Help me find the recipe for the dessert of a lifetime.
April 6, 2008 1:44 PM   Subscribe

Help me find a way to get the actual recipe (not a version of it) for a dessert, Baked Hawaii, that I had at Duke's in Malibu.

My sister and I just had a girls only getaway to LA

While I used to live in Playa del Rey, and had been to Duke's in Malibu before, I always went with friends to 'ocean and sky watch' -- it is so incredible to just chill with an adult beverage on the patio at dusk... ahhhh...

Anyway, this time out of the gates my sister was along for stop into an old fave of mine and wanted to actually eat. Inside. Did I mention that she lives in Kentucky?

Dinner was incredible and even though I am a total chocoholic, when the waitress delivered this cute little cake with ice cream and sauce everywhere to a neighboring table -- I had to try it.

Baked Hawaii -- a warm, individual, pineapple upside down cake (macadamia perhaps)? Covered w/ ice cream (coconut)! and yummy sauce... Rocked my world. Best. Dessert. Eva.

Thing is, I live in the Midwest. There is not a Duke's around. Nor a Hula Shack (owned by the same corp). I asked the waitress if she thought that I could get the recipe and she was actually quite rude about telling me NO. NOWAY. NUT-AH. NEVER GONNA HAPPEN.

That was so a not cool way to reject my inquiry.

Anyway, I have looked all over the Internet and cannot find the actual recipe. All I want to do it make it in my personal, at home kitchen and consume it in my personal at home kitchen.

Can anyone out there give me a power assist?
posted by caveat empress to Food & Drink (3 answers total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
 
Best answer: You could try writing the LA Times food editor. They run a feature every week where people write in and request a recipe from a local restaurant, and then publish the recipe. It's a long shot, but if a big newspaper asks instead of a no-name customer, perhaps they'll share.
posted by Bella Sebastian at 2:29 PM on April 6, 2008


Best answer: Bon Appetit magazine does this all the time. Though the LA Times might get a quicker turn-around time.
posted by BradNelson at 2:34 PM on April 6, 2008


Response by poster:
I appreciate the info -- I have found the forum that I can submit my querry to at The LA Times called "Culinary SOS."

If they get the recipe I will post it here, or if you would like me to send it to you -- message me!
posted by caveat empress at 7:07 AM on April 7, 2008


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