Dragon fruit cake

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Posted by Kirbie / 14 comments » / Cakes

The other day I was excited to see dragon fruit on sale at my local Ranch 99. I can never resist buying dragon fruit whenever I see it displayed in front of me. The bright fuchsia pink color is so alluring. I always see people staring at the display as they walk by. For some reason, I must look like some dragon fruit expert. Every time I stand in front of the dragon fruit display, I am inevitably approached by someone inquiring into how the fruit tastes and how to eat it. I almost want to direct them to my post on dragon fruits, found here.

With so many dragon fruits, I thought it would be fun to make a dragon fruit topped cake, using the easy cake recipe batter. I had this design in my head, but when I went to top my cake with the fruit chunks, I changed my mind. Then it was too late when I didn't like the design I saw. I also wanted some other fruit to go with dragon fruit, but I had nothing else really tropical to match my theme, so I used some kumquats I'm still trying to use up because they are too bitter to eat raw.

So the design didn't come out exactly as I hoped, but the cake came out quite tasty. The soft dragon fruit complements the cake batter very well. The kumquats added a sour kick to the sweet cake.

Dragon fruit Cake (cake batter adapted from Food Librarian)

Ingredients

1 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2
cup canola oil
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 dragon fruit, cut into cubes
2 kumquats, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons raw sugar

Directions

Preheat oven to 350F. In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking
powder. Add in the sugar, eggs, vanilla and oil and mix
to combine. Butter and flour an 8 or 9 inch cake pan and add in batter.
Batter will be quite thick, so use a spoon to smooth out the top. Place
fruit slices on top of the batter, pressing them into the batter.
Sprinkle with raw
sugar. Bake for 50 minutes until a cake tester inserted
comes out clean.

Posted by Kirbie on March 4, 2010

14 Comments »

tags: dragon fruit, easy cake batter, kumquats

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14 Responses to “Dragon fruit cake”

1

Jess — March 4, 2010 @ 2:26 am

Everytime I passed by the “discounted” dragon fruit at Ranch 99, they looked like a decaying mess. I’m surprised and it’s good to see that yours look fresh!
2

Kirbie — March 4, 2010 @ 9:25 am

I’ve seen the decaying mess before too..but normally when I see them on sale, they are bright and shiny and pretty.
3

Carolyn Jung — March 4, 2010 @ 2:54 pm

At first glance, I thought the cake was strewn with poppy seeds! But dragon fruit is way more clever! You are too creative.
4

Kirbie — March 4, 2010 @ 3:00 pm

Thanks! dragon fruit does look a bit like poppy seeds. hehe. I wish I had more tropical fruits lying around to add to this cake when I made it.
5

caninecologne — March 4, 2010 @ 3:06 pm

hi kirbie
wow, that cake looks even more wild than the blood orange cake. i’ve never eaten dragon fruit, but i’ve tried the juice in a can. i actually saw some dragon fruit gum (it was mixed with another “tropical” flavor) – it didn’t taste that good.
i will have to try making this too, along with the blood orange cake!
6

Kirbie — March 5, 2010 @ 9:40 am

A lot of people don’t really like dragonfruit by itself because it doesn’t have much of a taste..I love it though. I love almost all tropical fruits.
7

Megan — March 6, 2010 @ 6:48 pm

Gorgeous photos-and what a tasty looking cake! I’ve actually never tried dragon fruit before but I think I may have to go out and search for it just so I can try out this recipe
8

Kirbie — March 8, 2010 @ 11:58 am

I have a hard time finding dragon fruit. I’ve only seen it at my chinese super market, Ranch 99. And it seems to be random when I do find it. Good luck on your search! Or you can always top this recipe with your favorite fruit or some other exotic fruit. =)
9

Julia — April 18, 2010 @ 6:56 pm

I apparently look like a cheese expert, I stand in front of the cheeses so long that people start asking me about different cheeses. I’m even more embarrassed to admit that usually I could answer their cheese questions. (Oh lord, did I really just confess to that on the Internet? LOL!)
10

Kirbie — April 19, 2010 @ 3:59 pm

Heehee! It’s okay, confessions on the internet don’t count!
11

darcy — May 16, 2010 @ 2:02 am

sup nice recipe
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magi — May 13, 2011 @ 8:56 pm

Thank you for your ideas..very well thinking. Thank you again.

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