Coconut Raspberry Syrup Cake Food

COCONUT CAKE WITH RASPBERRY FILLING RECIPE - (3.7/5)

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 2 - 9″ round cake pans with baking spray. Combine the cake flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Sift these ingredients 3 times. In a mixing bowl, cream butter thoroughly; add sugar gradually. Continue creaming until light and fluffy. Add the egg yolks and beat well. Add flour mixture alternately with the milk, beating well after each addition. Stir in coconut and vanilla. Fold in egg whites gently until well combined. Pour batter into three 8" cake pans or two 9" cake pans. Bake for about 30 minutes, or until a wooden pick or cake tester inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake. If you used 9" cake pans, slice the layers in half to make a 4 layer cake. Raspberry Preserves (at least 1 cup) *choose a good quality Frosting Directions: In a saucepan, use a whisk to blend 1 cup milk into 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat, and cook and stir two minutes more. Remove from heat. Cover the surface with plastic wrap. Cool to room temperature without stirring. In a medium mixing bowl, beat butter, sugar, and extracts until light and fluffy. Add cooled milk mixture to butter mixture a quarter cup at a time, beating on low-speed after each addition until smooth. Add powdered sugar, 1/2 cup at a time, beating well afterward. Beat until mixture is light and fluffy. Add more powdered sugar if necessary to desired thickness. Slice each layer in half. Spread a thin layer of preserves* between the sliced layers. Alternate preserves and frosting between the layers then frost the top and sides of the cake. Sprinkle coconut on top and sides of the frosted cake. Slice and serve! *Note, on the layers that I placed the preserves, I also added a thin layer of coconut.

RASPBERRY COCONUT CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 F and line a 2 pound bread pan with parchment paper. Make sure to keep some excess paper higher than the sides of the pan. This will make it easier to remove the cake once it has been baked.
• In a mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugar until light and creamy.
• In a separate bowl, mix together the flour with the baking powder, then alternate adding the eggs and the flour to the first bowl, mixing after each addition.
• Gently fold in 1 cup desiccated coconut and ¾ cup raspberries, before transferring the cake batter to the prepared loaf tin. Level out the top and add ¼ cup raspberries to the top of the batter.
• Bake the cake for 1 hour. If the top begins to look a little brown, cover with foil. The cake is ready when it has risen and is golden on top, and it springs back when gently touched.
• Take the cake out of the oven and cool for 15 minutes before removing it from the bread pan to cool completely.
• Gently spread the raspberry jam on the top of the loaf cake, then sprinkle with the remaining 2 tablespoons of desiccated coconut and decorate with the remaining 10 raspberries.

RASPBERRY AND COCONUT BREAKFAST LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4. Grease and line a 450g (1lb.) loaf tin. Blitz the almonds in a food processor to a flour-like consistency (if you are using ground almonds, skip this step).
• In a mixing bowl, mix together the ground almonds, desiccated coconut, lemon zest and baking powder with a pinch of sea salt.
• In another bowl, whisk the eggs until fully combined, then add the honey. Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture, then gently fold in the raspberries. Carefully pour the mixture into the lined tin, gently pressing in the extra raspberries. Bake in the hot oven for 50 to 60 minutes, until cooked through and a knife inserted comes out clean, covering with foil for the final 20 minutes.
• Brush with honey and sprinkle with the extra desiccated coconut. Transfer to a wire rack to cool, then slice and serve.

RASPBERRY COCONUT CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare cake batter according to package directions; fold in 2/3 cup coconut. Pour into two greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. , In a microwave, melt white chocolate and cream at 70% power for 1 minute; stir. Microwave at additional 10- to 20-second intervals, stirring until smooth.Cool to room temperature. , In a small bowl, combine jam and 1 cup coconut. Spread over one cake layer; top with second layer. , In a small bowl, beat butter until fluffy. Add confectioners' sugar; beat until smooth. gradually beat in white chocolate mixture. Spread over top and sides of cake. Toast remaining coconut; press over top and sides of cake.

COCONUT SIMPLE SYRUP

Steps:

• Place sugar in a medium saucepan with 1 cup water. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring, until sugar is completely dissolved; let boil until syrup turns golden, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in coconut extract.
• Remove from heat and let cool completely. Simple syrup can be kept in an airtight container, refrigerated, for up to 2 weeks.

COCONUT & RASPBERRY SYRUP CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and line a 28cm springform cake tin.
• Preheat the oven to 170°C.
• In a mixer, whisk the butter, sugar and lemon zest until pale and light.
• Add the eggs one by one, beating well after each is added.
• Sift the flour and baking powder and add to the butter mixture. Fold in the coconut and the sour cream.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and bake for 35 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean.
• Cool the cake completely and then store in an airtight container.
• Raspberry Syrup:.
• Combine the sugar, vanilla bean, lemon juice and water in a heavy-based sauce-pan. Over a high heat, bring to the boil without stirring.
• Continue to boil the sugar till the large bubbles have reduced to tiny bubbles (about 10 minutes). Add the raspberries and stir rapidly until combined. Bring the syrup back to the boil and then simmer for 5 minutes.
• Allow the syrup to cool then pour into an airtight container until ready to use. Pour over the cake at the last minute.