Madeira coconut loaf
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Preparation Time: 15 - 20 minutes
Cook Time: 30 Minutes
Serves: Makes 1 loaf
Who doesn't love a Madeira loaf? Especially with coconut in it.
Ingredients
125g butter or margarine, softened
100ml (80 g) castor sugar
5ml vanilla essence
250ml (140 g) Snowflake cake flour
10ml baking powder
1ml salt
100ml milk
3 extra-large egg yolks
Topping
3 extra-large whites
100ml (85 g) castor sugar
250ml (80 g) desiccated coconut
Method
- Cream butter and sugar together. Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating after each addition until light and creamy. Add essence.
- Sift flour, baking powder and salt together. Add, alternately with milk, to egg mixture. Mix well.
- Spoon mixture into a lined and greased 22.5 cm loaf pan.
- Topping: Beat egg whites until foamy. Gradually add sugar and beat until stiff peak stage. Gently fold in coconut, using a metal spoon.
- Spoon topping over cake mixture. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C for about 30 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 160 °C and continue baking for 15 - 20 minutes. Leave in pan for a few minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
