Would you ever forgive me if I didn’t let you in on this? I am not sure I would forgive myself! I am just so relieved I saw it in time!
You see, a few months ago, I was overwhelmed. Overwhelmed with life, overwhelmed with people, overwhelmed with culture. But mostly, I was overwhelmed by my google reader. I cut back. Way back. I left myself with less than a third of the blogs I had minutes before. Even though I had found scrumptious recipes before, I somehow cut this blog from my regular feeds. Maybe I thought it would be too tempting. Maybe I knew I just couldn’t handle what she would send my way.
Just days ago, I ran across Baking Bites again and of course, added it back to the Reader. (Yeah, don’t ask me what I am up too now. I am sure things are going to get turned upside down again in the next few weeks and I will probably do another clean up soon. But this time, I know this is one I cannot touch.) All that to say that this week, she wrote about a Lemon Torte. A mouth watering, can’t get you out of my mind, nothing else will satisfy kind of torte. Sure, I bookmarked it like all other things that jump off the page at me.
But I didn’t stop there. I made it today. You remember, I had to let Lemon down gently a few months ago and normally I find Lime a perfectly acceptable replacement. But not this time. This time called for drastic measures. I was going all out. I was going to fulfill my passion. Passion for Passionfruit. I just cannot get enough!
Passionfruit Torte
adapted from Baking Bites, serves 8
1 1/2 cups of flour
1/2 cup of almond meal
2 teaspoons of baking powder
1/4 teaspoon of salt
100g of butter, softened
1 cup of sugar
3 large eggs
1/2 cup of passionfruit pulp
Passionfruit Glaze
3 tablespoons of passionfruit pulp
2/3 cup of powdered sugar
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Lightly grease a springform pan and line the bottom with parchment paper.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, almond meal, baking powder and salt. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light. Beat in eggs one at a time, waiting until each is fully incorporated before adding the next.
3. Mix in a third of the flour mixture, followed by half of the passionfruit pulp. Add another third of the flour mixture, then the rest of the passionfruit pulp and the rest of the flour mixture. Stir gently, just until combined. Pour into prepared pan.
4. Bake at 350F for 35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool cake in the pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes.
5. To prepare the glaze, stir the passionfruit pulp and powdered sugar together in a small bowl. Spoon over the top of the cake and spread gently. Allow the cake to cool completely in the pan.
ho…hooo another passion fruit dessert. Delicious.
Cheers,
Elra
And there will probably be more passionfruit desserts in the next few weeks. It is my weakness. ~Gretchen
This looks and sounds so yummy!
Thanks! ~Gretchen
hahaha I’ve done that more than once!
Passion Fruit seems to bring out the passion in many of us.
Is it all gone or should I come for coffee this morning?
Come on by, I saved a slice for you! ~Gretchen
I’m with you on the need to cut back on feeds. I have something like 200 unread posts to catch up on! Yikes!
This torte looks fantastic and the glaze is calling to me, “make me … eat me!” Yum!
Thanks for your visit Holly! Those unread posts can be daunting at times. This was absolutely delicious, I am glad you like it! ~Gretchen
I gave up on Google Reader, I never got through them. I just added a blogroll that showed snippets to my sidebar so I can see what’s new, I find it easier to keep up..
Your torte is beautiful! I have never had passionfruit before, I guess it doesn’t travel well. It sounds heavenly!
I am often overwhelmed, but I like organizing my feeds, starring my feeds and reading them all from inside the reader. So I am stuck there for now still. I hope you get the chance to try passionfruit, it really is a favorite of mine. ~Gretchen
Oh I love this torte!!! Passionfruit, lemon, whatever! It looks beautiful!
Thanks Judy, it was incredibly delicious! ~Gretchen
That looks and sounds wonderful! I can’t wait to give this a try.
When I switched things up I forgot to add that blog back onto my blogroll so I’ve obviously missed some yummy recipes.
~ingrid
Wonderful, I hope you enjoy this and the other recipes! ~Gretchen
Yes, your torte looks wonderful. Can you believe I have never had passionfruit? At least, I don’t remember. Definitely will need too!
I *cannot* believe it!! You n e e d to try it! It’s my fav! ~Gretchen
this torte looks delicous. I think with lemon is awesome and with passion fruit more so
I ve never tried passion fruit since I don t find it here , wish to try it though 
Gretchen, you do have a passion for passionfruit, don’t you
…the torte looks wonderful:-)
Hi Gretchen, sometimes i feel so overwhelmed too with the google reader that I don’t know where to start reading with so many posts. But This cake looks amazing and rich, so it think it’s worth the pain
By the way I read your mail, I hope you have read mine. It would be fine to meet you!!
Yamile
Yes, Google reader does that to me too. Sigh. But this torte makes it all worthwhile, passion fruit is too good. Bookmarked. Sigh.
Things like this do make google reader worthwhile. Enjoy! ~Gretchen
Oh, man. that torte looks beautiful. I’ve never baked with passionfruit. Maybe I’ll start now. Thanks for sharing.
You are very welcome. Passionfruit is a weakness of mine. I do hope you bake something with it, I think you will like it! ~Gretchen
You’re not alone in the blog overload- I have over 570 feeds, and I already cut down! It’s insanity!
But anyway, the torte looks incredible. I have only had passion fruit once but it was definitely delicious.
570 is a lot! I don’t and hopefully never will have that many, I could just never ever keep up! I hope you can enjoy eating passionfruit sometime again soon! ~Gretchen
YUM! This looks and sounds FANTASTIC!
Thanks so much!! ~Gretchen
What a nice recipe.. Love the taste of passionfruit, in anything, especially baked goods.
Thanks! Me too! ~Gretchen
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