Fantasy Island Cake Recipes

SECRET CHOCOLATE FANTASY CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine cake mix, eggs, sour cream, coffee liqueur, hazelnut liqueur and oil. Beat until very smooth. Stir in chocolate chips.
• Pour batter into the greased and floured pans of you choice, and bake as directed on the cake box or until a knife inserted into the middle comes out clean. Wait until it's completely cool to frost.
• For the frosting: Cream the butter. Add 1/2 of the powdered sugar, blend well. Add the cocoa and vanilla, and start pouring the Bailey's over the icing while your beaters beat in the rest of the sugar. Keep adding Bailey's until you have wonderfully creamy icing.
• Frost the cake (I like to press chopped nuts into the fresh icing). It's best served after a day or two, but even better to make it up to 6 months ahead of your special event, freeze it, and simply bring to room temperature. What a kick !

COCONUT BOMBE

Steps:

• Assembly: Line 2 (6-inch) dome molds with 3/4-inch coconut ice cream. Freeze until firm. Add 7 ounces caramel mou or 3/4-inch. Return to freezer until firm. Add 10 ounces rum parfait or 1 1/2-inch. Return to freezer until firm. Add 3/4-cup of nougatine. Fill with banana sorbet and top with macaron. Return to freezer until firm. Unmold and spray with vernis.
• Mix stabilizer and sugar together. Place all ingredients in a saucepan and cook until temperature reaches 180 degrees F. Strain and cool over an ice bath. Process immediately in an ice cream freezer. Store covered in freezer until needed.
• In a saucepan caramelize sugar and glucose, add the heavy cream when the caramel turns a deep brown color. Stir to dissolve all the sugar, add the vanilla. Cool and store covered in the refrigerator until needed.
• In a bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, whip yolks on high speed until tripled in volume. At the same time, cook sugar, corn syrup, and water to 245 degrees F. Gradually pour the hot syrup into the egg yolks and continue to whip until the mixture is cool and fluffy. Whip the heavy cream to soft peaks. Gradually fold half of the rum into the whipped cream and half into the yolk mixture. Combine cream and yolk mixtures, use immediately.
• Combine glucose, sugar and butter in a saucepan and caramelize. Add warm almonds. Pour onto 2 silpats. Roll out nougatine to 1/8-inch thickness. Cool completely, break into pieces. Store in air-tight container.
• Combine sugar and stabilizer. Bring the water, sugar mixture, and glucose to a boil. Remove from heat, add banana puree and lemon juice. Stir, strain and cool over an ice bath. Process sorbet in an ice cream machine. Store covered in freezer.
• Macaron chocolat: Combine confectioners' sugar, almond flour and cocoa powder, set aside. Whip egg whites to soft peaks, gradually add sugar and continue to whip into stiff peaks. Fold in the cocoa. Fold in butter. Pipe macarons onto parchment lined baking sheet, forming a 5-inch circular disc. Bake in a preheated 375-degree F oven for 15 minutes.
• Combine ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Strain and use immediately for spraying.

FANTASY ISLAND CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 Degrees.
• 2. Combine flour, sugar, brown sugar, baking powder, and baking soda in a medium bowl. Mix well and set aside.
• 3. In a large bowl blend together crushed pineapple (and juice), banana, egg whites, and vanilla using an electric mixer on low speed. Do not overbeat. Gradually add flour mixture and beat on medium high speed until all flour has been incorporated.
• 4. In a small bowl, mix together chocolate chips, walnuts, and 1 tbsp flour. Fold into batter.
• 5. Spray an 8x8" baking pan with non stick spray. Pour batter into pan. Bake for 40-45 minutes, until wooden pick inserted in middle comes out clean. Let cake cool completely in pan. Cut into 12 pieces and store at room temperature in an airtight container.

FANTASY ISLAND COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Combine rum, melon liqueur and pineapple juice in ice-filled shaker. Shake well, strain into martini glass. Granish with pineapple wedge and cherry.