I love how you incorporated passion fruit. Definitely need to give this a try!
Ashley Marie Lecker
I love passion fruit and this cake is incredible! Tres leches cake is a family favorite, and I have not tried it with passion fruit. Now, I can't wait to make this for my family!
Sarah
Your conversions are in accurate 1 cup of sugar at 200g and 2 cups flour at 250g cannot possibly be, perhaps pick one measurement form only to avoid writing an unclear recipe
Lizet
Hi Sarah, sorry it is confusing having cups and grams in one recipe card. I'm just trying to accommodate my recipes to my audience.
The measurements in grams are correct. Sugar weighs more than flour, that's why you see the difference.
I use this site for my conversions if you would like to take a look. https://www.traditionaloven.com/conversions_of_measures/flour_volume_weight.html
Christina
I adore passion fruit! This is such a wonderful recipe that I'll be making again and again!
Lizet Flores de Bowen
I'm so glad you liked it Christina!
REESA LEWANDOWSKI
I don't think I have ever had passion fruit before! This sounds so flavorful!
Lizet Flores de Bowen
Passion fruit is very aromatic. The one we have here is very sour. You should definitely try it!
Sandra Shaffer
What a unique combination of flavors! I've had the traditional tres leches cake, but not anything this delicious. Yes, to the rum too!
Lizet Flores de Bowen
I hope you try it soon, Sandra!
Jade
The passion fruit with tres leches is an amazing combo! It’s hard to not eat the whole batch by myself!
Lizet Flores de Bowen
I know! I've been sharing with lots of people. Very yummy 🙂
Sandi
I have never used passion fruit in a recipe...this is inspiring me to find this fruit so I can try this cake.
Lizet Flores de Bowen
I know, passion fruit is not very common. I think is easier to find the pulp, and maybe even cheaper than fresh fruit.
Michelle
Wow, my two favorite flavors in one cake, love this recipe!
Lizet Flores de Bowen
I'm glad you liked it!