If you love coconut and you love the flavour of lime – which I do! – you’ll love this cake. It’s very easy. The recipe includes the drizzle topping which is used instead of icing the cake.
Coconut Lime Cake
Ingredients:
- 1 cup unsweetened flaked coconut
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon grated lime zest
- 2 large eggs
- 1 ¾ cup all purpose flour
- 2 ¾ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt.
- 3/4 cup whole milk
- 1/4 cup fresh lime juice, divided
- 1 cup confectioners sugar
- 1 tablespoon rum (optional)
Method:
- Preheat
oven to 350°F. Butter a 9- by 2-inch round cake pan and line bottom with
a round of parchment paper.
- Toast
coconut in a small baking pan in oven, stirring once or twice, until
golden, 8 to 12 minutes. Cool. Leave oven on.
- Beat
together butter, granulated sugar, and zest with an electric mixer until
fluffy. Beat in eggs 1 at a time. Stir together flour, baking powder and
salt, and 1/2 cup coconut (reserve remainder for topping). Stir together
milk and 2 tablespoons lime juice. At low speed, mix flour and milk
mixtures into egg mixture alternately in batches, beginning and ending
with flour.
- Spoon
batter into pan and smooth top. Bake until golden and a wooden pick
inserted into center comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Cool to warm,
then turn out of pan and discard parchment.
- Whisk
together confectioners sugar, remaining 2 tablespoons lime juice, and rum
(if using) and pour over cake. Sprinkle with remaining coconut.
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Sounds heavenly! COCONUT LIME CAKE is now saved to my Pinterest recipe folder. Plan to try it real soon.
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ReplyDeleteAnything coconut is a favorite of mine. A twist of lime in this cake sounds heavenly! Saved this recipe to try. Thanks!
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I love coconut and lime together, especially with rum. Bookmarking this cake :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great way to take your tastebuds to Spring!
ReplyDeleteYum! I'm so trying this!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely saving this one. I love coconut and citrus!
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