Mama's Orange (Or Lime) & Coconut Cake |
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Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 45 Minutes |
Ready In: 55 Minutes Servings: 10 |
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Here is the recipe for our orange (or lime) & coconut sponge cake. It is a moist, light, orange / lime flavoured sponge with just a hint of coconut. It keeps well in an airtight container for a week & can be frozen before icing (it freezes very well). This recipe is simple to make & not time consuming at all. Ingredients:
8 ounces self raising flour |
8 ounces margarine or 8 ounces butter |
6 ounces sugar |
2 ounces desiccated coconut (unsweetened) |
3 medium eggs |
3 oranges, zest of (or limes) |
1 teaspoon baking powder |
approx. 200ml water |
3/4 cup icing sugar |
orange juice (or lime juice) |
1 teaspoon margarine (or butter) |
orange & lemon candy (jelly slices) |
silver dragees |
Directions:
1. Cream the margarine and the sugar until light and fluffy. Whisk the eggs into the sugar/margarine mixture.
2. Slowly add the flour (sieved), baking powder, orange zest and coconut. Stir in a figure of 8 fashion.
3. Gradually add enough water to loosen the cake mix up a bit. It should be the consistency of a slightly thin custard.
4. Pour into a non stick cake tin, preferably with loose bottom. I use an 8'' round tin for this cake.
5. Bake on a middle/top shelf in the oven at 180 c for around 45 mins or until a skewer comes out clean.
6. Remove from tin and cool on wire rack. Once cooled, top with the icing or dust with icing sugar.
7. To make the icing, beat the margarine with the sugar & enough of the juice to form a spreadable icing. Cover the top of the cake & decorate with the jelly slices & dragees / silver balls.
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