Coconut cake

Name: Coconut cake
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: 2 cups grated & drained coconut; 1 cup milk; 3 cups flour; 3 teaspoons baking powder; 1/2 salt; 1/2 cup butter; 2 cups sugar (white sugar); 4 eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1/4 cup coconut water(from the coconut)

Chef Weenee @Chef_Weenee

Egbeda Lagos

For my love of coconut, I made a cake out of coconut 🎂👌

Chef Weenee @Chef_Weenee

Egbeda Lagos

For my love of coconut, I made a cake out of coconut 🎂👌

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Ingredients

2 cupsgrated & drained coconut
1 cupmilk
3 cupsflour
3 teaspoonsbaking powder
1/2salt
1/2 cupbutter
2 cupssugar (white sugar)
4eggs
1 teaspoonvanilla extract
1/4 cupcoconut water(from the coconut)

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Steps

1

In a small bowl, sift flour, baking powder & salt together
2

Beat the butter & sugar together until light & fluffy(mixture should now be light in color)
3

Preheat your oven at 200°
4

Add milk to coconut water to make a cup
5

Beat eggs till foamy, then add bit by bit into the butter mix and stir at the same time as you're adding it(make sure it's thoroughly mixed with the egg with each bit added)
6

Add in the vanilla extract
7

Pour in the flour mixture alternatively with the coconut milk mixture, mix all till thoroughly incorporated
8

Fold in grated coconut till evenly combined
9

Grease baking pan with butter & dust with flour
10

Pour the cake batter into the greased pan
11

Bake in pre-heated oven until golden brown (and a tester inserted in the middle should come out free of crumbs)
12

Serve with choice drink👌