Haupia Cake Recipe

A recipe for Haupia Cake. See also more Recipes from Hawaii, about Hawaii Dining and our Hawaii Travel Guide.

Ingredients

Cake Batter Ingredients:
- 1 package of white cake mix (for a 9 x 13" pan)
- 1 cup of Coconut milk
- 2/3 cups of Water
- 2 Egg whites

Haupia Filling Ingredients:
- 2 cups of Coconut milk
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- 1/2 cup of Sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
- 3 tablespoon Cornstarch
- 1/2 cup of Water
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla

Frosting Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon Unflavored gelatin
- 2 cups of Heavy cream
- 6 tablespoon of Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Lemon extract
- Shredded coconut to taste

Instructions

Cake Instructions:
Prepare cake mix according to package directions using 2/3 cup of the coconut milk, the water, and the egg whites. Cool cake, remove from pan and split carefully into 3 layers.

Haupia Filling Instructions:
In a sauce pan heat coconut milk (do not boil). Mix sugar, salt, and cornstarch with water; stir into hot coconut milk. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens (cook over low heat to avoid curdling). Stir in vanilla and cool.

Assembly Instructions:
Reserve top cake layer; spread haupia filling on the remaining layers. Chill layers until filling is set. While layers are chilling: soften gelatin in remaining 1/3 cup coconut milk; dissolve over hot water. Cool. Whip cream; fold in gelatin mixture, sugar and extract. Stack chilled cake layers; frost with whipped cream mixture. Sprinkle cake with coconut.

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