Fluffy coconut & lime cake

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• Helen

  07 April 2008

  Helen rated and commented on this recipe

  

  A very lovely cake, looks impressive. The creamed coconut was a little awkward to grate, would probably use the same quantity of dessicated coconut. I would also consider using two limes instead of one to give a little extra tang.

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• sally

  09 August 2008

  sally rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I used two limes as suggested above, one would definitely not be enough, and couldn't find creamed coconut so had to use dessicated, I will probably make this again, but in addition to using two limes in the sponge I think I would make a lime sugar syrup to soak the sponges after cooking as I still felt it needed a little something more, but a nice recipe.

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• Chocy adict

  06 August 2009

  Chocy adict commented on this recipe

  lovely sponge but couldnt make the frosting, had 3 attempts with no joy

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• Jemanser85

  19 September 2009

  Jemanser85 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Just baked this cake - turned out to be a 3 layer cake as I split the mix into 3 20cm tins! Made my own vanilla buttercream frosting and put a bit between each layer and some on the top then decoated with dessicated coconut and lime zest! Took others advice and used 2 limes in the mix for extra zing!

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• frani

  16 June 2010

  frani commented on this recipe

  Excellent Cake and all have fallen in love with it. I have tweeaked like others as I add the whole 200g of creamed coconut some desicated Coconut in the mixture. I have also added lime jam as well as the frosting in the middle. I ran out of Coconut flakes so used chopped Strawberries and desicated Coconut. Deliciouzo

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• jss89

  25 April 2011

  jss89 commented on this recipe

  Thanks for the recipe. I have many food allergies, so I made a wheat, dairy and soy free recipe. It's lovely :) I used dessicated coconut as that was all I had in the cupboard, and took heid from the previous comments when it came to the icing. I figured that the reason it wasn't workng was because it had no cream of tartar. Not having any of this either, I used baking powder, about 1/2 tsp. I also used the rind and juice of 2 limes, and I found that this made it zesty enough. Yum, yum. I'll definitely be adding it to the recipe pile.

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• nanajan

  18 October 2011

  nanajan rated and commented on this recipe

  

  O yes this was a yummie yummieeee cake did'nt last long went in a flash will definitely make this again ;-)

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• Lucy

  28 April 2012

  Lucy rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Very nice cake, and the frosting makes it a little bit special. Like a lot of others I used 2 limes although I would use more next time as it wasn't zingy enough to complement the sweetness of the coconut (for me anyway). Overall an impressive cake which is worth the effort.

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Ingredients

• 200g caster sugar
• 200g butter , softened
• 4 eggs , beaten
• 200g self-raising flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 lime , zested and juiced
• ½ x 200g block creamed coconut , grated
• sweetened coconut flakes to decorate

FROSTING

• 2 egg whites
• 200g granulated sugar
• ½ tsp vanilla extract

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Serves 10

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Ready in 1 hour plus cooling

Ingredients

• 200g caster sugar
• 200g butter , softened
• 4 eggs , beaten
• 200g self-raising flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 lime , zested and juiced
• ½ x 200g block creamed coconut , grated
• sweetened coconut flakes to decorate

FROSTING

• 2 egg whites
• 200g granulated sugar
• ½ tsp vanilla extract

Per serving

488 kcalories, protein 5.8g, carbohydrate 59.6g, fat 26.9 g, saturated fat 7.9g, fibre 0.9g, salt 0.77 g

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