Mini Honey & Passionfruit Olive Oil Cakes

Ingredients

1. Cake: Preheat oven to 175°C. Lightly oil mini cake pans.
2. In a large bowl, combine buttermilk, passionfruit juice, milk, olive oil, eggs and sugar. Mix well. Add flour, baking soda, salt and vanilla bean paste. Mix until just combined.
3. Pour equal amounts of batter into each mini cake pan.
4. Bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Set aside to cool completely.
5. Passionfruit Curd: Soak gelatin sheets in cold water until soft.
6. Add passionfruit juice, lemon juice, eggs, sugar and Capilano Pure Honey to a pot and whisk to combine.
7. Place over medium heat and whisk continuously until mixture reaches 82°C.
8. Remove from heat, squeeze excess water from gelatin and stir through. Pass through a strainer.
9. Add butter one tablespoon at a time, whisking until fully incorporated.
10. Cover with plastic wrap directly touching the surface and refrigerate overnight.
11. Honey Mascarpone Cream: Soak gelatin sheets in cold water until soft.
12. Combine cream, vanilla paste and Capilano Pure Honey in a pot and bring to a simmer. Whisk egg yolks and sugar together, then slowly pour in the hot cream, stirring continuously.
13. Return mixture to the pot and heat to 83°C.
14. Remove from heat, add gelatin and stir through. Pass through a strainer.
15. Cover with plastic wrap directly touching the surface and refrigerate until completely cold.
16. Whip until smooth, add mascarpone and whip to soft peaks. Use immediately.
17. Assembly: Stir mascarpone cream until smooth. Remove curd from fridge and stir well.
18. Using a large round piping tip, pipe a generous dollop of mascarpone cream onto each mini cake.
19. Dip a spoon in hot water, wipe dry and press into the cream to create an indent.
20. Fill each indent with passionfruit curd.
21. Top with fresh strawberries and raspberries and a drizzle of Capilano Pure Honey.

Used in this recipe

Pure Honey

Smooth, sweet and perfectly balanced, generations of Aussies have grown up with Capilano Pure Honey. Made by Aussie bees and their beekeepers, our signature blend of eucalypt and ground flora honey is the taste you know and love.

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