Coconut Cake Recipe

Coconut Cake Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 125ml milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 75g butter
• 1/2 tsp lemon zest
• 75g sugar
• 50g desiccated coconut
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 200g plain flour

Method

1. Pre-heat oven to 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4
2. Sift flour, salt and baking powder together in a bowl
3. Rub in butter until it feels like fine breadcrumbs
4. Add coconut, lemon zest and sugar
5. In a separate bowl beat egg, add 100ml/3½ fl oz milk and vanilla extract
6. Make a hole in the flour mixture and add liquid egg/milk mix
7. Blend altogether until mixture has a stiff consistency
8. Add the additional milk if needed
9. Place in a greased 15cm (6 inch) cake tin and bake at 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4 for 40 minutes or until an inserted knife in the middle comes out clean

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