PASSIONFRUIT CURD CAKE RECIPE RECIPES

Steps:

• Make passionfruit curd. Place ½ cup of the passionfruit pulp in a small food processor; pulse a few times to loosen the seeds from the pulp. Strain over a small bowl; discard seeds. Combine strained passionfruit, remaining passionfruit pulp, the sugar and butter in a small saucepan over medium heat until butter melts and sugar dissolves. Whisk eggs and egg yolks in a medium bowl until combined. Pour in passionfruit mixture, whisking constantly. Return mixture to pan over low heat; whisk constantly until mixture thickens and coats the back of a wooden spoon. Transfer mixture to a medium bowl; cover surface directly with plastic wrap. Cover; refrigerate for 2 hours or until set.
• Grease an 18cm (7¼in) round springform pan; line base and side with baking paper.
• Place seed mix, dates and maple syrup in food processor; pulse until mixture just forms a sticky crumble and holds together when pressed. Firmly press mixture on base of the pan. Freeze until required.
• Make filling. Place cashews in a medium bowl with enough cold water to cover. Stand for 30 minutes; drain. Steam or microwave cauliflower for 5 minutes or until tender; drain. Cool. Push passionfruit pulp through a sieve over a bowl; discard seeds. Blend cashews, cauliflower, passionfruit juice and remaining ingredients in a high-speed blender until smooth. Be careful not to let the mixture overheat. Pour filling over frozen base in pan; smooth the surface. Freeze for 30 minutes.
• Spoon chilled passionfruit curd on filling; smooth the surface. Cover; freeze overnight. Decorate ice-cream cake with passionfruit and passionfruit flowers, before serving.

Steps:

• 1. Heat the oven to 180ºC/160ºC Fan, and line and lightly grease the sides of a 20cm springform cake tin. Measure the ground almonds and polenta into a bowl, add the baking powder, bicarb, and salt, and fork to mix.

  2. Pour the oil into a wide-necked large measuring jug, add the sugar and finely grate the zest of the 2 lemons on top. Stir together for a minute, then beat in the yogurt until completely incorporated. Then simply pour your jug of wet ingredients into your bowl of dry ingredients, making sure everything is completely mixed.

  3. Scrape into the prepared tin, and bake in the oven for about 40 minutes, until the cake is beginning to nudge away from the sides of the tin, and a cake tester comes out clean. Make the syrup, though, as soon as the cake goes in the oven.

  4. Put the icing sugar into a small saucepan and add 75ml of juice from your zested lemons. Heat, whisking gently to beat out any lumps, just until the sugar’s dissolved into the juice, and pour straightaway into a little jug to cool.

  5. When the cake’s cooked, transfer it to a wire rack and, with your cake tester, prick it all over, going in deep, to help the syrup run down into the cake. Pour or spoon the syrup over, trying to be patient, so the syrup doesn’t just make a large pond on top.

  6. Leave the cake, drenched with its syrup, to cool and, before unclipping, run a slim palette knife round the edges to help dislodge it where the syrup has stuck it to the tin. If you don’t feel confident of getting the cake off the base in one piece, don’t worry. Serve the cake plain, or with berries of your choice.