Yogurt Bundt Cake with Passion Fruit Sauce

Name: Yogurt Bundt Cake with Passion Fruit Sauce
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: serves 8
Ingredients: 2 cups flour; 1 tbsp. baking powder; 1 ⁄ 8 tsp. kosher salt; 1 1 ⁄ 2 cups sugar; 10 tbsp. unsalted butter, softened, plus more; 3 eggs; 1 cup plain Greek yogurt; 1 tsp. vanilla extract; 1 cup frozen passion fruit purée, defrosted; 1 tbsp. black sesame seeds, lightly toasted

Serves
serves 8

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In desolate northern Nevada, the massive festival Burning Man conjures a weeklong city from thin air, bringing pop-up restaurants, bakeries, and bars. Greek yogurt provides a moist crumb to this delectable cake, served during Victoria Davies' Pacificana-themed dinner at a pop-up supper club. The simple dessert, which first appeared in our June/July 2014 issue with Kevin Farrell's story "Fire in the Desert," gets its nuttiness from toasted sesame seeds and sweet tropical tang from passion fruit syrup.

Ingredients

2 cups flour
1 tbsp. baking powder
¹⁄₈ tsp. kosher salt
1 ¹⁄₂ cups sugar
10 tbsp. unsalted butter, softened, plus more
3 eggs
1 cup plain Greek yogurt
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup frozen passion fruit purée, defrosted
1 tbsp. black sesame seeds, lightly toasted

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Instructions

Step 1

Heat oven to 350°. Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. In another bowl, using an electric hand mixer, beat 1 cup sugar and the butter until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in yogurt and vanilla. With the motor running, slowly add dry ingredients until batter forms. Transfer to a greased 10" bundt pan, and smooth top. Bake until golden and a toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean, 45 minutes to an hour. Let cake cool completely, then invert onto a serving platter and slice.

Step 2

Bring remaining sugar, the passion fruit purée, and 1⁄2 cup water to a simmer in a 1-qt. saucepan over medium-high heat; cook, stirring occasionally, until sugar is dissolved and sauce is slightly thickened, 1–2 minutes, and let cool. Drizzle sauce over cake slices; garnish with sesame seeds.

Heat oven to 350°. Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. In another bowl, using an electric hand mixer, beat 1 cup sugar and the butter until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in yogurt and vanilla. With the motor running, slowly add dry ingredients until batter forms. Transfer to a greased 10" bundt pan, and smooth top. Bake until golden and a toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean, 45 minutes to an hour. Let cake cool completely, then invert onto a serving platter and slice.
Bring remaining sugar, the passion fruit purée, and 1⁄2 cup water to a simmer in a 1-qt. saucepan over medium-high heat; cook, stirring occasionally, until sugar is dissolved and sauce is slightly thickened, 1–2 minutes, and let cool. Drizzle sauce over cake slices; garnish with sesame seeds.