294092 Fri Sep 12 20:30:03 -0700 2003 14 27 General Chowhounding Topics 0 1611819 I went to a Hawaiian Bakery today and saw a cake called Lilikoi Crunch, the cake is made with yellow cake layers, pineapple filling and a passionfruit buttercream icing with pecan praline crunch all over it. Has anyone ever had this or something similar? Also wondering what pistachio cake tastes like, Harvey Wallbanger, and Kiwi Fruit Pound Cake. These are all cakes I have come across lately and have never tried. I would love to hear your experiences with unusualy but delectable tasting cakes. Fri Sep 12 20:30:03 -0700 2003 0 Elle 1 1611822 The only one of these that I can help you with is the Harvey Wallbanger cake, it usually has Galliano liqueur and orange juice as flavourings in the cake. Fri Sep 12 20:40:21 -0700 2003 1611819 0 Middydd 1 1611849 I used to make a chocolate sauerkraut cake that was universally well-received as long as I didn't mention the sauerkraut. Sat Sep 13 14:54:43 -0700 2003 1611819 0 Captain Jack 1 1947015 pistachio cake is easy to make, and it tastes great. I too like unusual cakes, and plan to bake one on a cookie sheet 12" x 16", but am unsure on what kind of cake would work out best for this. We plan to cut out a bat from it for Halloween. Sun Oct 15 14:20:12 -0700 2006 1611819 46942 doubletakecwm 1 1947206 last christmas i made a chocolate-cherry torte with marscapone mousse on top (Bon Appetit), and was surprised to see that the recipe for the dense, brownie part of the cake called for coarsely ground black pepper. i was sceptical but did it anyways, and was pleased with the nuance it added to the richness of the cake. no one else noticed it, but if you knew it was there and tasted really hard, it was a nice surprise to find it. Sun Oct 15 17:21:33 -0700 2006 1611819 11504 amandine 1 1947454 These type of cakes seem to be based on the old "Blum's Coffee Crunch" cake...as described but with a coffee buttercream...I have also seen lemon and orange I think... The Hawaiian one sounds good! Sun Oct 15 21:02:55 -0700 2006 1611819 10485 ChowFun_derek 1 1947693 I had chocolate-beet cake once. Except for the slightly reddish colour, it was impossible to tell the beets were in there. Mon Oct 16 00:05:07 -0700 2006 1611819 10681 piccola 1 1947795 Green tea cake; light,delicate, and a very pretty shade of green. Mon Oct 16 01:13:00 -0700 2006 1611819 17508 acme 1 1947819 The Beehive Cake over at the Food Network is very unusual looking and the tastes in it are both praline and almond. (Impressed the heck outta me.) Mon Oct 16 01:23:47 -0700 2006 1611819 42470 blue room 1 4614997 King's Hawaiian has lilikoi crunch cake and I am in love with it. That's what brought me to this site. I live in NY now and I'm trying to make that cake from scratch. I need to buy lilikoi juice. I don't know where to find any except pay $100 to ship some from Hawaii (which I'm not going to do!) Any ideas? Tue Apr 21 10:33:05 -0700 2009 1611819 284897 hunterrxx 2 4617037 Do you have any Mexican grocers around? They often carry frozen patient fruit puree. Tue Apr 21 20:46:14 -0700 2009 4614997 15001 jsaimd 1 4616442 Lilikoi 'a.k.a Passion Fruit cake is very common in Hawaii and other parts of the Pacific Rim. I make a Black Pearl Cake which features Ginger Simple Syrup poured over the darkest chocolate cake and a wasabi-infused ganache for one of two frostings. Tue Apr 21 16:45:55 -0700 2009 1611819 225234 KiltedCook 2 4617498 I've had that recipe in my file for years and never made it because I never had just the right people to make it for but it sounds amazing. How does it come out? Wed Apr 22 06:16:09 -0700 2009 4616442 25244 rockycat 1 4617505 It's really great. You don't actually taste the wasabi (even though I double the amount); it enhances the chocolat-ness. I do it a little different from the recipe in that I make a single large cake rather than layers, and carve it into a half sphere. Then pour the ginger syrup over all. Then I frost with the ganache. On top of that I frost with buttercream or just whipped cream. Served on a blue base the impression is athat of a pearl; and then you cut that first wedge and see the Black Pearl inside. Wed Apr 22 06:20:22 -0700 2009 1611819 225234 KiltedCook 2 4618376 Ooh, neat. Sounds like I better find an excuse to make it soon. Wed Apr 22 10:30:09 -0700 2009 4617505 25244 rockycat