Mango Passion Cake
I liked the Mango Passion Tart so much, that I decided to try it as a cake.
The cake is constructed from four layers of génoise brushed with rum and filled with passion fruit cream, finished with a coating of passion fruit mousseline buttercream and a mango rose. These are the components:
Cake
Classic génoise cake was made with eggs, sugar, vanilla, cake
flour, cornstarch, and clarified butter.
Filling
Passion fruit curd blended with whipped cream. The passion fruit curd
is made from passion fruit juice, sugar, butter, salt, and egg yolks.
I whipped the cream with cooked powdered sugar and cornstarch to
stabilize it. Additionally, I added agar agar (in place of gelatin) to
firm it up for slicing.
Buttercream
Mousseline buttercream is Italian meringue blended with butter. The
Italian meringue is made with sugar, water, egg whites, and cream of
tartar. The sugar is cooked to the firm-ball stage before it is added
to the beaten egg whites. I added passion fruit curd and rum to the
finished buttercream.
Mango Rose
The mangoes were sliced and brushed with melted and strained apricot
preserves.
Out of the two, I probably prefer the tart. I think I missed the crunch and flavor of the coconut crust, but both were very good.
Comments and faves
ZachMcDonald, bechau_qn, Sweetness in Seattle, :mohini:, and 66 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Diamond Lips -BHR (60 months ago | reply)
wooooow
musicpb (60 months ago | reply)
Thank you Diamond!
momo617 (60 months ago | reply)
wow that's amazing
musicpb (60 months ago | reply)
Thanks Momo!
ZachMcDonald (60 months ago | reply)
Genius!!!!!!!!!!!!
honor (60 months ago | reply)
This is gorgeous! And I love mangoes.
musicpb (60 months ago | reply)
Thank you Zach!
musicpb (60 months ago | reply)
Honor, that's a great compliment from you since you have such beautiful cakes!
mommawants1more (60 months ago | reply)
WOW, this looks fabulous! and so kind of you to share all the details!
Tyna D (60 months ago | reply)
This is gorgeous and sounds heavenly!
musicpb (60 months ago | reply)
Thanks mommawants, I love reading detailed descriptions so I try to do the same myself.
musicpb (60 months ago | reply)
Thanks for the praise Tyna!
neil87 [deleted] (58 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Real Food, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
musicpb (58 months ago | reply)
Thank you for the invitation Neil!
fugzu (58 months ago | reply)
fantastic! :D
musicpb (58 months ago | reply)
Thank you fugzu!
musicpb (53 months ago | reply)
Thank you lucidcats!
lucidcats (52 months ago | reply)
your welcome :-D
lovemegerbies (52 months ago | reply)
i want 15 of these.. yuuum
musicpb (52 months ago | reply)
Ha ha, thanks lovemegerbies! Don't think I could manage making 15 of these by myself!
Charm & Whimsy (51 months ago | reply)
Gorgeous!
musicpb (51 months ago | reply)
Thanks Charm & Whimsy!
Jazz Jumper (43 months ago | reply)
love the mango rose decoration, beautiful!
musicpb (43 months ago | reply)
Thank you Jazz Jumper!
Little Grey (29 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called pretty sweets, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
looks so pretty...and delicious.
Dot D (28 months ago | reply)
Hi!
We featured your cake in our flickr roundup today on Foodwhirl.com
Thanks for sharing it! I think it's just gorgeous...
foodwhirl.com/blog/blogging-clever-cakes
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Foodwhirl, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Vedouza (26 months ago | reply)
Beautiful & Delicious !!!
musicpb (26 months ago | reply)
Thank you DotD and Vedouza!
twist&turn (26 months ago | reply)
incredible, I love your patience for this edible masterpiece! (:
musicpb (26 months ago | reply)
Thanks twist&turn!