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Hawaiian Guava Cake

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Brittanie Pyper
Hawaiian Guava Cake is a classic Hawaiian dessert that is made using strawberry cake mix, guava nectar, cream cheese and a guava gel glaze. It is easy to make and totally delicious!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Additional Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Servings 12 Slices

Equipment

Ingredients
  

For The Cake:

  • 1 Strawberry Cake Mix 15 oz
  • 1 ½ cups Guava Nectar or Guava Juice Kern’s, Jumex, or Goya
  • 3 large Eggs room temperature
  • ⅓ cup Coconut Oil liquid

For The Whipped Cream Cheese Layer:

  • 10 oz Cream Cheese room temperature
  • ½ cup granulated Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
  • 8 oz Cool Whip thawed

For The Guava Gel Topping:

  • 2 ½ cups Guava Nectar or Guava Juice Pink is better
  • ½ cup granulated Sugar
  • 4 tablespoons Cornstarch
  • 3 tablespoons Water
  • 4 tablespoons sweetened Coconut Flakes to garnish optional

Instructions
 

For The Cake

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F, and coat a 13 x 9 baking dish with vegetable spray.
  • Mix together the Cake Mix, Guava Juice, Eggs, and Coconut Oil in mixer, and blend 30
    seconds on low, scrape bowl, then beat 2 minutes on medium-high.
  • Pour the batter into the prepared pan, and bake 24-26 minutes, until light golden on edges. Cake is done when inserted toothpick comes out clean, or with a few crumbs.
  • Remove from oven, and transfer to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.

For The Cream Cheese Layer

  • Beat Cream Cheese with mixer until fluffy. Add Sugar and Vanilla and mix well. Slowly fold in the Cool Whip, and refrigerate until ready to use.
  • When cake has cooled, spread cream cheese mixture evenly over cake. Place in fridge (or freezer) until cream cheese layer sets.

For The Guava Glaze Layer

  • In a medium saucepan, bring the 2 1/2 cups Guava Juice and sugar to a low boil over medium heat for 2 minutes. Make a slurry of the Cornstarch and Water. Remove Guava Juice mixture from heat and stir in the Cornstarch mixture with whisk.
  • Return to heat and bring back to low boil, and boil for one minute. Cool in refrigerator.
  • Glaze the top of the cake with Guava Gel, gently spreading it over the cream cheese layer.
  • Refrigerate until ready to serve.
  • Slice and garnish with Coconut Flakes if desired. Enjoy with milk, guava juice, or ice cream!

NUTRITION

Serving: 1 | Calories: 423kcal | Carbohydrates: 53g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 78mg | Sodium: 136mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 44g

Nutrition information is a rough estimate only; actual values will vary based on the exact ingredients used and amount of recipe prepared.

Course Dessert
Cuisine Hawaiian
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