Coconut Cake with choco chips and crispy coconut-meringue top
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Why I Love This Recipe
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 You'll Need
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.
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)
Enjoy!