Layered Lilikoi Cake Recipes

LAYERED LILIKOI CAKE

Steps:

• To make cake:.
• Bake cake according to package directions substituting lilikoi juice for water.
• For chiffon:.
• Beat egg yolks and sugar until lemon-colored; add Lilikoi juice, place in saucepan and cook over low-to-medium heat until thick, about 8 minutes.
• Remove from heat and chill.
• Whip cream and vanilla, then fold into Lilikoi mixture.
• Frost sides of cake; cover top with Lilikoi topping.
• Makes enough to frost one cake.
• If layering an 11-by-13-inch cake, double this recipe.
• For Gel Topping:.
• Mix cornstarch with water to dissolve all lumps.
• Add salt, Lilikoi and lemon juices and egg yolk.
• Cook over low heat until thick, stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat and add butter.
• Spread when slightly cooled but still warm.
• To assemble cooled cake:.
• Thickly frost the cake with all of the Chiffon frosting mixture.
• Glaze the top of the cake with lilikoi gel.
• Refrigerate until ready to serve.

HAWAIIAN PASSIONFRUIT CHIFFON CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees, placing oven rack in center of the oven.
• Prepare Lilikoi pudding before making cake.
• Place water, sugar and salt in a medium saucepan and heat to boiling over medium heat. Meanwhile, mix the water, juice, and cornstarch in a separate bowl to form a slurry.
• Add the slurry to the sugar mixture, stirring constantly. Continue stirring until the mixture thickens and becomes more transparent; cook and stir for three more minutes.
• Remove the pudding from heat and add the butter, stirring until completely incorporated.
• Pour the mixture into another container, cover with plastic wrap and cool on the counter at least an hour, stirring occasionally. Place in refrigerator while the preparing the cake.
• Grease the 9" x 13" cake pan as directed on the cake mix, set aside.
• Beat separated, room temperature egg whites until stiff peaks form, mixing in the two tablespoons sugar. Set aside.
• Mix together the cake mix, oil, water, juice, egg yolks and 1/4 cup sugar per package directions. Stir in half of the egg whites, then gently fold in the rest of the egg whites until incorporated into the batter.
• Pour cake mix into prepared pan; bake as directed. Remove from oven when toothpick poked into the center of the cake comes out clean. Place cake on a rack to cool.
• Once the cake has cooled and the Lilikoi pudding has thickened to a spreadable consistency, pour the pudding over the top of the cooled cake and spread to an even layer.
• Cover the cake and place in the refrigerator until the pudding layer has completely set; usually a couple of hours.
• When ready to serve, beat the whipping cream until peaks form, adding powdered sugar to sweeten as desired. Serve the cake either "frosted" with the whip cream, or dolloped on individual slices of cake.
• NOTE: I use Duncan Hines regular cake mix, Not the butter recipe. I use Goya Passionfruit juice, available in the Ethnic frozen foods section of your grocery or Hispanic market.