Mood-Boosting Papaya and Lime Cake
Papaya Recipes
CategoryDessert
INGREDIENTS
½ Australian papaya, sliced and ½ of the slices cut in half
1 cup coconut sugar
½ cup olive oil
2 eggs, lightly whisked
1 tbsp grated lime rind
⅓ cup lime juice
1 cup plain Greek yoghurt
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 ¼ cups self-raising flour
icing sugar, for dusting
METHOD
1
Pre-heat oven to 180 °C.
2
Grease a 22cm springform cake tin.
3
Place coconut sugar, olive oil, eggs, lime rind, lime juice, yoghurt and vanilla extract into bowl and mix for 1 minute or until well combined.
4
Add self-raising flour and mix until lump free.
5
Pour ½ of the mixture into cake tin. Smooth mixture and top with halved papaya slices.
6
Pour remaining mixture into cake tin. Smooth mixture and top with remaining papaya slices.
7
Bake for 50 minutes. Cover with foil and cook for another 10 minutes, or until skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.
8
Cool in cake tin for 10 minutes before removing. Dust with icing sugar before serving.
Recipe credit: Dietitian Caitlin Reid for Papaya Australia
Ingredients
½ Australian papaya, sliced and ½ of the slices cut in half
1 cup coconut sugar
½ cup olive oil
2 eggs, lightly whisked
1 tbsp grated lime rind
⅓ cup lime juice
1 cup plain Greek yoghurt
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 ¼ cups self-raising flour
icing sugar, for dusting
