Dragon Fruit Cake | Pink Cake
With a vibrant pink color, Dragon Fruit Cake is a delightful treat perfect for Christmas holidays, Valentine's Day, birthdays, baby shower parties, or any special occasion. It is one of the best dessert recipes with fresh dragon fruit.
Servings: 12
Calories: 389kcal
Equipment
- Cake pan
Ingredients
For dragon fruit cake
- ½ cup Butter melted
- 1 ½ cups Sugar
- 4 Eggs
- 1 tablespoon Vanilla extract
- ¾ teaspoon Salt
- 3 cups All purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon Baking powder
- ¾ cup Dragon fruit puree
For decorating cake
- 300 ml Heavy whipping cream approx 1 ½ cups
- 2 tablespoon Confectioner's sugar or regular sugar
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoon Dragon fruit puree.
Instructions
Making of dragon fruit cake
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
- Grease 2 8 or 9-inch cake pans or line them with parchment paper and keep it ready.
- In a mixing bowl, add butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract and whisk until light and airy.
- To this, add salt, flour, baking powder, and dragon fruit puree and whisk until combined. Scrape the sides of the bowl.
- Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan and tap to remove any air pockets.
- Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick or knife inserted comes out clean.
- Let the cake cool completely. You can slice and serve the cake as it is.
Decorating the cake
- Slice the cake to trim doomed tops and make it flat.
- To a mixing bowl, add whipping cream, sugar, and vanilla extract and whisk until stiff peaks are formed.
- Place one layer of cake on a serving plate, spread the whipped cream on top, and place another layer of cake. Apply a thin layer of whipped cream (crumb coating).
- Add dragon fruit puree to the remaining whipped cream and whisk to create a vibrant pink frosting.
- Decorate the cake as desired and enjoy.
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Notes
- You can even add more dragon fruit puree initially while making the frosting to make it all pink, even in the layers.
- Any leftovers can be kept in a refrigerator for 2 to 3 days.
- You can add a drop of pink coloring if required for richer color.
- You can even combine dragon fruit with strawberries.
Nutrition
Calories: 389kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 103mg | Sodium: 341mg | Potassium: 83mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 686IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 91mg | Iron: 2mg