Coffee Date Coconut Cake
It looks at little, ok a lot, eh, but i swear on my life it is all kinds of moist, light and all sorts of delicious all mixed in to one… Well my three favorite things at the moment all rolled into one at least! And to top it off it is not too sweet… It is sweet, but fruity sweet not sickly sweet, and if you wanted to you could top it with a bit of a coconut icing to make it look a little “more presentable”…
Stuff you’ll need
- 160grm butter
- 1 1/3 cup caster sugar
- 1tsp vanilla bean paste
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/3 desicated coconut
- 1 1/3 milk
- 1/2 cup almond meal
- 1 1/2 – 2 cups self raising flour
- 1 cup chopped dates
- 2 tbs instant coffee
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1 tsp bi-carb soda
How i did it
Right first you mix the boiling water and instant coffee, i used decaf cause i was serving in the afternoon & didnt want to keep the world awake! I then put the chopped dates and the instant coffee into a sauce pan and brought to the boil, once boiling add the bi-carb soda making sure it doesnt overflow, remove from the heat and put to one side.
To make the cake… Cream the butter and sugar really well, no i mean really well, until it is light in colour, add the vanilla paste then the two eggs ensuring that the mixture doesnt split. Sift the flour (1.5 cups at first, add more later if it requires it) almond meal, coconut, then milk and fold together until a medium to thick consistancy – it needs to be a little thicker than a normal cake batter as the dates are yet to be added.
Pour into a round greased cake tin – you may want to line the tin to make it easier to remove. Oh did i mention that you need to preheat the oven to 180 deg cel? Well you do, so do it. Add the date mixture on top, by spooning it over gently, with a knife marble the batter and dates together, dont mix up too much other wise it will jsut come out all mixed together… Place in the oven for about 30 – 40 minutes, check in on it half way through and if need be cover the top as you dont want it to burn.
Pull out, stick in a knife, double check its cooked, then EAT IT while it is warm! YUM YUM YUM!
Ill tell you what it is like cold tomorrow when i eat the rest!
No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut. Channing Pollock
