Ingredients

FOR THE CAKE:

• 3 cups cake flour
• 1½ cups white sugar
• 4 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• 3 Tbsp Poppy Seeds
• 4 Eggs (large)
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup canola oil
• 2 tsp vanilla essence
• Zest of 2 lemons

FOR THE GRANADILLA & LEMON ICING:

• 250g soft butter
• 500g icing Sugar, sifted
• Zest of 1 lemon
• 30ml lemon juice
• 100g tin of Granadilla pulp
• Pulp from 2 ripe granadillas

Method

CAKE:

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
2. Sift dry ingredients together
3. Beat eggs, buttermilk, canola oil, vanilla essence, and lemon zest together.
4. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients. Mix well until smooth.
5. Grease 2 cake tins and line the base of the Cake tins with baking Paper. Use cooking spray to grease the inside of the cake tins.
6. Divide batter evenly between cake pans. Bake 30-35 min or until the cake tester, inserted, comes out clean.
   Allow to cool before removing the cakes from the pans.

GRANADILLA & LEMON ICING:

1. Cream butter and slowly add icing sugar.
2. Add lemon zest, granadilla pulp
   and lemon juice until well blended.

TO ASSEMBLE:

1. Place one cake on a serving plate and spread half of the icing over the cake.
   Place the second cake on top. Use a smooth knife to spread the top and sides of the cake with the remaining icing.
   Decorate the top of the cake with the pulp of ripe granadilla.
   (Or add sugar decorations to match your party theme.)
   

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