Please allow me to introduce my 27th birthday cake–The Coconut Passion Fruit Cake.
It is one of my best creations yet, if I do say so myself…
Please note that this makes a lot of cake! The recipe can be halved and baked in two 8″ by 2″ round cake pans.
Coconut Cake with Passion Fruit Curd and Passion Meringue Buttercream
adapted from several sources
Ingredients:
For Coconut Cake:
3 sticks (1 1/2 cups) unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 1/2 cups granulated sugar
4 large whole eggs
4 large egg whites
3 tsp. pure vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups unsweetened coconut milk
2 cups packed unsweetened shredded coconut
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
4 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
For Passion Fruit Curd:
1/2 cup unsweetened passion fruit concentrate (not sweetened juice concentrate)
Juice of 1/2 lemon
2 egg yolks
1/2 cup sugar
2 Tbsp. cornstarch
Pinch of salt
4 tbsp. cold unsalted butter, cut into 16 pieces
1/2 cup heavy cream, optional–to lighten the curd a bit
For Passion Fruit Buttercream:
4 large egg whites
1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
3/4 cup white sugar
2 Tbsp. water
1 tsp. vanilla
3 sticks unsalted butter, chilled and cut into tablespoon-sized pieces
unsweetened passion fruit concentrate, optional
Instructions:
For Coconut Cake:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Grease two 9″ round cake pans with shortening. (If using 8″ rounds, make sure they are 3″ high or the batter will overflow.) Cut a wax paper round to fit in the bottom. Grease the paper round. Dust the pans with flour, tap out excess.
In the bowl of a food processor, pulse the coconut until finely chopped. Set aside.
Using a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar together until very light and fluffy, at least 5 minutes. (Don’t skimp on this step!)
Lightly beat the whole eggs and egg whites together and drizzle into the creamed mixture while the mixer is running at low speed. Turn mixer up to medium speed and beat for another 30 seconds. Turn mixer off and scrape down sides of the bowl and the paddle.
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, and reserved chopped coconut. Add 1/3 of the flour to the creamed mixture, beat to combine. Add 1/2 of the coconut milk and beat. Add half the remaining flour, beat. Add the rest of the coconut milk, beat. Finish with the last bit of flour. Beat just until combined–careful not to overbeat. Use a large spatula to scrape down the sides of the bowl and stir batter to make sure there are no streaks of flour or butter that aren’t fully mixed.
Transfer the batter to the prepared cake pans.
Bake until tops are golden and a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean. Depending on the size and depth of pan, this may take anywhere from 35 to 45 minutes, or longer. Start checking after cakes for doneness after 35 minutes.
Let the finished cakes cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Run a thin knife around the edge to loosen the cakes. Turn the cakes out onto a wire cooling rack to finish cooling.
The metal thing you see below is a cake slicer. It has notches on the sides so you can adjust the level of the metal wire. The is the best for making even cake layers.
Before decorating, use a serrated knife or horizontal cake slicer to level the tops of the cakes. Split into the desired number of layers.
For Passion Fruit Curd:In a small saucepan, whisk together the sugar and cornstarch. Add the passion fruit concentrate, lemon juice, and egg yolks. Whisk well. Gently heat the mixture over medium heat, being careful not to let it boil and stirring constantly, making sure to get the bottom and corners of the pan. Cook until mixture thickens–about like yogurt. Remove from heat and vigorously whisk in the cold butter pieces. The curd will change to a lighter color and get thicker.
Strain the curd through a fine mesh sieve set over a clean bowl. Press plastic wrap directly on the surface of the curd. Chill for several hours, or until ready to use. Keeps about 3 days.
If using the heavy cream–
Beat the heavy cream to stiff peaks. Fold into the curd and chill until ready to use.
For Passion Fruit Buttercream (click here for a tutorial and an alternate recipe.)
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat the egg whites on low until foamy. Add the cream of tartar. Turn speed up to medium-high and beat until stiff peaks form.
Meanwhile, in a small saucepan bring sugar and water to a boil. Clip a candy thermometer to the side of the pan. Wash sides of pan down with a brush dipped in warm water to prevent crystallization. Cook syrup to 240 degrees F, or soft ball stage.
With the mixer running on medium speed, slowly drizzle the hot syrup down the side of the bowl. When all the syrup has been added, turn mixer up to high speed and continue beating for 3 minutes, or until steam no longer rises from the bowl.
