Traditional Guava Cake

Submitted by Leahs Kitchen

"An island treat! A simple and not too sweet cake I found off of justfruitrecipes.com and decided to post it here for ZWT5. Hope you enjoy it!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 1 Cake
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 12 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 10 ounces guava paste

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Cream butter and add sugar little by little.
3. Add eggs one at a time, followed by the vanilla.
4. Sieve flour and baking powder and mix in to the butter eggs and sugar.
5. Pour half the batter on a greased mold.
6. Place the guava paste (cut in slices) so as to cover all the batter.
7. Pour the rest of the batter and bake for 45-60 min, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.

Reviews

[LucyS-D]

The batter for this was really thick, almost like cookie dough. The cake comes out nice and moist (not to mention deslicious) with the top almost crunchy cookie-like. The guava is divine. I made this in a loaf pan and it is more like 8 servings, unless you are a piggie like me!

 

[inkwolf]

I have made this several times, using an 8x8 square pan. It is more like a big jelly-filled cookie than a cake, but delicious! It is sometimes a little difficult to spread the thick batter in the oiled pan, but a wet spatula helps. Here's a variation you may like to try to make the cake look prettier. If you have some shaped vegetable cutters, cut a slice of extra guava paste and cut out little shapes. Push them into the top layer of the batter.

 

[MillieQ]

This was the best ever! I am once again baking it for company today. I am adding a layer of puerto Rican white cheese on top of the guava. Can't wait to see how it turns out. Wonderful recipe. Thanks.