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Layered Lilikoi Cake

Layered Lilikoi Cake Recipe

This cake is so yummy! I found it online at a Hawai'i wedding site.
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Hawaiian
Keyword: < 4 Hours, Dessert, Easy
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 50 minutes

Ingredients

For cake

  • 1 (16 ounce) package moist yellow cake mix
  • 1 1/3 cups lilikoi juice
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil

Lilikoi Chiffon Frosting

  • 4 egg yolks
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup lilikoi juice (concentrate, thawed, undiluted)
  • 1 cup whipping cream
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla

Lilikoi Gel Topping

  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 12 ounces lilikoi juice
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 1 slightly beaten egg yolk
  • 1 tablespoon butter

Instructions

  • 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.

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Nutrition

Serving: 103g