Toasted Coconut Cake

By Carla Middleton, added 28 June 2002

Difficulty Easy

  • Toasted Coconut Cake

Ingredients

1/2 cup coconut

125g butter

1 cup Chelsea Soft Brown Sugar (lightly packed)

1 tsp Chelsea Golden Syrup

2 eggs

pinch salt

1/2 tsp vanilla

1 1/2 cups self-raising flour

1/2 cup milk



Icing

1 cup Chelsea icing sugar

1-1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice

2 tablespoons of toasted coconut

to sprinkle over top of icing

Method

Place coconut and extra coconut (for icing) into frying pan, stir over low heat until golden brown, remove from pan, cool.

Set aside 2 tablespoons for top of cake.

Cream butter and sugar until light and creamy,beat in syrup,add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add coconut,salt and vanilla.

Mix in sifted flour altertantly with milk, mix well.

Place in greased deep 20 cm (8 inch)round cake tin.

Bake in moderate oven 35-40 mins



When cool, ice with lemon icing, sprinkle with reserved toasted coconut.



Icing

Sift icing sugar into small bowl, add lemon juice to mix to a soft spreading consistency.

Spread over top of cake.

Sprinkle with coconut.

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