Coconut Lemon Syrup Cake
I just love this cake as it is so moist and cuts well, an important factor if serving it for a morning or afternoon tea, or taking to a picnic. You can pour the syrup over whilst in the tin but it might be difficult to remove: the finish will be better if the syrup is brushed or spooned over.
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About this Recipe
By: Sheridan Rogers
This cake is also fabulous made with fresh limes, something I discovered after spending a few days in Hawaii with my son and his family a few years ago: the lime-coconut-passionfruit combo evokes magical summer evenings spent by the beach there.
Ingredients
- softened unsalted butter, 250g
- caster sugar, 350g
- organic lemons, 2
- free range or organic eggs, 8, at room temperature
- desiccated coconut, 280g
- self-raising flour, 250g, sifted
- Lemon Syrup:
- caster sugar, 200g
- water, 350ml
Preheat the oven to 170degC.
Grease a 25cm round cake tin and line the base with non-stick baking paper. Cream together the butter, sugar and finely grated zest of the lemons until light and fluffy.
Add the eggs one at a time. Fold through the coconut and flour.
Spoon into the prepared tin and bake for one hour. Remove cake from oven and turn out carefully onto a wire rack.
Meanwhile, make the syrup: place the sugar and water in a saucepan. Add the strained juice of both lemons. Bring to the boil, and leave to gently simmer for a few minutes.
Brush or spoon over the hot syrup. It seems like a lot of syrup but this cake will absorb it all.
When cool, dust with icing sugar and decorate with candied citrus peel (optional).
For the Tropical Lime-Passionfruit Syrup : Substitute 2-3 limes (depending on their size) for the lemons and add the pulp of three passionfruit to the cooled syrup, stir to combine, then spoon over the cake.
Oh that looks elegantly divine. I will certainly make this. 8 eggs. Does it taste a little like a cake version of Cream Brulee?
Thank you Sheridan .
hmmm…not really 🙂
Delicious cake which we shared at the Anzac Park community garden recently. It was very popular with all the volunteers. Thank you Sheridan.
Good to hear that the volunteers at the garden enjoyed it.
Thanks for letting me know Sue.