Coconut Cake

Name: Coconut Cake
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon orange blossom or rose water or a few drops of vanilla essence; 120 g (4 oz) desiccated coconut; 6 tablespoons sugar; 6 eggs, separated; Flour; Butter; 1 tablespoon orange blossom or rose water or a few drops of vanilla essence; 1 tablespoon orange blossom or rose water or a few drops of vanilla essence; 300 ml (½ pint) double cream; 1 tablespoon orange blossom water; A drop of lemon juice; 120 g (4 oz) sugar

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A New Book of Middle Eastern Food

By Claudia Roden

Published 1986

About

Ingredients

6 eggs, separated
6 tablespoons sugar
120 g (4</

Dessert
Vegetarian
Cake

Method

Beat the egg yolks with sugar until thick and lemon-coloured. Add coconut and flavouring, and mix well. Fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites and pour into a buttered and floured cake tin. Bake in a preheated moderate oven (180°C/350°F/Mark 4) for about 45 minutes