Coconut carrot slices

Coconut carrot slices

If you’re looking for a treat for afternoon tea, or something to make for a cake sale, try this crunchy-topped traybake

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 15

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 40 mins

Method

  1. Butter and line a traybake or small roasting tin, about 20 x 30cm. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Gently melt the butter in a large saucepan, cool for 5 mins, add the sugar, vanilla and eggs, then beat until smooth with a wooden spoon. Stir in the flour, coconut and ¼ tsp salt. Stir the carrot and mixed spice into the mix. Bake for 30 mins.
  2. Meanwhile, evenly mix 85g more coconut with 25g light muscovado sugar and 25g melted butter. Smooth this over the cake, then bake for 10 mins more until golden and a skewer inserted comes out clean. Cool, then cut into squares.

PER SERVING

347 kcalories, protein 4g, carbohydrate 35g, fat 22 g, saturated fat 15g, fibre 2g, sugar 25g, salt 0.22 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2009.

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  • 15 June 2009

    Alison_happy rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Very easy to make - A big success

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  • 15 June 2009

    Linda K commented on this recipe

    Lovely tasting and moist, but I found that after 30 mins it was nowhere near cooked - 50 mins was more like it. Also, although the topping looks very nice, as soon as you bite into the cake most of the coconut falls off. Next time I'll try butter icing with coconut sprinkled on top.

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  • 13 July 2009

    xxAbixx rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made this yesterday for guests and turned out very nice :) Changed the topping as i took the advice from previous comments which said it was too dry. Instead i mixed marscapone cheese with a drop of orange juice and some icing sugar and then sprinkled with dessicated coconut. very impressed!! Very nice and moist with a perfect topping definetly 5 stars

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  • 14 July 2009

    Hayles commented on this recipe

    The topping was a little crumbly so the second time I made this I used slightly more butter.

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  • 14 July 2009

    Hayles rated this recipe

    5 stars

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  • 12 August 2009

    lauriegoldie commented on this recipe

    this is apparently the best coconut cake my boss has ever tasted...get in!

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  • 20 September 2009

    beth82 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made this cake yesterday and it was delicious. I used demerara sugar in the topping rather than light muscovado sugar and it was lovely and crunchy. The cake was perfectly cooked after 40 minutes. Will definitely be making this again.

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  • 19 October 2009

    Karrie commented on this recipe

    Great cake for a novice baker. Easy but delicious. Will make again for sure.

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  • 29 October 2009

    meridian commented on this recipe

    what a fantastic cake,very easy to make & everybody thought it was yummy!

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  • 29 October 2009

    meridian rated this recipe

    5 stars

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  • 06 November 2009

    gingergarlic rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    An excellent recipe - v moist cake. I agree with everyone about the topping: it's too crumbly.

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  • 13 November 2009

    EmSmith rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Had to give this five stars. Made it for a school fayre and it had all sold out within the first ten minutes. One man bought ten slices to take home! Was beautifully moist and yet light at the same time. And the combination of carrot and coconut works surprisingly well. Would agree with previous comments that 30 minutes is not enough cooking time, though. Mine took closer to 45. Also found the topping very crumbly. Most of it fell off in transit. Love Abi's idea of a mascarpone topping. Will try that or buttercream next time. Thanks!

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  • 11 December 2009

    Beth rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Topping very crumbly but overall was really tasty and moist.

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  • 17 March 2010

    eddy rated this recipe

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  • 25 March 2010

    Michelle rated this recipe

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  • 18 April 2010

    helen rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    this was really tasty, light and moist. I added some chopped nuts and used mascapone cheese with orange juice for the topping, i made it as a birthday cake for my one year old as due to the shape it is easier to cut into smaller squares for little hands and mouths... will definately use this recipie again

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    03 August 2010

    jdr rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Very tasty. Maybe a bit too buttery. These go down well with my family. Nice served as pudding with custard!

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  • 10 August 2010

    SLappin rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Very tasty and very moist!

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  • 24 September 2010

    chubbycakeface rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I used cream cheese mixed with brown sugar for the topping, sprinkled over with left-over coconut and it was heavenly :-)

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  • 09 October 2010

    esmeralda commented on this recipe

    i made this recipe the other day,it was lovely! dead easy too,i recommend!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 15

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 40 mins

Ingredients

  • 250g pack unsalted butter
  • 300g light muscovado sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 large eggs
  • 200g self-raising flour
  • 50g desiccated coconut
  • 200g grated carrots
  • 2 tsp mixed spice

FOR THE TOPPING

  • 85g desiccated coconut
  • 25g light muscovado sugar
  • 25g butter , melted
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PER SERVING

347 kcalories, protein 4g, carbohydrate 35g, fat 22 g, saturated fat 15g, fibre 2g, sugar 25g, salt 0.22 g

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