Coconut Syrup Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 500 g coconut
• 1 1/2 cups self-raising flour
• 1 cup milk
• 5 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 250 g unsalted butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 1/2 cups sugar
• 4 cups water
• 1 lemon, juice and rind of

Recipe

• 1 melt milk and butter together in a saucepan over low heat.
• 2 in a bowl mix in sugar and eggs, baking powder, and milk mixture.
• 3 mix in coconut and flour until thick and creamy.
• 4 transfer mixture into a greased rectangular tray about 5 cm deep.
• 5 bake at 180°c for about 40 minutes.
• 6 timings may vary.
• 7 cut into square slices whilst still in tray and pour over syrup.
• 8 syrup--boil for approximately 20 minutes and pour on top of cake while still hot.
• 9 let the cake sit until cooled before eating.
• 10 cake may appear as though it is over saturated but this is the way the cake is meant to be.
• 11 when cake is cooled the syrup becomes absorbed by the cake.