Carrot and Coconut Cake

Although I used to abhor desiccated coconut on the luridly coloured little cakes we had for tea at school, I later discovered that its use in baking need not always be scorned.

The tropical island of Bali is the last place you would expect to find carrot cake, but in a little tea house in the hills I ate a memorable one, made with coconut. When I tried to reproduce it I developed the best