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    Home » Cakes and Bakes

    Honey and Coconut Cake

    Published: Dec 28, 2010 · Modified: Feb 6, 2018 by Pavani . This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. 22 Comments

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    I made this Honey and Coconut Cake on Christmas day.First time here we brought Christmas tree and enjoyed a lot.My daughter helped me in decorating the tree and she was very happy in helping me.I saw this cake recipe in a Dinner tonight book.


    Preparation time:15 Minutes

    Cooking time:50 Minutes
    Makes 15 squares

    Ingredients:

    Butter,softened-250gms(90z)
    Caster sugar-250gms(90z)
    Self-raising flour-250gms(90z)
    Eggs-4
    Milk-4tbsp
    Dessicated coconut-100gms(40z)

    For the syrup:
    Caster sugar-4tbsp
    Honey-4tbsp

    For the topping:
    Apricot jam-3to 4tbsp
    dessicated coconut-50gms

    you will need:
    2lb Traybake tin,lined with baking parchment

    Preparation:

    Heat the oven to 180C,160C fan.

    In a large bowl,using an electric hand whisk,beat together all the cake ingredients for 3to4 minutes until smooth.

    Spoon into the lined tin and bake in the centre of the oven for 40 to 50 minutes,or until the cake is just firm to the touch in the centre.

    Remove from the oven.

    To make the syrup:

    Pour 4tbsp water into a small pan and add the sugar.Place over a low heat,stir until the sugar dissolves,then increase the heat and bring to a rapid boil for about 1minute.

    Remove the pan from the heat and pour in the honey and mix well.Spoon the mixture over the warm sponge.Leave the cake to cool in the tin.

    Remove from the tin.Beat the apricot jam to soften it and then spread over the top of the cake.Sprinkle over the coconut.Cut into cubes and enjoy eating..

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    Comments

    1. kitchen queen

      December 28, 2010 at 6:42 pm

      lovely, tempting and mouth watering cake.

      Reply
    2. admin

      December 28, 2010 at 6:46 pm

      Thank you kitchen queen for the quick n fast response..

      Reply
    3. Swathi

      December 28, 2010 at 8:16 pm

      Delicious cake. I love anything with honey and coconut

      Reply
    4. Torviewtoronto

      December 28, 2010 at 9:53 pm

      delicious combination looks wonderful

      Reply
    5. Soumya

      December 28, 2010 at 10:38 pm

      wow...that looks awesome....bookmarked..thanks for sharing a wonderful recipe...

      Reply
    6. savitha ramesh

      December 28, 2010 at 10:45 pm

      wow..innovative ,yet easy honey cake

      Reply
    7. Hamaree Rasoi

      December 29, 2010 at 2:30 am

      Cake looks delicious. So moist and soft.

      Deepa
      Hamaree Rasoi

      Reply
    8. Saraswathi Iyer

      December 29, 2010 at 2:40 am

      Cake looks so delicious, remembers me of Bangalore Bakery cakes. Tell me how to make eggless? thanks

      Reply
    9. Sanjeeta kk

      December 29, 2010 at 3:26 am

      Looks delicious. Pavani. Happy 2011 to you!

      Reply
    10. veena krishnakumar

      December 29, 2010 at 3:37 am

      wow!!!!this is very tempting!!!!!!!!1

      Reply
    11. swapna

      December 29, 2010 at 3:50 am

      tempting cake...

      Reply
    12. Kurinji

      December 29, 2010 at 7:00 am

      Cake looks so cute and soft....
      Kurinji

      Reply
    13. Gayathri's Cook Spot

      December 29, 2010 at 8:02 am

      Very very inviting honey cake..

      Reply
    14. Priya

      December 29, 2010 at 8:29 am

      Cake looks marvellous Pavani, love coconut in cake, sooo tempting slice.

      Reply
    15. admin

      December 29, 2010 at 9:59 am

      @Saraswathi Iyer

      Dear, i think you can replace Yoghurt,cornflour,agar-agar in place of eggs

      Reply
    16. aipi

      December 29, 2010 at 2:45 pm

      I love the pictures of these! They look good enough to eat off the screen 🙂

      US Masala

      Reply
    17. Sumi

      December 29, 2010 at 6:51 pm

      lovely moist cake, I can taste the flavors by looking at the cake.Wonderful.Bookmarked

      Reply
    18. Sumi

      December 29, 2010 at 6:52 pm

      and also like the new colour of your blog 🙂

      Reply
    19. Cham

      December 29, 2010 at 11:43 pm

      We use to eat in Iyengar bakery this honey coconut cake. Lovely recipe!

      Reply
    20. Nenita Pengra

      May 29, 2018 at 9:27 pm

      Hi! Do you use Twitter? I'd like to follow you if that would be ok. I'm absolutely enjoying your blog and look forward to new posts.

      Reply
      • Pavani

        May 30, 2018 at 10:46 am

        hi, sure you can follow me on twitter.Thanks for visiting my site.

        Reply
    21. Jacqulyn Prine

      June 07, 2018 at 4:12 pm

      whoah this weblog is magnificent i really like reading your posts. Stay up the great work! You recognize, lots of people are hunting round for this information, you can aid them greatly.

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