Passion Cake

Name: Passion Cake
Yield: Makes 1 Cake
Ingredients: 115 g/4 oz/½ cup mascarpone cheese; 25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp icing (confectioners’) sugar; 5 ml/1 tsp baking powder; 22 ml/1½ tbsp walnut pieces, to decorate; 150 g/5½ oz/⅔ cup soft light brown sugar; 140 g/5 oz/scant ⅔ cup butter; 10 ml/2 tsp lemon juice, plus 5 ml/1 tsp for the topping; 140 g/5 oz/scant ⅔ cup soft light brown sugar; 2 eggs, separated; 50 g/2 oz/½ cup ground almonds; 115 g/4 oz/1 cup self-raising flour; 5 ml/1 tsp lemon juice, plus 5 ml/1 tsp for the topping; 140 g/5 oz/⅔ cup mascarpone cheese; 3 eggs, separated; 25 g/1 oz/¼ cup ground almonds; 2.5 ml/½ tsp baking powder; 175 g/6 oz/scant 1¼ cups grated carrot; 65 g/2½ oz/generous ½ cup walnut pieces, chopped; 30 ml/2 tbsp walnut pieces, to decorate; 75 g/3 oz/¾ cup walnut pieces, chopped; 15 ml/1 tbsp lemon juice, plus; 150 g/5½ oz/⅔ cup butter; 150 g/5½ oz/1⅓ cups self-raising flour; 40 g/1½ oz/⅓ cup ground almonds; 115 g/4 oz/½ cup soft light brown sugar; 40 g/1½ oz/3 tbsp icing sugar; 200 g/7 oz/scant 1½ cups grated carrot; 115 g/4 oz/½ cup butter; 140 g/5 oz/1¼ cups self-raising flour; 15 ml/1 tbsp milk

Preparation info

Makes
1
Cake

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook

By Jennie Shapter

Published 2010

About

Don’t be misled into assuming this cake contains passion fruit. It is actually a carrot and walnut cake and a very good one, too. Topped with a tangy lemon cheese icing, it makes the perfect tea-time treat.

Ingredients

Small

115 g/4 oz/½ cup butter
115

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Remove the kneading blade from the bread machine pan, if it is detachable. Line the base of the bread pan with baking parchment.
Place the butter and sugar together in a large mixing bowl and cream until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg yolks, one at a time, then beat in the lemon juice. If making the medium cake, beat in the milk.