I found this recipe in a book a while ago; but I can't remember which book! You can also find it on the Net, using normal milk and without any icing or bling. So I decided to tweak it a wee bit, and to up the coconutty flavour with coconut cream. And then of course, chocolate glacé icing popped into my head - you know, Bounty bars and all. You will need to be a coconut fan, if you make this cake, my friends. It is indeed a coconutty treat.
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| my coconutty heart |
Cake ingredients:
90g. (a big 3 oz) shredded/desiccated coconut
150g. (5½ oz) self-raising flour
1/2 tsp baking powder (optional) - if your flour is a wee bit old :-)
165g. (5¾ oz) caster sugar or vanilla sugar
185 mLs (6 fl oz) coconut cream or coconut milk or plain milk
Icing ingredients:
100g. icing sugar/icing mixture
25g. Dutch cocoa or black cocoa powder
50-60 mLs (around 3 tbs) coconut cream - you may need more or less, depending on how runny you like your icing
Bling!! for decoration
Method:
Place the coconut, flour, baking powder if using, caster sugar and coconut cream in a batter bowl/medium mixing bowl
Give it a thorough whisking, or use electric beaters like I did
Butter a 20cm./8 inch cake tin really really well! I suggest flouring it as well
Slide it into the middle of your pre-heated 180C (350F) oven
Bake for about 40 minutes till a skewer thrust into its heart comes out clean (and it's a pretty golden colour)
Let it sit in the tin for five minutes to cool, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely
Make up the glacé icing by putting the icing sugar and cocoa into a small bowl, add the coconut cream and stir till well combined
Tip/spoon/pour the icing over the cake and cast on your bling, my hearties
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| ingredients gathered, as Harry Potter might say :-) |
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| ready to whisk |
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| ready for the oven - 40 mins @ 180C |
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| out of the oven |
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| cool on a wire rack |
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| get ready to do some glacé-ing :-) |
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| bling-ed and ready to eat |
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| oozy icing; all dressed up and ready to go |
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| artwork © Sherry's Pickings |
Anything involves coconut has got to be yummy! Love that glorious dark icing too.
ReplyDeletethanks so much angie!
DeleteOh yum, that looks do good, love coconut cakes so much☺
ReplyDeletethanks natalia. yep you have to be a coconut fan for this cake:)
DeleteLove fresh, chewy coconut - looks fabulous Sherry :)
ReplyDeletethanks m'am!
DeleteWow that is my sort of cake - coconut and chocolate are a match made in heaven and the sort of treats I grew up on often had this combination.
ReplyDeletehi johanna
Deleteyep definitely a heavenly match!
Sherry, such a lovely cake. Chocolate and coconut are a delicious combination. The glacé icing is gorgeous. So cool that your dad stayed home with you!
ReplyDeletethanks much kelly. the black cocoa powder worked a treat in the glace icing. yep that was my dad - Mr Cool - tee hee!
DeleteI think a hammer is a good tool to deal with a coconut as they're so hard! My brother in law wrecked one of my good knives trying to open one up. This cake looks fantastic Sherry!
ReplyDeleteoh no lorraine! i would be a bit furious if a good knife was ruined by a coconut and a brother-in-law:-) thanks!
DeleteHaha! A good hammer and a coconut sounds like a great thing after spending the day with little kids. :-) I like to bake when I need stress relief, though, and this cake looks fantastic, Sherry! I love that you hears a heart-shaped pan here, too. Yum!!
ReplyDeletethank you david. yep i reckon dad really enjoyed getting his hammer and chisel into the eyes of that tough-as-nails fruit/berry?? whatever it is...
DeleteWhen I read your post''s title, I did not expect to see all that black cocoa frosting! Utterly fantastic!
ReplyDeletethanks Jeff. very kind of you. yep i am a convert to that black cocoa now. and i took your advice, and didn't dilute it with normal cocoa!
DeleteThis is delightful Sherry, I have never cooked a coconut cake before but you have inspired me. Plus your pretty heart shaped mold displays this beautifully, thanks for another must cook from your amazing reportoire.
ReplyDeletethanks so much merryn. you are very kind to say. yes i do love a heart-shaped cake!
DeleteIt looks delicious and very pretty.
ReplyDeletethanks Nil!
DeleteI've done that hammer and coconut routine. Harder than it sounds. :-) Anyway, great looking cake. After lemon and lime, coconut is my favorite flavor in sweets. Well, with chocolate, but you've got that covered! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteyep dad had fun i think, sticking that chisel in the eyes and whacking it down into the flesh! I like that chocolate icing - the black cocoa gives it such depth! thanks for dropping by.
DeleteWow - I love that your parents were so far ahead! I’m sure my mother could have whacked a few coconuts with gusto after taking care of us four boys all day!
ReplyDeleteThe cake is really beautiful- and I adore coconut!
thanks david! yep chocolate and coconut - great combo.
DeleteAnything coconut gets my vote and this looks delicious! I love the idea of the coconut cream and the chocolate glace icing - so extra!
ReplyDeletethanks sammie. the icing was a wee bit delish:-)
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