Sunday, February 15, 2009

GUAVA FRUIT SPICE CAKE

1 cup water
1 cup raisins
1 cup walnuts
i cup unsweetened applesauce
1 8 oz can diced guava fruit in pasion fruit juice
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 cups Crisco shortening
1 cup granulated sugar
2 cups flour
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. allspice
pinch of ground cloves
pinch of salt
1 1/4 tsp. soda

Cook raisins and water and the juice of the guava fruit together until tender and most of the liquid has evaporated. Add the shortening to the hot raisins. Stir well, and add applesauce, vanilla, sugar, guava fruit. Make sure this is all blended well.

Beat the eggs in a small bowl and add to the raisin mixture.

In a mixing bowl, sir together the flour, spices, salt, soda and nuts. Add the raisin mixture and put in a 9x13 pan sprayed with fat free cooking spray.

Bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes.

1 comment:

Medical Information said...

Thanks for the information and recipe. Good one. Guava is humble looking fruit. I find guava very tasty. It is good for health. It is rich in vitamin C. It is great for eyes and heart, skin, hair. It also helps for combating colon and prostate cancer and has many other benefits. To get more knowledge on guava fruit, refer Guava Fruit Facts