Happy Cinco de Mayo! This sweet treat was inspired by last year’s post .. you may remember a special tequila tasting dinner we went to where they served …
This! Deconstructed Cadillac Margarita with Lemon Lime ice cream, Tequila Sabayon, Grand Marnier macerated Blood Orange and Salted Toffee Touille.
And I’ve daydreamed of it off and on all year long … it was that good.
My sundae version has lemon cake saturated with orange tequila syrup, fresh lemon sorbet (lemon ice cream would also work), lime zested whipped cream and chocolate nutty salty toffee. And here’s the thing … I looked at my schedule this week and realized that I wouldn’t have time to make my own toffee, sorbet and lemon cake, so I stopped by a few favorite local places and totally lucked out.
Glazed lemon cake from Bread Bakery.
I was thinking of going with a regular butter pound cake and am glad I checked with Bread. It doesn’t get any lemonier (is that a word? well … it should be) than this.
Even though the cake is absolutely packed with flavor, I thought I’d give it a boozy soak of tequila orange juice sugar syrup. Simple syrup is right. Boil, reduce to half, let cool …
… pour. The cake soaks it all in, moist almost to the point of pudding texture which is a nice touch.
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory knows a thing or two or fifty about toffees. This is their milk chocolate English Toffee with nuts. (And P.S. you can order this from their online shop.) The saltiness is in reference to margarita rim salt. A little crunch, and bits of chocolate with the citrus … divine pairing.
Lemon sorbet from Cream Bean Berry. I stopped in looking for lemon ice cream and was handed a sample of this fresh, sweet-tart sorbet. It tasted like …. let it sit out for 5 minutes to melt a bit, add tequila and you have the perfect fresh instant frozen margarita ever. Cream Bean is an artisan creamery with local seasonal ingredients, I’m not sure how often they make this flavor but I really lucked out when I got the last pint of the day. It really brightened up my sundae with a pop-zing of icy tartness.
Why mess with perfection? Alton Brown’s whipped cream recipe … 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 cup heavy whipping cream … the secret is to chill the metal bowl in the fridge for 15 minutes before whipping. Works like a charm every time.
Assembling a sundae is a very personal thing, so I say layer as you like. I spooned a huge amount of whipped cream on the bottom, added the soaked cake, with a big scoop of sorbet, sprinkling of toffee, more whipped cream, lime zest, more toffee. Layer it on and on. With a cherry on top!
Buen provecho!!
xoAmy
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