sometimes all you need is a great basic cake recipe to which you can make so many fun baked things with!! the next two posts will use the same basic cake (which by the ways super easy, two bowls - one for wet ingredients, one for the dry then a big whisk up!) to make two delicious cakes! I adapted it from a joy the baker recipe (find it here) which my sister louise made with a nutella ganache frosting oh my!
today's sweet treat is a passionfruit poppyseed cake with a shiny glaze. I baked them in little friand tins but it is the perfect size for a bundt tin cake
little passionfruit poppyseed cakes
2 1/2 cups (375g) plain flour
1 1/2 cups (300g) sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 cup (250ml) vegetable oil
1 cup (250ml) buttermilk
2 free range eggs
1 tsp vinegar
1 tsp vanilla extract
pulp of 2 passionfruits
2 tbs poppyseeds
preheat the oven to 160 C fan forced and grease two 12 hole friand trays.
in a large bowl, sift the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt together. in a medium jug, whisk together the vegetable oil, buttermilk, eggs, vinegar, vanilla and passionfruit pulp.
pour the wet mix into the dry mix and whisk until just combined and there are no major lumps. stir in the poppyseeds.
divide the batter between the friand tray holes and bake for 20 mins
to make the glaze, scoop out the pulp of two extra passionfruits and then add enough icing sugar (about 2 cups) to make a thick-ish icing. spoon over the cooled cakes and allow to drip down naturally. enjoy!
