Passion Fruit Cake

This passion fruit cake is a wonderful way to add a taste of Hawaii to your dessert table

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Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 50

Total Time: 1 5

Servings: slices

Author: Kris Bordessa

Cream butter and sugar together. Beat in eggs one at a time.
3/4 cup butter, 1 cup granulated sugar, 3/4 cup brown sugar, 4 large eggs
Mix flour and baking powder together. (I just do this in the measuring cup to avoid another bowl to wash.)
3 cups unbleached organic all-purpose flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder
Alternate adding dry ingredients then the lilikoi juice to the sugar mixture until well blended. Pour batter into two greased loaf pans and bake at 350F for 45-50 minutes.
1 cup passion fruit juice**
Let hot loaf pans sit for 10-15 minutes, then remove to a wire rack for cooling.

**If you have access to fresh passion fruit, follow these instructions for how to juice passion fruit.
If you really want to use passion fruit juice for this recipe but the fruit is not available locally, I'm told that ethnic grocers often carry a liliko‘i puree in their freezer section.

To make a glaze:

To make a gluten free version, replace the all purpose flour with: