The pink and scented fruit, creamy texture and sweet taste make the Reunion Island lychee cake a real gourmet delight. It’s always a pleasure to bake this cake for your family or for guests. A pleasure for the senses, with the discovery of new flavours. A recipe to be shared unreservedly.
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Recipe for lychee cake: get your aprons on !
Recipe
- Peel the lychees and remove the seed, cut them into big chunks.
- Place the cling film into the cake mould, leaving some extra over the sides.
- Melt the sugar in water on a low heat
- Briefly soak the biscuits on both sides in the mixture
- Place the biscuits in the bottom of the cake mould and around the sides
- Mix the fromage frais, creme fraiche and sugar
- Place a layer of cream, then a layer of lychees, then a few biscuits.
- Carry on layering the mixtures
- Keep in the fridge for 24 hours to make sure it holds together
- Serve chilled
Ingredients:
- Lychees
- Ladyfinger biscuits
- Fromage frais
- Creme fraiche
- Cane sugar
Make sure you have some cling film and a charlotte or soufflé cake mould.
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For those who prefer the alcoholic version, soak the biscuits in a small amount of liqueur or aged rum* (The abuse of alcohol is dangerous for your health, to be consumed in moderation)
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Good to know
The zoreilles (French people from the mainland) choose to spell the French word for lychees “litchi”, but on Reunion Island, they’re known as “letchis”!
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For the perfect lychee cake!
What can you serve with a lychee cake?
Are you looking for something to help you cool off from the warm Reunion Island sun? Serve your cake with a generous helping of ice cream. Lychees go perfectly well with raspberries, coconut or rose.
Do you fancy something natural? Add red fruit (strawberries, cherries, redcurrants…) or slices of exotic fruit (mango and pineapple) to give your dessert an added punch.
For those with a sweet tooth, add dark chocolate, white chocolate or milk chocolate shavings for a crunchy addition to your dessert.
Then sprinkle some finely sliced ginger onto the top of your lychee cake, to really surprise yours and your children’s taste buds.
What should we drink with lychee cake?
You can also apply food/drink matching for the children! Mango cordial or fresh pineapple juice is ideal with lychees and the children will love it.
For the adults, flavoured rum is the perfect match for your lychee cake. *
* The abuse of alcohol is dangerous for your health, to be consumed in moderation
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