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Serves
8
Prep
15
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Cooking
60
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Chocolate Coconut Cake

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Directions
Step 1

Preheat oven to 180C. Grease and line a 25cm round cake tin.

Step 2

Mix all cake ingredients using an electric mixer. Mix on medium speed until smooth.

Step 3

Pour cake batter into lined cake tin and bake for an hour or until skewer comes out clean. Do not open oven while cooking.

Step 4

Allow to cool before turning out on plate.

Step 5

TO MAKE FROSTING:Melt chocolate in a medium heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water until smooth. Cool slightly. Cream butter, icing sugar and vanilla essence together. Add egg yolk and melted chocolate and beat until fluffy. Decorate cake.

Tips

For a decadent, but simple dessert, serve with vanilla bean ice-cream and fresh berries.

Ingredients
  • CAKE:
  • 1 cup caster sugar
  • 1/2 cup McKenzie's Fine Desiccated Coconut
  • 1 3/4 cups plain flour
  • 1/3 cup cocoa, preferably Dutch
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 1/2 tsps McKenzie's Bi-Carb Soda
  • 1 tsp McKenzie's Australian Natural Sea Salt
  • 1 tsp McKenzie's Baking Powder
  • 1/3 cup canola oil
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 tsps vanilla essence
  • FROSTING:
  • 100g dark cooking chocolate
  • 125g unsalted butter, chopped and softened
  • 1 1/2 cups icing sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 1 egg yolk

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