Here's another delicious new loaf cake recipe (after last week's Banana, Maple & Tahini Loaf), a passionfruit yoghurt loaf. This one's definitely a winner! It's sweet, zingy, and perfectly moist.
I personally think this cake tastes even better the day after baking when it has had time to soak in the passionfruit glaze in the fridge overnight. This allows the flavours to develop and intensify, while also giving the cake the perfect density and texture.
If you prefer, you can skip the mascarpone topping and serve the cake as is with a dollop of whipped cream or plain as a tea cake.
Enjoy the recipe and video, and please let me know if you make the recipe @gatherandfeast, and feel free to ask any questions. Enjoy!
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Ingredients
1 hour (plus cooling time) 
Makes 1 loaf Cake
- 1 cup (250ml/225g) extra virgin olive oil
- 1 cup (180g) raw castor sugar or raw sugar (granulated sugar)
- 1 tablespoon vanilla paste or extract
- Zest of 1 large lemon
- 3 eggs
- Juice of 1/2 lemon, roughly 3 tablespoons (use the other half for the icing)
- 2 cups (270g) plain (all-purpose) flour
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon bi-carb soda
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 cup (225g) thick natural Greek yoghurt
- 3/4 cup of passionfruit pulp (roughly 4 large fresh Panama passionfruit)
Passionfruit Glaze
- 3/4 cup pure icing sugar
- Juice of 1/2 lemon (3 tablespoons)
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 4 tablespoons passionfruit pulp (roughly 1 large fresh Panama passionfruit)
Topping
- 250g mascarpone
Method
- Preheat your oven to 180°C/350°F (fan forced oven).
- In a large mixing bowl add the olive oil, sugar, vanilla, lemon zest, and whisk until combined.
- Add the eggs and whisk until smooth.
- Fold in the flour, baking powder, bi-carb soda, and sea salt, until almost combined.
- Gently stir through the yoghurt, lemon juice, and passionfruit pulp until just combined.
- Pour the mixture into a pre-lined loaf tin. I love to use a long loaf tin roughly 31 cm.
- Bake at 180°C/350°F for 45 minutes.
- While the cake is baking let's make the passionfruit glaze.
- In a small bowl add the icing sugar, lemon juice, olive oil, passionfruit pulp, and whisk until smooth.
- Once the cake has baked, remove from the oven and while it's still hot pour over three-quarters of the passionfruit glaze.
- Run a knife around the edge of the cake creating space so the glaze can soak in around the edges.
- Allow the cake to rest in the tin and soak up the glaze for 30 to 60 minutes.
- Remove the cake from the tin and allow to cool on a serving plate.
- Once completely cooled smear the top of the cake with mascarpone and drizzle the remaining quarter of the glaze.
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