Grace'S Guava Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    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
    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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