I was going to write up this recipe later but just had to share it with you because it tastes amazing! I tell thee no fibs. This eggless Coconut Buttercream Cake is SO tasty; In fact, I would even go as far as saying it is the best tasting cake I have ever made. Although I cannot take much credit for it as I adapted the recipe from Swapna’s Eggless Pound Cake recipe. She has a lovely blog over at Cooking with Swapna and I definitely recommend you go and check her yummy recipes out! I wasn’t able to make a pound cake because I’m so ill-equipped that I don’t have a loaf tin (sad face). So I raided my cupboards and came out with sweetened desiccated coconut and vanilla extract. Simple. I decided to turn the recipe into a regular three layer cake, however with this recipe you really cannot go wrong whatever baking pan you use. Just remember to grease and line them with butter and baking paper. You can experiment with any flavours you like, although I used coconut and vanilla because I love the taste of them! Enough of the chit-chat. This cake has to be baked… Like now! Coconut Vanilla Buttercream Cake(adapted from Swapna’s Eggless Pound Cake recipe) Ingredients 200g plain flour100g skimmed milk powder¼ cup sweetened desiccated coconut160g icing sugar (confectioner’s sugar)1 tbsp vanilla extract (or the seeds from 1 fresh vanilla pod)100g butter, softened2 tsp’s baking powder1 tsp bicarbonate of soda½ cup plain natural yogurt½ cup water½ cup milk Method
- Sift together the plain flour, skimmed milk powder, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl cream together the icing sugar, vanilla and butter.
- Gently mix in half of the sifted flour mixture.
- Add the milk and water and mix until there are not any lumps (but don’t overwork it).
- Add the yogurt and the remaining sifted flour mixture and coconut then fold these in using a metal spoon. Take care not to beat it too much.
- Grease and line three 6X1inch cake tins and divide the mixture equally between them.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees Celsius for 20-25 minutes.
- When cooked, remove from the oven and allow to cool on a wire rack. For the Buttercream Beat together… ¾ cup butter1 cup icing sugar (confectioner’s sugar)1 tsp vanilla extract Sandwich the cake layers together using the buttercream and top with the buttercream and more sweetened desiccated coconut.
Check out this little cutey! She was meowing on my doorstep this afternoon and trying to jump in through the window (shock horror!) Sadly my housemate is afraid of anything that isn’t human. Silly, silly housemate! So after wondering what cats ate and definitely ruling out bread and English Cheddar cheese I opted for, uhh… a teeny tiny bit of milk. Hey, we have a little birdy at home so cats are new territory for me blush You think cats like coconut cake? No. I better not. Enjoy the scrummy yummy cake everyone! Don’t forget to keep e-mailing your recipes through for the Create for a chilli chopper competition!
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