Pink Lady Cake

By Chelsea's team of cooks, added 10 February 2010

Difficulty Easy RecipePrep time20 minutes RecipeCooking Time 35 minutes

  • Pink Lady Cake

Celebrating all things Pink! This crazy pink cake is fun and frivolous - great as a party cake and is utterly moist and delicious.

Recipe Rating: 5

Ingredients

250g butter
1 cup Chelsea Icing Sugar
1 egg
1 cup plain flour
1/4 cup desiccated coconut
1/2 tsp cochineal or pink food colouring soaked in 1/2 cup of milk
1 tsp baking powder

Pink Berry Butter Icing:
2 cups Chelsea Pink Berry Flavoured Icing Sugar
25g butter melted
Desiccated coconut to sprinkle on top.

Method

Cream butter and sugar, add egg. Alternatively add flour and coconut and the 'pink milk' mixture. Add baking powder and mix until smooth. Pour into a well-greased and paper-lined round or square cake tin approx. 20cm. Bake for 35 minutes at 190°C. Cool on a wire rack and ice with pink butter icing when cold.

Pink butter Icing
Mix all ingredients together until a smooth creamy consistency. Sprinkle with coconut.

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Overall rating

Recipe Rating: 5

5 ratings, 126 people added this to their Favourite Recipes.

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    loved it

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  • 5

    Love this cake!!! always a crowd pleaser.