coconut cake
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 6
Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 cup granulated white sugar
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- 3 1/2 tblsp desiccated coconut
- 3/4 cup coconut milk/ cows milk
- 3 eggs
- Pinch of salt
For the butter cream
- 150g butter
- 2 cups icing sugar
- 2 tbsp coconut milk/ cows milk
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- Toasted desiccated coconut
Method
- STEP 1Grease baking tin around 18 inches and set oven to gas mark 4
- STEP 2Place desiccated coconut in the milk to soak, in a separate bowl separate egg yolks and whites
- STEP 3Whisk whites until soft peaks start to form
- STEP 4Add sugar to egg yolks and beat well until smooth and pale then add in salt and melted butter, beat
- STEP 5Stir baking powder into flour then add to yolk mixture along with the milk and coconut mixture, beat
- STEP 6Fold whites into mixture and bake for around 40 minutes or until a knife can come out of the centre clean. Leave to cool in tin for around 10 mins then out of tin until completely cool
- STEP 7To make butter cream add all ingredients and beat until smooth and pale, top the cooled cake with the icing and sprinkle toasted coconut on top. Slice and enjoy.
