Lime and coconut drizzle cake
- Serves 10
- Estimated Time: 01:43:45
- Easy
- Baking
- United Kingdom
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Preheat your oven to 180ºC / 160ºC Fan
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Lightly butter a 900g loaf tin that measures about 20cm x 9cm x 8cm deep, and line with a strip of baking paper, so that the excess hangs over the sides of the tin (to make removing the cake easier)
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Put the butter, sugar, and lime zest (reserve a little to finish) into a large bowl and, using an electric mixer, beat together until light and fluffy (for about 5 minutes)
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Add the eggs a little at a time, beating until fully combined before adding more
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In a separate bowl, mix together the flour and desiccated coconut
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Once all of the egg has been combined, add half of the flour mixture and fold together until evenly combined
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Add the coconut milk and mix to combine
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To finish, add the remaining flour and fold together until evenly combined
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Scrape the cake batter into the prepared loaf tin and level out
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Bake in the preheated oven for around 50-55 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean
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While the cake is baking, put the flaked coconut into a dry frying pan and cook over a medium heat for a few minutes until lightly browned
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Leave to cool completely on a wire rack
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Weigh out 100g of caster sugar
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Juice 3 limes
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Once the cake is out of the oven, make the glaze: heat the lime juice and sugar in a small saucepan until simmering and the sugar has fully dissolved
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When the cake has cooled for a few minutes, poke holes in it with a skewer and brush with the syrup
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Scatter the toasted coconut over the top of the cake
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Finish the cake by sprinkling the reserved lime zest over the top
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