Post #812318 by MadDogMike on Tue, Mar 12, 2024 3:43 PM

Cane & Canoe in Montage Kapalua Bay, Maui does a Baked Hawaii. Passion Fruit Cake base, mango and pineapple ice cream, merengue, and green chocolate fronds in the shape of a pineapple. I decided to give it a shot.

I started with a bag of green candy melts and gently melted them in the microwave. Once they were melted and stirred smooth, I added a small handful of chocolate chips and just barely stirred hoping for some color variation. I dumped it on a silicone mat and set it aside to cool.

I didn't see the purpose of the bottom cookie, I left it out. I started with a pound cake mix, thought it would be a little more dense and sturdy/supportive than regular cake. Replaced about 3 ounces of the water with passion fruit puree and baked it. Then split it (not very evenly) into 2 layers

Cut the pound cake into 3 1/2 inch rounds

Using a serrated bread knife, I cut a carton of mango ice cream into 1 - 1 1/2 inch slices, cutting through the carton.

For each 3 1/2 inch cake round, I cut a 3 1/2 inch and a 3 inch mango ice cream round, stacking them on the cake. My wife believes that ALL desserts need nuts so I pushed some macadamia nuts into the ice cream and put it all back in the freezer for an hour

Next I cut slices of pineapple/coconut ice cream, and cut a 2 3/4 inch round for the top of each stack. Back into the freezer

By this time the green chocolate had cooled, I cut it into pointed fronds

Mixed up some meringue with 4 egg whites, 1/4 t cream of tartar, a dash of vanilla extract, and 1/4 c granulated sugar. Piped the meringue onto the "pineapple" When ready to serve, I hit it with a torch. Added the fronds et voila!