Name: Moist chocolate and coconut cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 300 gram dark eating chocolate; 155 gram butter; 2/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar; 2 tablespoons water; 2/3 cup self-raising flour; 2 tablespoons dutch-processed cocoa; 3 eggs, separated; 1/2 cup (40g) desiccated coconut; 2 tablespoon underproof dark rum; Chocolate buttercream; 250 gram butter; 2 cups icing sugar; 2 tablespoons cocoa powder

Moist chocolate and coconut cake

This moist and flavourful cake is easy to make with a touch of coconut to perfectly balance the rich chocolate.

Serves 12

Prep

30M

Cook

30M

Total

Ingredients

300 gram dark eating chocolate

155 gram butter

2/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar

2 tablespoons water

2/3 cup self-raising flour

2 tablespoons dutch-processed cocoa

3 eggs, separated

1/2 cup (40g) desiccated coconut

2 tablespoon underproof dark rum

Chocolate buttercream

250 gram butter

2 cups icing sugar

2 tablespoons cocoa powder

Method

Moist chocolate and coconut cake

1.Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease 24cm closed springform pan or a deep 23cm cake pan.

2.Break chocolate into a medium saucepan, add butter, sugar and the water; stir over low heat until smooth. Transfer to a large bowl; cool 5 minutes. Stir in sifted flour and cocoa,egg yolks, coconut and rum until combined.

3.Beat egg whites in a small bowl with an electric mixer until soft peaks form; fold into chocolate mixture, in two batches. Pour cake mixture into pan.

4.Bake cake about 30 minutes. Cool cake in pan.

5.Make chocolate butter cream

6.Turn cake, top-side up, onto a cake plate; spread butter cream on top of cake. Dust with a little more cocoa and decorate with large chocolate curls, if you like.

Chocolate butter cream

7.Beat butter in a small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add sifted icing sugar and cocoa; beat until smooth and fluffy.

The un-iced cake can be made a day ahead, store in an airtight container at room temperature. Decorate with butter cream and chocolate curls on the day of serving.

Dutch-processed cocoa refers to cocoa that has had an alkaline added, during a process called ‘dutching’. The resulting cocoa has a richer chocolate taste and colour.
Note

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