19/07/2024
Piña Colada Baba
This an adaptation of my Grandmother Mimí's Pineapple Baba recipe that has been a favourite in our extended family for eons. I have perked it up with rum and a coconut cream to give it a Caribbean flavour. It is an unusual recipe as it uses breadcrumbs, not flour, and it will rise like a soufflé during baking and collapse as it cools. This gives it a spongy texture that readily soaks up all that juicy syrup. Be sure to chill the coconut cream overnight.
Makes:
1 x 25cm ring cake
Prep Time: 20 minutes (plus refrigeration time)
Cooking Time: 30 minutes
Ingredients
- melted butter, for brushing
- breadcrumbs, for sprinkling
- 6 large eggs (700g size)
- 2 limes
- 1/3 cup caster sugar
- ¾ cup dry breadcrumbs
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 x 440g can pineapple rings or pieces, drained, reserving syrup
- ½ cup caster sugar, extra
- 1/4 cup rum
- COCONUT CREAM
- 270ml can natural coconut cream, chilled overnight
- 3/4 cup pure cream
Method
- Brush a 6 cup ring tin (25cm diameter) with melted butter and sprinkle with breadcrumbs.
- Using the whisk attachment of an electric mixer, beat eggs and grated rind of 1 lime until thick and fluffy. Gradually beat in sugar. Fold in breadcrumbs and baking powder. Pour mixture into ring tin.
- Bake at 180°C for 30 minutes until golden brown. The cake will puff up like a soufflé and collapse as it cools. Run a knife around the edges while the cake is still in the tin.
- Combine reserved syrup, juice of 1 lime, rum, 1/4 cup water and extra sugar in a saucepan and bring to the boil, stirring until sugar dissolves.
- Pour hot syrup over cake and allow to cool in the tin before turning out. Serve with coconut cream and decorate with pineapple and sliced lime.
- COCONUT CREAM Whip chilled coconut cream with electric beaters until thick, then add cream and whip until soft peaks form.
Tips
- Use a non-stick bundt ring tin for best results.
- STYLING Cut pineapple rings into halves and then cut in half horizontally to make thin slices that can be curled on top of the cake.
- DRINK Piña Colada, Lemon Tea or Pineapple juice on ice
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