Coconut cake
Serves 10
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A tasty party dessert with a juicy raspberry lime drizzle
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- 200g block creamed coconutchopped
- 3 tbsp rapeseed or groundnut oil
- 200g tub full-fat soft cheese
- 600g sugar
- 5 large eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 375g plain flour
- 175g desiccated coconut
- icing sugar, raspberry lime drizzle (see below), coconut curls and limezest (both optional) to serve
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal731
- fat37g
- saturates25g
- carbs96g
- sugars67g
- fibre4g
- protein11g
- salt0.35glow
Method
step 1
In a small pan, heat the creamed coconut gently until it melts. Mix in oil, then pour into a large bowl. Leave to cool.
step 2
Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Line a deep 20 x 30cm baking tin with baking parchment. Add cheese and sugar to the cooled cream, then beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each, then the vanilla extract and a pinch of salt. The mix will become mousse-like. Fold in flour, then coconut.
step 3
Scrape into the tin. Bake for 1 hr-1 hr 5 mins until golden brown and a skewer stuck in the centre comes out clean. Turn out and cool on a rack. Serve, dusted with icing sugar and cut in wedges. Pour on the drizzle, add coconut curls and zest, if using.
