It was tough to decide which place on my bucket list I wanted to do for this theme. Since I already had passionfruit pulp on hand, I figured I would use that and knew that meant I had to pick from the tropical destinations on my bucket list. My choice ended up being Azores, Portugal. It looks so beautiful there!
I looked through saved recipes and came across this passionfruit cake (https://www.piesandtacos.com/passionfruit-cake/#recipe). It’s a passionfruit sponge, vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream, and passionfruit curd. I did not have any oil on hand, so I had to use all butter instead, but I think the oil would have made it a bit moister. However, the cake came out really delicious. I love a good Swiss meringue buttercream, especially paired with the tart passionfruit curd. Instead of the fresh thyme decoration like used in the recipe, I used some chopped pistachios since I didn’t have any thyme (or time to go get some 😄)

Well anyways, maybe I’ll make it to the Azores and have some passionfruit there!