mini lemon passion cakes

Ingredients

1 stick salted butter (room temp)

1.25 cup brown sugar

2 eggs (room temp)

1.75 cup flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. baking powder

1 cup whole milk

Zest of two lemons

1 tbsp. vanilla extract

Passion fruit icing/glaze

1 cup powdered sugar

¼ cup passion fruit pulp

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• Put lemon zest in milk and warm, do not boil. Remove from heat stir in vanilla, set aside to cool
• Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy
• While that’s going, combine flour, baking powder and baking soda in a bowl and stir
• Add the eggs to the sugar and butter mixture
• Strain the milk
• Finish the batter by adding flour and the milk mixture a little at a time alternating ending in flour
• Spread onto a prepared baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes
• Remove from the sheet and allow it to cool
• Whisk together passion fruit and sugar and place in a piping bag
• Cut small circles in the cake with a cookie cutter to the size of your container
• Place the first layer of cake in the glass, then pipe some icing around the edges then place the second layer of cake
• Top with a swirl of icing in the center and some whip cream

Greedy tips:

• Line your baking sheet with buttered parchment paper or a silicone baking mat
• The longer the lemon steeps in the milk the stronger flavor the cake will have
• The icing is rather sweet so I use it sparingly
• You can leave the passion fruit seeds in the icing if you choose or strain them before mixing with the sugar

http://greedygirlcooks.blogspot.com/2014/02/mini-lemon-passion-cakes.html