Dessert

Coconut Cake is for Dessert.

Coconut Cake takes 55 minutes to prepare.

Coconut Cake takes 30 minutes to cook.

Coconut Cake makes 20 servings.

The ingredients for Coconut Cake are:

Cake
1 Cup butter
2 Cups Sugar
4 eggs
3 cups self-raising flower
1 cup coconut milk
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Filling
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup greek yoghurt or sour cream
1 cup shredded coconut or flaked coconut
2 cups good quality strawberry jam
Frosting
1.5 cups castor sugar
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup of water
2 egg whites
1.5 teaspoon vanilla extract

Garnish
shredded coconut (optional)

Here is how you make Coconut Cake:

1 3-layer cake1. Preheat oven to 180`C and grease and flour 3 9-inch cake pans2.Cream butter until fluffy3.Add sugar and continue to cream for 6-8 minutes (using electic beaters)4.Add eggs...1 at a time, beating well after each addition5.Add flour and milk alternately to creamed mixture,beginning and ending with flour.6.Add vanilla and beat until just mixed7.Divide batter equally among pans and level.8.Bake for 25-35minutes or until done9.Cool in pans for 10 minutes and leave to cool completely on wire rack10.To prepare filling stir together all ingredient except the jam11.To prepare the frosting place sugar.cream of tartar,salt,water and egg whites in the top of a double boiler. Beat with electical beaters for one minute12.Place pan over boiling water (being sure water does not touch pan)13.Beat constantly for 7 minutes14. Beat in vanilla15. To assemble, make holes with a wooden spatula in the cake then place filling on one side of the cake and spread strawberry jam on the top side.16.Stack the cakes like this and then put on frosting all over cake. Sprinkle with coconut and put in fridgeNumber of Servings: 20Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user NIENIE*.

The nutritional information for Coconut Cake is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 20
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 413.6

• Total Fat: 17.4 g
• Cholesterol: 78.0 mg
• Sodium: 72.1 mg
• Total Carbs: 60.8 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.9 g
• Protein: 5.3 g

The dietary needs meet for Coconut Cake is Low Fat