Baked Hawaiian Islands
Baked Hawaiian Islands is a vegetarian side dish. One portion of this dish contains around 11g of protein, 39g of fat, and a total of 662 calories. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have macadamia nuts, flour, cream of tartar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 13x9x2"metal baking pan with parchment paperand grease with butter.
Whisk flour, bakingpowder, and salt in a medium bowl to blend.
Whisk egg yolks, 1/2 cup sugar, oil, and 1/2 cup water in a large bowl. Beat in flour mixture.Stir in coconut. Using an electric mixer fittedwith clean, dry beaters, beat egg whites inanother medium bowl until soft peaks form.Gradually beat in remaining 1/4 cup sugar.Fold into batter just to blend.
Pour intoprepared pan and bake until puffed, lightlygolden, and a tester inserted into center ofcake comes out clean, about 30 minutes.
Letcool in pan on rack (cake may fall slightly).
Set a strainer over a large bowl;set aside.
Combine pineapple, sugar, and3 cups water in a saucepan and bring toa boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. Purée in ablender until smooth.
Pour through strainer;press on solids to extract as much liquidas possible; discard solids. Stir in rum andlime juice. Process in an ice cream makeraccording to manufacturer's instructions.
Combine sugar, salt, and 3/4 cupwater in a small saucepan and bring to aboil. Reduce heat to medium and stir in nuts.Cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.Strain, then transfer nuts to a parchmentpaper–lined baking sheet. Cook until goldenand roasted, 10–12 minutes.
In a stand mixer fitted witha whisk attachment, beat egg whites withcream of tartar on low speed until foamy.With machine running on medium speed,gradually add sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time.
Addrum and xanthan gum (if using); continuebeating until firm peaks form.
Invert cake onto a work surface;peel off parchment. Using a ramekin as aguide, cut cake into 6 rounds, so that eachwill fit into an 8-ounce ramekin.
Working with 1 ramekin at a time, spoon3/4 cup sorbet into ramekin; smooth top andplace 1 cake round over, pressing to adhere;immediately transfer to freezer. Repeat withremaining ramekins. Freeze for 4 hours.
Run a thin knife around 1 ramekin. Invertonto a work surface.
Spread 1 scant cupmeringue over top and sides of cake with anoffset spatula.
Transfer to a rimmed bakingsheet and freeze for 30 minutes. Repeatwith remaining cakes and meringues; addeach to rimmed baking sheet in freezer.DO AHEAD: Assembled cakes can be made3 days ahead. Cover and keep frozen.
Transfer cakes onsheet pan to oven.
Bake until meringue istoasted, 1-2 minutes. Using a large spatula,transfer cakes to plates. Spoon passionfruit juice and pulp around plate.
Sprinklelime zest over meringue.
Garnish withmacadamia nuts, if using.