{"id":23055,"date":"2022-07-15T08:00:42","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T07:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.janespatisserie.com\/?p=23055"},"modified":"2022-11-16T14:29:47","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T14:29:47","slug":"passionfruit-martini-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janespatisserie.com\/2022\/07\/15\/passionfruit-martini-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Passionfruit Martini Cake!"},"content":{"rendered":"

A four-layer passionfruit martini cake with passionfruit martini soaked vanilla sponges, passionfruit curd, and even more! <\/h2>\n

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Ohhh HELLO THERE passionfruit martini cake! Where have you been all of my life?! Genuinely, far too excited to share this cake as I am entirely obsessed and in love with it – and you guys have demanded the recipe for ages now, SO HERE IT IS! <\/p>\n

I have wanted to make a bake like this for so long as a passionfruit martini is by far one of my favourite cocktails out there and in cake form?! Oh, my actual days!! My passionfruit martini cupcakes<\/a> always go down well when I share them, so this cake is going to blow your mind! <\/p>\n

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Passionfruit Martini<\/h3>\n

So whether you call it a passionfruit martini or a p**nstar martini (which do have slight differences), they are both delicious. Typically involves vodka, passionfruit liqueur, and prosecco if you go down the p**nstar route. It is probably one of the most popular cocktails out there, and I am happy to admit that I love it!<\/p>\n

I love anything passionfruit flavoured, it’s just so good! I wanted to get that flavour across in this bake, so I used a combination of passionfruit liqueur and prosecco to make my flavouring to get a little bit of deliciousness across – I didn’t feel the need for the vodka on this occasion as I really wanted to passionfruit to come through. <\/p>\n

I made a syrup by mixing together the liqueur, prosecco and caster sugar. I simmered this and stirred to dissolve the sugar, and then boiled the syrup down until it was reduced by over half, thicker and strong in flavour. This is used to soak the sponges slightly, and also flavour the frosting. <\/p>\n

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Cake<\/h3>\n

As I was making a four-layer 8″ cake, I went for a 500g mix of cake. This usually means I weigh medium-sized eggs for weight – and match the rest of the ingredients. Lots of people are very opinionated on whether you need to actually do this, and no you don’t – but if you are worried, or just want the best results, it’s the best way of getting them. <\/p>\n

I usually beat unsalted butter or baking spread with the sugar first to get it nice and creamy. Then, I add in my flour and I typically use 9-10 medium eggs for a cake this size (yes I know, it’s huge, but it’s meant to be!). Mix this all in, and add some vanilla extract if you fancy! Passionfruit martinis do tend to have vanilla in, so it works. <\/p>\n

Split the cake mix between two 8″ cake tins like these ones<\/a>, and bake on a lower and slower bake. Because of the size of the sponges, and you want to get two layers out of each, they are deep. The lower and slower method means a softer and more delicious sponge with a more even bake! <\/p>\n

Once the cakes have baked and cooled, layer them, and then drizzle on the syrup. Let that delicious syrup soak in, and you can then decorate!<\/p>\n

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Frosting<\/h3>\n

The frosting on this cake is an American buttercream-style frosting because of the stability it provides. It’s a simple mix of BLOCK UNSALTED BUTTER, no spreads of margarine here, and then icing sugar. The ratio used in this is 1:2 of butter:sugar so that you have a good balance of flavour, but also it provides a sturdier buttercream which is so important when you want to cover a cake in it! <\/p>\n

To colour the frosting I used a little peach food colouring<\/a> because it gave it more of a passionfruit colouring, but also I used the rest of the passionfruit and prosecco syrup I had made to give a sweet flavour to the frosting. <\/p>\n

Other types of decoration involve making two-tone buttercream which you can 100% do if you want, but I loved how this turned out as it was! The colour is just so pretty and perfect. <\/p>\n

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Decoration<\/h3>\n

When you are decorating a cake like this its much better to use a turntable<\/a>, an angled palette knife<\/a>, and a large metal scraper<\/a> to get the right end result. The process of smoothing the buttercream around the cake using the palette knife, and finishing it off with a metals scraper gets the most beautiful finish. <\/p>\n

Because the frosting is a beautiful peach colour<\/a> I wanted to contrast with a white chocolate drip, and I am so glad I did! The colour difference is what makes it look a little more Passionfruit Martini like, and also I so just love a drip cake as you all know. White chocolate drips are also super easy with 3:1 chocolate to cream. <\/p>\n

I whitened my white chocolate drip using some white food colouring<\/a> as white chocolate ganache is naturally quite yellow, just to take the edge off. This is obviously optional, and it doesn’t change the taste whatsoever. <\/p>\n

I used leftover buttercream to pipe onto the cake with my favourite piping tip<\/a> as always. I find randomly piping like I have on this cake often looks really spectacular and creates a showstopper once topped with sprinkles and other decoration like the passionfruit segments. <\/p>\n

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Tips & Tricks<\/h3>\n

When baking a cake like this, I know it sounds stupid, but you just need to have fun with it! I certainly did. Layers of buttercream, passionfruit curd, syrup soaked cake etc etc is the dream. <\/p>\n

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