Easy to make, tasty to eat. “Cakes” don’t always need to be sweet, but they sure always take center stage on the menu.  This Seafood Fajita cake is perfect for when you can’t decide which filling you like best, and it’s perfect to serve up for any party.

  1. Line a cake pan with a removable bottom with parchment paper. Have medium large flour tortillas.
  2. Make taco mix first. Heat oil in a saucepan over medium heat.  Add diced onions and saute until just softened. . Stir in garlic until aromatic. Add spices and salsa (with mango, pineapple and some avocado) to the mix, cook for 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and set aside.
  3. To make shimp/crab fajita mix, saute onions and peppers in oil over medium heat until just caramelized and softened. Stir in the tomato paste and fajita seasoning to coat the vegetables. Add in the shrimp and crab meat and stir to coat completely.  Add water to loosen and cook to heat through, a few minutes. Set aside.
  4. Heat a pan over medium-high heat. Add oil, sliced peppers and onions. Saute until caramelized and soft. Remove. Add peppers back into the pan along with fajita seasoning. Pour in lime juice and stir to coat.  Set aside.
  5. Add one tortilla to a cake tin and top with sliced mozzarella and cup grated cheddar topped with another tortilla and press down. Top this tortilla with the taco mince and grated cheddar cheese. Mix in slices of pepper jack cheese.
  6. Repeat with another quesadilla, fajita mix and mixed cheddar, another quesadilla, crab/shrimp mix and cheddar cheese finishing with a quesadilla on top.  Pressing down.
  7. Brush the top with oil.
  8. Bake in an oven at 180ºC for 20-30 minutes until cheese is melted through. Grill for 5 minutes until golden on top.
  9. Meanwhile, make guacamole; mash avocados in a bowl, add red onion, spices, lime juice and season with salt and pepper.
  10. Remove cake from the oven, add a ring of guacamole around the edge, followed by a ring of sour cream and finally the mango salsa in the middle.
  11. Slice and serve.
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