RASPBERRY AND COCONUT CAKE
RASPBERRY AND COCONUT CAKE
RASPBERRY AND COCONUT CAKE

Ingredients
  • 350g/12oz self-raising flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 350g/12oz unsalted butter
  • softened
  • 350g/12oz caster sugar
  • 6 free-range eggs
  • 200g/7oz desiccated coconut
  • 2 limes
  • juice and zest only
  • 350g/12oz raspberries
  • plus extra for decoration
  • 150g/5oz raspberry jam
  • thinned with a little hot water
  • 200g/7oz desiccated coconut
  • toasted
Directions
  • Preheat the oven to 180C/360F/Gas 4.
  • Grease and line a 30cm/12in flat shallow cake tin with baking parchment.
  • For the cake
  • beat the flour
  • baking powder
  • butter
  • sugar
  • eggs
  • coconut and lime juice together in a bowl (or use an electric mixer).
  • Carefully fold in the raspberries.
  • Pour the cake batter into the cake tin
  • then bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes or until risen and golden-brown. Test the cake with a metal skewer - if the skewer comes out clean
  • the cake is cooked through.
  • Remove the cake from the oven and immediately spread the jam over the top.
  • Allow the cake to cool then and sprinkle with the desiccated coconut and place the extra raspberries on top.
  • To serve
  • cut the cake into squares.