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Coconut Bundt Cake

This Coconut Bundt Cake has a fluffy coconut center and is topped with a lemon curd icing that is simple and requires little effort and no piping.
Course Dessert
Keyword cake, citrus, coconut
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Cooling time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Servings 12
Calories 493kcal

Ingredients

Coconut cake

  • 150 grams / 5.3 ounces butter softened
  • 300 grams / 1 ½ cups superfine/caster sugar
  • 165 grams / 3 large eggs room temperature and separated
  • 177 milliliters / ¾ cup coconut milk
  • 180 grams / 2 cups desiccated coconut
  • 240 grams / 1 ½ cups plain flour
  • 5 grams / 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 6 grams / 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon sea salt

Lemon icing

  • 170 grams / 1 ½ cups confectioner’s/icing sugar
  • 25 grams / 2 tablespoons butter softened
  • 20 grams / 1 tablespoon lemon curd
  • 14 grams / 1 tablespoon milk

Instructions

Coconut Cake

  • Preheat the oven to 180ºC/350F and greaseproof a bundt tin with butter and lightly sprinkle with flour to coat the inside of the tin.
  • Place the butter and sugar into a bowl and beat on medium until pale and well combined, approximately 3 minutes.
  • Add in the egg yolks and whip until well combined, a further 1 minute.
  • Add the coconut milk and desiccated coconut, and beat until combined.
  • Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into the bowl and beat on low until just combined.
  • In a separate bowl, whip the egg whites until soft peaks form.
  • Add half the cake batter to the whipped egg whites and gently fold the until it is a smooth mixture and fully incorporated, continue with the remaining coconut mixture until the cake is nicely combine and smooth.
  • Spoon into the prepared cake tin and tap a few times to release any air bubbles.
  • Place in the oven and bake for 35 minutes until golden or a skewer comes out clean.
  • Remove and allow to cool for 5 minutes before turning out onto a cooling rack. Set aside to cool completely.

Lemon icing

  • To make the icing, place the confectioner’s sugar, butter, lemon curd and milk into a bowl and whip until smooth and loose, you don't want it to be too runny, but you want it to be a heavy drip as it comes off the spoon.
  • Spread over the cake and allow to set for 10 minutes.
  • Slice and serve.
  • Enjoy!

Notes

  • Desiccated coconut: Desiccated coconut is finer and adds a nice texture. You could substitute with shredded coconut, if you prefer.
  • Coconut milk: This gives our cake a nice undertone of coconut flavor that works well alongside the desiccated coconut.
  • Cake batter: The cake batter will be quite thick thanks to the desiccated coconut so you will need to spoon it into the cake tin and smooth out on top accordingly.
  • Bundt tin: The tin used here was 26cm / 10.5 inches in size.
  • Best kept: The cake will keep well covered at room temperature for up to 5 days, though it's best consumed within 3 days of making.
Recipe by Roamingtaste

Nutrition

Calories: 493kcal