Guava Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 10 ounces guava paste, sliced
• 1 cup sifted powdered sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons milk or 1 1/2 tablespoons water or 1 1/2 tablespoons orange juice or 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla or 1/2 teaspoon coconut extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 grease a 10-inch springform pan or ring mold.
• 3 in a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar together.
• 4 add eggs, one by one, beating thoroughly.
• 5 add applesauce and vanilla, and mix well.
• 6 sift flour and baking powder together in a separate bowl.
• 7 gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture until fully blended.
• 8 spread half the cake batter in greased pan.
• 9 top with guava paste, taking care not to place paste against pan sides (it will melt and spread once baked).
• 10 top with remaining cake batter, covering guava paste.
• 11 bake for 45-55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean (except for the guava paste).
• 12 mix ingredients for glaze until smooth, and pour over warm cake.
• 13 allow to cool before serving, as filling will be extremely hot (not good to incinerate your tester's taste buds - you will lose tasting volunteers that way!).