Coconut and Carrot Layer Cake
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Difficulty:
moderate
Difficulty
Preparation:
1 hr
Preparation
ready in 1 hr 45 min.
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Ingredients
for
1
- For the cake
- 1 cup soft light brown sugar
- 2 tsps ground cinnamon
- 2 tsps vanilla extract
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- ⅔ cup self-rising flour (sifted)
- 1 cup Shredded coconut
- 2 eggs
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 ½ cups carrots (finely grated)
- For the frosting
- 1.333 cups cream cheese
- ¼ cup Coconut milk
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 Tbsps Vanilla sugar
- ⅜ cup double cream
- To garnish
- Coconut flakes
- To prepare the tin
- butter (softened)
- all-purpose flour
Preparation steps
1.
Heat the oven to 200°C (180°C in a fan oven), 400°F, gas 6. Brush the base and sides of the tin with butter and dust with flour, tapping out any excess.
2.
Put the sugar, cinnamon and vanilla in a bowl. Add the oil, baking powder, flour, coconut, eggs and salt and beat together well. Stir through the carrots and tip the mixture into the prepared baking tin. Bake for approx. 45 minutes (cocktail stick test). Leave to cool in the tin.
3.
For the frosting, beat the cream cheese with the coconut milk, icing sugar and vanilla sugar until smooth. Whip the cream until stiff and fold in.
4.
Slice the cake into four layers. Place one layer in a cake ring and spread thinly with frosting. Assemble the remaining layers, spreading each with frosting in the same way, and top with the rest of the frosting. Chill until ready to serve.
5.
Remove the cake ring and serve garnished with coconut chips.
