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COCONUT CAKE WITH CHOCO CHIPS AND CRISPY COCONUT-MERINGUE TOP

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Coconut Cake with choco chips and crispy coconut-meringue top

The basic part of the cake came from my grandma, she taught me this basic formula when I was little. And then, with that base, I started to try different things. Here is one

 


INGREDIENTS

  • Cooking Time: 60
  • Servings: 12-16
  • Preparation Time: 20-30
  • Dough
  • 100g Softened butter
  • 250g sugar
  • 2 eggs y 1 egg yolk
  • 300g Flour
  • 1 Tbsp Baking Powder
  • 1 Tsp Baking soda
  • 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
  • 250 cc Milk
  • 100g chocolate chips
  • 40g shredded coconut
  • Crispy coconut-meringue top
  • 40g shredded coconut
  • 1 Egg White (big)
  • 80g Sugar (twice the weight of the egg white)

DIRECTIONS

Mix butter and sugar untill it's creamy


Add the eggs one by one and the egg yolk


Add the vanilla extract


Add the coconut


Keep mixing untill it's smooth.


Alternate the flour (previously sifted with the baking powder and baking soda) with the milk.


Add the chocolate chips.


Put in 9 inch (24 cm) savarin cake pan greased with butter and dusted with flour.



For the Crispy Meringue top



Beat egg whites until foamy. Add the sugar and the coconut and keep beating. Put this mix on top of the batter and put it in the oven (minimum heat, but pre-heated for a 10-15 minutes) for arround one hour,



Enjoy!


RECIPE BACKSTORY

The basic part of the cake came from my grandma, she taught me this basic formula when I was little. And then, with that base, I started to try different things. Here is one

RECIPE REVIEWS

May/05/2010 08:05 am lamanola
This Recipe is great!!! Everyone loved it and it was very easy to make =)

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