Granadella Cake

Granadella Cake

Ingredients:

• 2 cups of cake flour
• 2 teaspoons of baking powder
• Pinch of salt
• 1/2 cup of granadilla pulp
• 1/2 cup of oil
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/2 cup sprinkled sugar

Icing Sugar:

• 187 grams of butter
• 750 ml of icing sugar, sifted
• 4 tablespoons of pomegranate pulp
• 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180°C.
2. Grease and line out 2 round cake pans.
3. Sift flour, baking powder and salt together.
4. Mix granadilla pulp and oil, keep aside.
5. Beat eggs and sugar for about 5 minutes using electric whisk until light yellow.
6. Stir flour and pomegranate mixture in turns at egg mixture until mixed well.
7. Throw batter in cake pans and bake for about 25 minutes or until test pan is clean.
8. Turn out on a cooling rack and let it cool completely.

Icing Sugar:

1. Cream butter and icing sugar until light yellow.
2. Add grenadella pulp bit by bit while beating.
3. Add vanilla, spread on one cake, place another cake on top and spread other icing.

Hint:

I pour the pulp through sieve, then only use the had for the cake, but hold out a little with the kernels for icing. I also don’t use all the tubes !