White Chocolate Coconut Cake With Macerated Mixed Berries

Serves: 3

Manley Abshire

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

52

Spice

54

Sweetness

52

Sourness

41

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.9

Difficulty

Ingredients:

110 g

Coconut Milk

6 large

Egg Yolk

6 large

Egg

230 g

Cake Flour

2 tsps

Baking Powder

1 pinch

Salt

1.5 tbsps

Rum

Directions:

1

Let cool

2

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F

3

Spray 2 (9-inch) round cake pans with non-stick spray and line the bottom of each with parchment paper

4

Place coconut milk and butter in a small saucepan and heat over low heat

5

Place yolks, eggs, and sugar in a large bowl and place over a pot of simmering water

6

Whip until tripled in volume

7

Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt

8

Fold the flour mixture into the eggs in 3 installments and then gently fold in the milk mixture

9

Fold in the coconut and divide the mixture evenly between the 2 pans

10

Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until the center of the cake springs back when gently pushed

11

Cool on a baking rack then gently remove from the pan

12

Slice the cakes in 1/2, horizontally, and soak each 1/2, with 1/4 cup of the Rum Simple Syrup

13

Spread 1/2 cup of the Ganache Filling onto each of the 4 layers of cake and stack the layers

14

Spread the remaining Ganache Filling over the top and side of the cake

15

Place the Coconut Spray mixture in a paint sprayer and spray the entire cake with the mixture

16

Serve Macerated Berries alongside the slices of cake

17

Combine rum and sugar in a small saucepan set over medium-high heat

18

Cook until the sugar is dissolved

19

Place white chocolate in a large bowl

20

Bring coconut milk and heavy cream to a simmer

21

Pour the warm milk over the chocolate and let sit 1 minute, then whisk until smooth and fold in the coconut

22

Place rum in a small bowl

23

Add the gelatin and let dissolve completely

24

Whip the cream to soft peaks, add the gelatin, and continue whipping just until stiff peaks form

25

Fold the whipped cream into the ganache

26

Melt the chocolate and cocoa butter in a medium bowl set over a pot of simmering water

27

Mixed berries 1 cup blackberries 1 cup strawberries, halved 1 cup raspberries 3/4 cups sugar 1/4 cup raspberry or black currant liqueur 2 teaspoons vanilla extract Place the berries in a medium bowl

28

Add the sugar, liqueur, and vanilla, cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let sit at room temperature for 1 hour