Coconut and Lime Cake

I made this cake for my mum's birthday. She LOVES coconut and I wanted to surprise her with something truly scrumptious, that we've never had before.

I couldn't find a recipe for this that was simple enough (I hate faff), so I made my own.

Excuse the mess, I didn't take this for the blog!

Serves 10

Ingredients:

175g butter/margarine

175g caster sugar

3 medium eggs

175g self raising flour

2 tbsp desiccated coconut

2 tbsp milk

Icing:

170g butter

340g icing sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 limes (zest both and use juice of half a lime)

Desiccated coconut

Method:

1. Heat oven to fan 160

2. Grease x2 20cm round tins with margarine

3. Whisk butter and sugar together, until light and fluffy then beat in the eggs

4. Fold in the flour and coconut (figure of 8 with your spoon to keep the air)

5. Is your mixture of dropping consistency? If not, fold in 1-2 tbsps of milk

6. Divide the mixture between the x2 round tins and bake for 25-30 mins, until a knife comes out clear

7. Leave to cool before decorating

8. For the icing, mix the butter, icing sugar and vanilla extract together and squeeze in the juice of half a lime for a zingy flavour

9. Ice the top of one cake and place the other cake on top, then ice the top of that cake too. Sprinkle as much desiccated coconut on top of the cake as you fancy, and press some into the sides of the icing in the middle

10. I grated lime zest on the top of my cake too - just for a pop of colour! Make the cake your own.

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It's going to take me a while to add some posts of my favourite recipes, but this one is definitely a keeper - super sweet and perfect for afternoon tea. If there's anything you'd like to see featured, drop me a message below. Thanks for reading!