Coconut cake with homemade milky coconut candy

Name: Coconut cake with homemade milky coconut candy
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: coconut cake; 2 cups flour; 1 cup sugar; 1 cup milk or coconut milk; 1/3 cup oil; 1 cup grated & dried coconut; 1 tbsp baking powder; 1 tsp coconut flavour; 1 tsp salt; 2 eggs; Milky coconut candy; 1 head coconut; 1 cup milk; 1 tbsp sugar

Cynthia @cook_9192865

Coconut cake with homemade milky coconut candy

Cynthia @cook_9192865

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Ingredients

coconut cake
2 cupsflour
1 cupsugar
1 cupmilk or coconut milk
1/3 cupoil
1 cupgrated & dried coconut
1 tbspbaking powder
1 tspcoconut flavour
1 tspsalt
2eggs
Milky coconut candy
1 headcoconut
1 cupmilk
1 tbspsugar

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Steps

1

Coconut cake; Grease 2 6" pans lightly with butter & coat with flour, preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius or 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
2

In a bowl, sieve in flour & baking powder, add sugar & salt & mix.
3

Add all the wet ingredients & mix till there are no lumps, fold in the grated coconut last.
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Bake for about 55minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean.
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Milky coconut candy; 1) Cut coconut into tiny chunks & set aside
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2) In a saucepan, pour in 1 cup of milk & sprinkle 1tbsp sugar, place on medium heat & pour in the coconut.
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3) Allow to cook till the milk starts drying out & getting thick, start stirring till milk dries out. Remove from heat.
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Frost your cake with butter cream or whipped cream, or leave it plain. Garnish with the coconut candy & serve.