Add the chilled butter one piece at a time, while continuing to beat. Add the vanilla extract. After adding the vanilla, add about 1/4 cup passion fruit concentrate. Continue beating until smooth. The buttercream will look curdled, continue beating until it comes together and becomes smooth and shiny.
Either use immediately on a cooled cake, refrigerate for about 1 week, or freeze up to several months.
Buttercream will need to be brought to room temperature and beaten again in the mixer to return it to proper consistency before using.
My note: I added a little too much concentrate and it was really strong and sour. To correct the problem, I ended up adding about 1 cup of powdered sugar. It did change the texture a bit, but was still very good.
To Assemble Cake:
Place first cake layer on the serving platter.
Top with 1/2 of the passion fruit curd.
Top with 2nd layer.
Repeat with remaining curd and cake layer.
Chill for about 30 minutes to set the curd.
Cover the entire cake with a thin layer of the buttercream to create a crumb coat. (A crumb coat helps seal in any crumbs and makes the finished layer of icing go on easier and look nicer.)
Chill cake for an additional 30 minutes.
Spread the buttercream evenly over the cake. Pipe any remaining buttercream onto the cake, or decorate as desired.
104 Comments
WOW. Looks delicious OF COURSE! Hope you had a great day!:)
Longtime daily checker, first-time poster…
This may be an idiotic question, but where could one buy a cake slicer & how much is it?
Happy Birthday!
I hope your birthday was great! That cake looks awesome and delicious….
Wow! I’ve just discovered your blog and am in love…and hungry!
Very pretty!
why don’t i live on down the street anymore??!! hope it was a happy one!
Wow, it’s looks delicious. And I just had a bit of a moment when I realized I’m older than you.
Happy Birthday! So fun that you make your own cake, I never do that. Now I have to figure out what I’ll make for my upcoming birthday.
AMAZING!!! happy birthday (again!)! one early and one late- how’s that for a slacker friend?
this one looks perfect, nice job. i can almost taste it.
Thanks, everyone! And hello to new commenters and readers!
Dave and Catherine–I will do a separate post about my favorite cake decorating tools next week. But, the short answer is that I bought my cake slicer at a craft store–maybe Michael’s? It is the Wilton brand and is available on their website for only $2.99! Here’s the link–
Wilton Baking Accessories
Thanks for reading and commenting!
Oh WOW! That is beautiful and looks so yummy!!! And you are so young! ;-)
(I made your rich lemon ice cream–YUMMMM!)
Wendy form Flippin’ Sweet
I feel that I am in the presence of greatness! Wow! I could never make that cake, but I sure enjoyed reading this post. :)
The cake is beautiful and I bet it was so GOOD!
I hope you had a wonderful birthday!!
Oooh! Yum! Hope you had a day as delicious as that cake looks!
Your site was posted on a friend’s blog, so I checked it out. I love coconut and passion fruit, so I tried this recipe. It turned out well. The cake is delicious. The passion fruit curd, was okay. And the buttercream was okay too. I take the blame for the okay-ness because I’m a novice at making those things.
One question–have you ever made French buttercream (with the egg yolks instead of the whites)? I think that would be a good filling for the cake instead of frosting on the outside. That’s what I’ll do next time I make this cake.
Thanks for the recipe. I’m going to do the mint chocolate one for my birthday. I’ve never made ganache, but I love the Hershey’s cake recipe, it’s my favorite. So, I’m ready for the challenge. I’ll let you know how it goes!!
This looks absolutely exquisite. I too am a huge passion fruit fan. I wish I’d seen this prior to today’s 2nd attempt at coconut cupcakes with passion fruit buttercream :)
The passion fruit curd didn’t really turn out for me, or even as traditional curd. The cornstarch doesn’t cook out like it does in pastry cream and i don’t think there were enough eggs in your recipe. I ended up wasting expensive passion fruit concentrate. :(
Bummer! I’m sorry it didn’t work out for you. I’m wondering what kind of concentrate you used? Or if it was cooked long enough? If you have another recipe for curd or pastry cream you like better, you can certainly use that and just add the passion fruit to flavor it. I’ve honestly never had this recipe fail me yet. It’s hard to know what factor it was that made it unsuccessful for you. In any case, I’m sorry it was an expensive waste of ingredients.
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