Grace's Guava Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup softened butter
• 4 tablespoons cooking oil
• 1 cup palm sugar or 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup guava, pulp (this is just guava put in the blender, but don't forget to run through sifter to trap the tiny seeds)
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 cups flour (sift flour and baking powder together)
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 fresh guava, shredded
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 3 tablespoons guava juice (or any fruit juice)
• 1/2 lime, juice of
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• crushed peanuts (i prefer honey roasted)
• grated coconut

Recipe

• 1 grease baking pan and preheat oven 180 c or 350 degrees f.
• 2 cream butter, sugar, and almond essence.
• 3 add eggs, one by one, followed by the guava pulp.
• 4 add the flour/baking powder mixture, little by little.
• 5 when it's all in, beat on high speed for approximately a minute.
• 6 clean mixer.
• 7 fold in shredded guava using a spatula.
• 8 bake 45-55 minutes.
• 9 decorate when cool.
• 10 to make topping, combine powdered sugar, almond extract, guava juice, and lime juicetill smooth.
• 11 glaze over cooled cake, then top with peanuts and coconut.