Grace'S Guava Cake - cooking recipe
Ingredients
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1/2 cup softened butter
4 tablespoons cooking oil
1 cup palm sugar or 1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 cup guava, pulp (this is just guava put in the blender, but don't forget to run through sifter to trap the tiny seeds)
1 teaspoon almond extract
2 cups flour (sift flour and baking powder together)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 fresh guava, shredded
For topping
2 cups powdered sugar
3 tablespoons guava juice (or any fruit juice)
1/2 lime, juice of
1 teaspoon almond extract
crushed peanuts (I prefer honey roasted)
grated coconut
Preparation
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Grease baking pan and preheat oven 180 C or 350 degrees F.
Cream butter, sugar, and almond essence.
Add eggs, one by one, followed by the guava pulp.
Add the flour/baking powder mixture, little by little.
When it's all in, beat on high speed for approximately a minute.
Clean mixer.
Fold in shredded guava using a spatula.
Bake 45-55 minutes.
Decorate when cool.
To make topping, combine powdered sugar, almond extract, guava juice, and lime juicetill smooth.
Glaze over cooled cake, then top with peanuts and coconut.
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