Lemon coconut cake
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- Number of Servings: 12
Ingredients
150g soft butter1C sugar4eggs1C flour1t Baking powder2C desicated coconut (shreded)zest 1 or 2 lemonsSyrup:1/2C lemon juice3/4 C water1 C sugarZest 1-2 lemons
cream butter and 1C sugar
Beat in eggs
Sift in flour and BP then add coconut and zest of 2 lemons
Pour into cake tin and bake 45 mins at 160 or till firm
make syrup while cake is cooking by heating 1C sugar with lemon juice and zest till sugar is desolved (about 5 min)
cool for a few minutes before removing from tim and put on serving plate
Slowely pour syrup over cake. This make look crazy as there is so much liquid but trust me, it makes a moist, delicious cake that will go down a treat! If you find the syrup all pooling around the edges then gently work around the cake lifting the edges slightly with a knife to let the syrup go under it.
Cut into 12 pieces and enjoy!
Number of Servings: 12
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MAYACARRYER.
Beat in eggs
Sift in flour and BP then add coconut and zest of 2 lemons
Pour into cake tin and bake 45 mins at 160 or till firm
make syrup while cake is cooking by heating 1C sugar with lemon juice and zest till sugar is desolved (about 5 min)
cool for a few minutes before removing from tim and put on serving plate
Slowely pour syrup over cake. This make look crazy as there is so much liquid but trust me, it makes a moist, delicious cake that will go down a treat! If you find the syrup all pooling around the edges then gently work around the cake lifting the edges slightly with a knife to let the syrup go under it.
Cut into 12 pieces and enjoy!
Number of Servings: 12
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MAYACARRYER.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 332.2
- Total Fat: 16.2 g
- Cholesterol: 89.2 mg
- Sodium: 134.3 mg
- Total Carbs: 45.8 g
- Dietary Fiber: 1.6 g
- Protein: 3.6 g
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