MAMA'S ORANGE (OR LIME) & COCONUT CAKE

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Here is the recipe for our orange (or lime) & coconut sponge cake. It is a moist, light, orange / lime flavoured sponge with just a hint of coconut. It keeps well in an airtight container for a week & can be frozen before icing (it freezes very well). This recipe is simple to make & not time consuming at all.

Provided by Um Safia

Categories     Dessert

Time 55m

Yield 1 cake

Number Of Ingredients 13

8 ounces self raising flour
8 ounces margarine or 8 ounces butter
6 ounces sugar
2 ounces desiccated coconut (unsweetened)
3 medium eggs
3 oranges, zest of (or limes)
1 teaspoon baking powder
approx. 200ml water
3/4 cup icing sugar
orange juice (or lime juice)
1 teaspoon margarine (or butter)
orange & lemon candy (jelly slices)
silver dragees

Steps:

  • Cream the margarine and the sugar until light and fluffy. Whisk the eggs into the sugar/margarine mixture.
  • Slowly add the flour (sieved), baking powder, orange zest and coconut. Stir in a figure of 8 fashion.
  • Gradually add enough water to loosen the cake mix up a bit. It should be the consistency of a slightly thin custard.
  • Pour into a non stick cake tin, preferably with loose bottom. I use an 8'' round tin for this cake.
  • Bake on a middle/top shelf in the oven at 180 c for around 45 mins or until a skewer comes out clean.
  • Remove from tin and cool on wire rack. Once cooled, top with the icing or dust with icing sugar.
  • To make the icing, beat the margarine with the sugar & enough of the juice to form a spreadable icing. Cover the top of the cake & decorate with the jelly slices & dragees / silver balls.

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