Name: Coconut cream cake
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: Cuts into 10 slices
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: juice of 1 lemon; 50g desiccated coconut; 200ml carton coconut cream; 85g fine or medium polenta; 2 level tsp baking powder; 140g butter at room temperature; 140g golden caster sugar; finely grated zest of ½ lemon; 140g plain flour; 2 tbsp toasted desiccated coconut; 140g icing sugar sieved

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Coconut cream cake

Coconut cream cake

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Cuts into 10 slices

Easy

Prep: 20 mins - 25 mins

Cook: 55 mins

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A tempting egg-free cake with a taste of the exotic to it

Freezable (Can be frozen when uniced)

Egg-free

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Ingredients

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For the cake

juice of 1 lemon
50g desiccated coconut
200ml carton coconut cream
85g fine or medium polenta
2 level tsp baking powder
140g butter

at room temperature
140g golden caster sugar
finely grated zest of ½ lemon
140g plain flour

Topping

2 tbsp toasted desiccated coconut
140g icing sugar

sieved

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal411
fat23g
saturates17g
carbs50g
sugars30g
fibre2g
protein4g
salt0.58g

low

Method

step 1

Heat the oven to 180C/gas 4/fan oven 160C. Line an 18cm round cake tin with baking parchment. Cream together the butter and sugar until soft. Add 150ml/1⁄4pint of the coconut cream and the remaining cake ingredients and beat lightly to make a soft and slightly wet mixture.
step 2

Spoon the ingredients into the tin and bake for 50-55 minutes, until the top of the cake is golden and a skewer inserted comes clean. Remove from the oven allow to cool in the cake tin.
step 3

When cold, remove the cake from the tin, peel away the paper and put the cake on a plate. Put the icing sugar into a bowl and add enough of the reserved coconut cream to mix to a thick but flowing consistency. Spread the icing over the cake, allowing it to dribble down the sides, then sprinkle the toasted coconut around the top edge.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2002

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