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The Croft Cookbook

A cookbook for the masses

Coconut Cake

Cakes, Biscuits and Bread  

Ingredients

100 gm Butter or margarine
100 gm Granulated white sugar
100 gm Plain flour
1 tsp Baking powder
3 Tbsp Milk
3 Egg yolk(s)

Topping

3 Egg white(s)
100 gm Caster sugar
100 gm Desiccated coconut
1 tsp Cornflour

Method

Pre-heat the oven to 190�C.

Cream the butter or margarine and sugar, then add the beaten egg yolks. Fold in the sieved dry ingredients and milk alternately. Spread the mixture into a well-greased and lined cake tin.

Beat the egg whites until stiff and then beat in the caster sugar. Fold in the coconut and cornflour. Spread the mixture over the cake. Bake for 1 hour.

24 Sep 2023
Shirl Seath