Monday 2 June 2014

Chloe Cooks - Coconut Loaf



When it comes to baking, I like to stick to the basics. The throwing the ingredients together in one large bowl and then bunging it into the oven - 60 minutes later voilá! Anything to cuisine is just too difficult and it completely backfires for me. When I had my French exchange over we tried making macarons and they totally failed (most probably down to moi...)!

Anyway, seeing as I have so much time on my hands now that I have left school, I decided to do some baking. I baked a scrummy coconut loaf cake which tastes so good, plus coconut tastes so good!

You will need:

- 175g butter or margarine
- 175g caster sugar
- 3 eggs
-225g plain flour
- 1tsp baking powder
- 100g desiccated coconut
-2tbsp milk 

Step 1: Grease or line your baking tin with greaseproof paper - for this recipe I used a bread tin (is that what they're called?). Preheat your oven to 170°C/338°F/Gas mark 3-4


Step 2: In a bowl, cream together the butter and sugar using a metal or wooden spoon.


Step 3: Gently beat in your eggs one at a time. If you prefer you can use an electric mixer or whisk - but here I just put my muscles to use!


Step 4: Once you have added all of your eggs to your mixture, using a sieve, sift the flour and the baking powder into the bowl and mix it until thick.


Step 5: Finally add your desiccated coconut into your mixture. If you want to add flavourings to your cake you can also do that now. I've seen several recipes that have included cinnamon into them, but I left that out because my family doesn't like it!


Step 6: Place your baking tray into the oven and cook for about an hour. To check if the cake is cooked place a wooden skewer into the centre; if it comes out clean, the cake is ready. If the cake needs extra time but is browning too much, cover it in tin foil and continue to bake.


Enjoy! Let me know if you try out this recipe as I know several other bloggers have!

Chloe x

4 comments:

  1. I need to try this, coconut is my favourite! Lovely post! :)

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    1. Thank you lovely! It's so yummy!

      Chloe x

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  2. Thanks for your cute translation! I'm very glad that you like my blog.
    Your blog is really great. I urgently need to test this recipe!

    Greetings from Berlin
    Jülide
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  3. i love how you're pairing it with strawberries! yum! :)
    thanks for sharing! x


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