Recipes

Berry & Coconut Cake

July 12, 2018 by cbattaglia No Comments

Berry & Coconut Cake is one of the quickest and easiest desserts to make. I love cooking with wholemeal flour for added fibre, and altering the sugar content to as minimal as possible. I have tried to remove the sugar altogether, even substituting with homemade fruit puree but il leave that to you to decide if you like it or not. The icing is completely optional. I find the cake itself delightful but the option is there if you wanted to try.

serves 10

Ingredients
  • for cake
  • 1 cup wholemeal Self-Raising Flour
  • 1 cup desiccated coconut
  • 1 cup fresh berries (i usually stick to blueberries)
  • 1 cup of reduced fat milk
  • 2 tbs caster sugar

 

  • for icing
  • 250g low fat cream cheese
  • 3 tbs reduced fat milk
  • ¼ cup unsalted butter, soften
  • 1tsp vanilla essence
  • 250g coconut flakes
Method

Step 1
Preheat oven to 180C

Step 2
In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, desiccated coconut, berries and caster sugar

Step 3
Add reduced fat milk and stir until all ingredients have combined

Step 4
Line a Baking Tray (23cmx12cm) with baking paper, or grease entire inside of tray with spray oil

Step 5
Add wet mixture into the baking tray, cook for 25minutes

Step 6
Whilst the cake is cooking, combine all the ingredients for the icing, and whisk for 2 minutes, until all ingredients have been blended

Step 7
Check if cake is cooked through by inserting a metal skewer into the centre. If it comes out dry, the cake can be removed from the oven

Step 8
Rest on the bench on top of a wire rack until it has cooled down

Step 9
Add a generous layer of icing – enjoy with a hot drink!