Name: Coconut cake with lime drizzle icing
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 65 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Bake
Ingredients: 125.00 g butter softened; 10.00 ml lime zest only; 250.00 ml castor sugar; 4.00 eggs; 500.00 ml desiccated coconut; 250.00 ml flour cake, sifted; 5.00 ml Baking powder sifted; 250.00 ml icing sugar sifted; 65.00 ml lime juice; 190.00 ml water; 125.00 ml lime peel, julienned; 125.00 ml coconut shavings

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Ingredients (12)

125.00 g	butter — softened
10.00 ml	lime — zest only
250.00 ml	castor sugar
4.00	eggs
500.00 ml	desiccated coconut
250.00 ml	flour — cake, sifted
5.00 ml	Baking powder — sifted

LIME DRIZZLE ICING

250.00 ml	icing sugar — sifted
65.00 ml	lime juice
190.00 ml	water

TO GARNISH

125.00 ml	lime — peel, julienned
125.00 ml	coconut — shavings

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Method:

Preheat the oven to 160 &degC.
Place butter, lime peel and castor sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until light and creamy.
Add the eggs one by one and beat well.
Fold through the coconut, flour and baking powder.
Pour the mixture into a greased 20 cm loaf pan, and bake for about 45 minute or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
LIME DRIZZLE ICING:
Mix together icing sugar, lime juice and water and stir until smooth.
Drizzle over the cooled cake.
Garnish with lime slivers and coconut shavings.