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• Just Jacky

  Joined: 01 Aug 2006

  

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  Coconut cake 13 Sep 2006

  Doe's anyone know how to make one?
  
  It's my Mums birthday next week and she really likes coconut cake but I can seem to find any simple coconut cake recipes. Any suggestions?

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• Keo Sue

  Joined: 26 Jul 2006

  

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  Coconut cake 14 Sep 2006

  Hi Jacky, I asked the same question on the 2nd September, 2006 and didn't get any replies but quite a few people had viewed. I had looked through all my cookery books and all the sites on the internet but couldn't find anything. My friend gave me a recipe which I did but I was not impressed with the results. Another friend said why don't you just do an ordinary sponge cake recipe with the addition of coconut. Worth thinking about I guess.

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• Mango

  Joined: 20 Jul 2006

  

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  Coconut cake 15 Sep 2006

  Thats what my nan does - she has her basic sponge recipe that she just adapts. Although if you are adding more dry ingredients take some of the other dry ingredients out otherwise the cake won't be moist enough. So if she's making chocolate cake she'll replace some of the flour with cocoa. I can't remember the quantities though - just have a play I guess.

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• Keo Sue

  Joined: 26 Jul 2006

  

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  Coconut cake 15 Sep 2006

  I am certainly going to have a go at concocting the cake and will let you know what has come out the best. Wish now I had kept all my mums old cookery books. Maybe if I wrote to Delia she would advise!!!

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• seth25

  Joined: 06 Feb 2007

  

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  Coconut cake 06 Feb 2007

  Here is my Mum's recipe and it is gorgeous!
  
  I usually bake this in a 2lb loaf tin.
  
  4oz butter
  4oz caster sugar
  2 large eggs
  6oz self raising flour
  2oz desicated coconut
  Approx 2 tablespoons of milk
  
  Cream butter & sugar till soft and pale, beat eggs and add to mixture. Gradually fold in coconut, then flour. Add milk to give soft dropping consistency. Sprinkle top of cake with coconut and caster sugar and bake at Gas mark 3 for 1 to 1 and a quarter hours. ENJOY

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• MelanieBall

  Joined: 10 Feb 2007

  

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  Coconut cake 10 Feb 2007

  I used to make this coconut cake ages ago and it was really lovely - but I used half the mixture and baked it in a loaf tin for one person.
  
  Snow Queen Cake
  
  Whitworths IngredientsRequired Ingredients
  150g/5oz Margarine
  150g/5oz Caster Sugar
  3 Eggs
  225g/8oz Self Raising Flour
  Pinch of Salt
  125g/4oz Whitworths Desiccated Coconut
  45ml/3tbsp Milk
  
  
  Icing
  175g/6oz Icing Sugar
  50g/2oz Butter
  Top of the milk
  50g/2oz Whitworths Desiccated Coconut
  
  
  How to make
  Oven: 180°C, 350°F, Gas Mark 4
  1. Grease and flour an 18cm, 7" cake tin.
  2. Cream margarine and sugar until light.
  3. Beat in the eggs, one at a time.
  4. Sift flour and salt. Mix with coconut.
  5. Add dry ingredients and milk.
  6. Turn into prepared tin and bake for 1-1¼ hours.
  7. Place on a wire rack until cool.
  8. Icing - Cream together icing sugar and butter. Add a little top of the milk to give a smooth consistency.
  9. Cover cake with butter cream and coat in coconut.

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