Hibiscus Nectar Cake Recipes

HIBISCUS LEMONY CAKE

Steps:

• Steep the lemon zest and juice, hibiscus in the hot milk till cool. Place in the refrigerator for 6 hours. It will slightly curdle as if making buttermilk. It`s a good thing.
• Strain saving the zest using half for the cake and half for the icing. Mincing the zest fine.
• You can also use a couple of the hibiscus flowers that was soaked fine minced in both the cake and frosting.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Placing rack in middle of the oven.
• Spray 9x13 baking dish.
• In a bowl sift the flour, baking powder and salt.
• In a food processor pulse butter and 1/2 the reserved zest and 2 hibiscus flowers. Then press on and add the sugar through feed tube. Process till light and fluffy stopping 1/2 way through to wipe side down.
• Add one egg at a time till all combined.
• Pour in the flour mixture and process while pouring the milk mixture through the feed tube. If a pink cake is desired add a couple drops of red food coloring with the milk mixture.
• Bake 32 minutes.
• Icing:.
• In a food processor pulse to blend cream cheese and butter. Run processor while adding the reserved minced lemon zest and 2 hibiscus flowers form the milk mixture.
• Add lemon juice and sugar blending till light and creamy. Chill till ready to ice cake.
• While cake is warm pierce holes throughout the cake. Spread a thin layer of jelly over cake,.
• Cool cake.
• Ice cake once cooled.

HIBISCUS NECTAR CAKE

Steps:

• Beat butter and shortening at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy; gradually add sugar, beating well.
• Add egg yolks, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition. Add extracts; beat just until blended. Set mixture aside.
• Combine buttermilk and sour cream, stirring until blended. Combine flour, baking soda, and salt, and add to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed with an electric mixer until blended after each addition.
• Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form; fold into batter. Fold in coconut, pecans, and cherries. Pour batter into 3 greased and floured 9-inch round cakepans.
• Bake at 350° for 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes; remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks.
• Spread Cherry-Nut Cream Cheese Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake. Store cake in refrigerator.
• Frosting:
• Beat butter and cream cheese in a mixing bowl at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; mix in vanilla and coconut extracts. Gradually add powdered sugar, beating well.
• Fold in chopped pecans and maraschino cherries.

HIBISCUS SYRUP

Steps:

• Bring water, white sugar, hibiscus, brown sugar, ginger, and lemon zest to a boil. Reduce heat and let simmer until sugars dissolve and flowers soften, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and steep syrup until flavors combine, about 5 minutes.
• Strain syrup into a container through a fine-mesh strainer, pressing solids with a spoon to extract as much liquid as possible. Discard solids.

HIBISCUS FIZZ

Steps:

• Combine hibiscus tea, agave nectar or honey, and apple cider vinegar in a large rocks glass. Fill with ice and top with soda water. Garnish with a slice of grapefruit.

COCONUT SHEET CAKE WITH HIBISCUS SAUCE

Steps:

• For sauce:
• Bring 2 cups water to boil in small saucepan. Stir in hibiscus flowers. Remove from heat; let steep uncovered 10 minutes.
• Pour hibiscus mixture through fine-mesh sieve set over bowl, pressing on solids to extract all liquid; discard solids. Return hibiscus liquid to same saucepan. Add sugar; bring to boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Boil gently over medium heat until liquid is reduced to 1 cup, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in lemon peel, lime peel, and orange peel; steep 10 minutes. Strain sauce into bowl. Cover; chill until cold, at least 2 hours. DO AHEAD: Can be made 3 days ahead. Keep chilled.
• For cake:
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 13 x 9 x 2-inch metal baking pan. Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in medium bowl. Whisk buttermilk, egg whites, and coconut extract in another medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat sugar and butter in large bowl until light and fluffy. Add flour mixture to butter mixture in 3 additions alternately with buttermilk mixture in 2 additions, beating to blend well between additions and occasionally scraping bottom and sides of bowl with rubber spatula. Transfer batter to pan; spread evenly.
• Bake cake until pale golden and tester inserted into center comes out with some crumbs attached, 29 to 32 minutes. Cool cake completely in pan on rack. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover pan tightly and store cake at room temperature.
• For topping:
• Using electric mixer, beat whipping cream and 2 tablespoons cream of coconut in large bowl until peaks form. Spread whipped cream over top of cake. Drizzle 2 tablespoons cream of coconut over whipped cream. Using table knife, swirl cream of coconut throughout whipped cream. Sprinkle toasted coconut over.
• Cut cake into squares; transfer to plates. Drizzle hibiscus sauce around cake.