Wednesday 24 June 2009

Coconut Mango Cake

This cake is both delicious and pretty. The mango gives it the most glorious gold colour and the taste combination of coconut and mango is sensational. You can use either fresh mango puree, or tinned at a pinch. Ingredients 

330g caster sugar 
250g butter 
4 eggs 
160ml mango puree 
2 cups desiccated coconut 
375g self raising flour 

Preheat your oven to 180 degrees. 

Grease and line a cake tin (baker's grease will work really well too... hmmm must post the recipe for that!). 

Beat the sugar and butter in a mixing bowl until combined (not light and fluffy, just combined) then add the eggs one at a time - don't beat strongly, just to combine. 

Grab a wooden spoon and stir in the coconut and mango puree and then the flour. Spread into your prepared cake tin - the mixture is quite thick. 

Bake for about 1 and a half hours. Stand for a few minutes in the tin before turning out on to a wire rack; flip so it is top side up to cool. 

Icing: 1 and a half cups of icing sugar 1 egg white 2 tablespoons mango puree 3/4 cup desiccated coconut Beat the egg white till foamy... gradually beat in the icing sugar a tablespoon at a time. Stir in the puree and coconut, and then spread onto the cake.

4 comments:

Rosa's Yummy Yums said...

A delicious looking and sounding cake! A great flavor combo!

Cheers,

Rosa

Cynthia said...

That's an excellent combo and it looks so moist and delicious.

Rosa's Yummy Yums said...

Have a good end of week!

Cheers,

Rosa

Cathy Pieroz said...

This does sound good and looks great. Looking forward to trying the mango/coconut combo for myself. Thanks for sharing this recipe :) - Cathy Pieroz at Ray White Alexandra Hills