Who's Coconut Crazy?

I know I am! That's why I tried out the Coconut Cake from the Times Newspaper. I was actually surprised they had spelling mistakes/typos on their recipe! So the version below is hopefully error free.

And the picture below is how it turned out! Delicious with a glass of milk!

Ingredients

• 175 g self-raising flour
• 1tsp baking powder
• 175 g butter, cut into cubes
• 175 g golden caster sugar
• 3 eggs, lightly beaten
• 50 g sweetened tenderised coconut or desiccated coconut
• Finely grated zest and juice of 2 limes 

Method

• Preheat the oven to 180C and line a tin with the non-stick baking parchment or butter a cake tin.

• Put the flour, baking powder, butter, sugar, eggs, coconut and lime zest and juice into a large bowl and mix together with an electric whisk. Start off slowly, and then gradually increase the speed. If you haven't got a mixer, put all the ingredients into a large bowl and mix with a wooden spoon until light and fluffy.

• Pour the mixture into a prepared tin and bake for 45-55 minutes or until skewer inserted into the center comes out clean. Leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn onto a wire rack to cool completely. 

 

• This wasn't in the recipe - but I added ready-made vanilla buttercream icing (which I bought at the superstore) on the cake when it was completely cool - then I added a generous amount of desiccated coconut.

And as the French say Bon Appetite, the Egyptians say, Bel Hana Wel Shefa!