5 from 39 votes
Passion Fruit Cake with Passion Fruit Syrup
This Passion Fruit Cake features a buttery, soft crumb infused with passionfruit juice, lemon juice, and lemon zest for bright, fruity notes. A tender bundt cake is baked and then enhanced with a sweet passionfruit syrup made by simmering passionfruit pulp with water and caster sugar. The syrup adds moisture and a glossy finish, intensifying the tangy passionfruit flavor throughout the cake.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
40 mins
Total Time
50 mins
Servings:
12
Calories:
328 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Ingredients
- 250 g butter 8.8oz, softened
- 250 g plain flour
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- salt pinch
- 225 g caster sugar
- 3 egg large
- 4 tbsp passionfruit juice
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- lemon zest of half
For the passionfruit syrup
- 125 ml passionfruit pulp
- 75 ml water
- 3 tbsp caster sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to fan-assisted 160C / 180C / 350F / gas 4 and thoroughly butter the inside of 2.3l Bundt tin and flour it too.
- Mix the flour, baking powder and salt and set aside.
- In a large bowl, Cream the butter and sugar, using a hand mixer, until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, taking care to beat well after each addition. Beat in the passionfruit juice, lemon juice and zest.
- Using a metal spoon, carefully fold in the flour mix.
- Spoon the cake batter into the prepared Bundt tin, smooth the top, then bake for 35-40 min or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.
- Let the cake to cool in the tin for 10 mins before cooling completely on a wire.
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Make the passionfruit syrup.
- Combine all the ingredients in a small saucepan over medium heat and stir until the sugar dissolves, then bring to the boil before reducing the heat and simmer for 10 mins. Switch off the heat and allow the passionfruit syrup to cool.
Prepare the cake:
- Drizzle the passionfruit syrup over the cake before serving.
Nutrition Information
Calories
328kcal
(16%)
Carbohydrates
38g
(13%)
Protein
3g
(6%)
Fat
18g
(28%)
Saturated Fat
11g
(55%)
Cholesterol
85mg
(28%)
Sodium
165mg
(7%)
Potassium
119mg
(3%)
Sugar
22g
(44%)
Vitamin A
615IU
(12%)
Vitamin C
2mg
(2%)
Calcium
41mg
(4%)
Iron
1.2mg
(7%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 328
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 328kcal | 16% |
| Carbohydrates | 38g | 13% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 18g | 28% |
| Saturated Fat | 11g | 55% |
| Cholesterol | 85mg | 28% |
| Sodium | 165mg | 7% |
| Potassium | 119mg | 3% |
| Sugar | 22g | 44% |
| Vitamin A | 615IU | 12% |
| Vitamin C | 2mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 41mg | 4% |
| Iron | 1.2mg | 7% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.