Guava Cake
photo by Dan F.
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
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1 10inch ring cake
ingredients
- 3⁄4 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 10 ounces guava paste, sliced
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GLAZE INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup sifted powdered sugar
- 1 1⁄2 1 1/2 tablespoons orange juice or 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla or 1/2 teaspoon coconut extract
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease a 10-inch springform pan or ring mold.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar together.
- Add eggs, one by one, beating thoroughly.
- Add applesauce and vanilla, and mix well.
- Sift flour and baking powder together in a separate bowl.
- Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture until fully blended.
- Spread half the cake batter in greased pan.
- Top with guava paste, taking care not to place paste against pan sides (it will melt and spread once baked).
- Top with remaining cake batter, covering guava paste.
- Bake for 45-55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean (except for the guava paste).
- Mix ingredients for glaze until smooth, and pour over warm cake.
- Allow to cool before serving, as filling will be extremely hot (not good to incinerate your tester's taste buds - you will lose tasting volunteers that way!).
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Reviews
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Easy to make and tastes great! Followed directions exactly, will add more applesauce next time, this is a very dense cake. I made in a bundt pan as suggested; used lime juice in the glaze and Splenda Blend in batter instead of sugar. We love lime it compliments anything! DH kept saying "Wow!"...he's cuban. LOL. Great way to enjoy guava! I'll have to make this for his parents next time they visit. Suggestion: change serving size to 10 or 12...it will bring the counts down a lot. Thanks Muffin!!
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I love Guava and this cake did not disappoint! The applesauce did the trick as this cake was not dry at all. It had a pretty ribbon of guava in the cake and I controlled myself to just 2 pieces tonight and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I won't attack it in the middle of the night. It would be great for brunch or sered with coffee or tea any time of the day. Thanks Muffin- You made me one happy cow!
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Easy to make and tastes great! Followed directions exactly, will add more applesauce next time, this is a very dense cake. I made in a bundt pan as suggested; used lime juice in the glaze and Splenda Blend in batter instead of sugar. We love lime it compliments anything! DH kept saying "Wow!"...he's cuban. LOL. Great way to enjoy guava! I'll have to make this for his parents next time they visit. Suggestion: change serving size to 10 or 12...it will bring the counts down a lot. Thanks Muffin!!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
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