Chocolate Toasted Coconut Cake Gluten Free |
- Cake
- 250g unsalted butter, chopped
- 100g 70% cocoa dark chocolate, chopped
- 280g or 1⅓ cups caster sugar
- 180g or 2 cups organic desiccated coconut
- 130g or 1 cup plain gluten free flour*
- 55g or ½ cup dutch process cocoa
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ¾ cup milk
- 2 eggs
- Chocolate Icing
- 150g 70% cocoa dark chocolate, finely chopped
- ¼ cup sour cream or pure cream**
- 2 tbs glucose syrup
- 1 cup shredded organic coconut to decorate
- * I use Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 plain baking flour
- **Sour cream results in a thicker and richer frosting whilst pure cream results in a thinner frosting
Conventional Method
- Preheat oven to 180c.
- Grease a 25cm bundt tin with butter and dust with cocoa to prevent cake from sticking.
- Place butter and chocolate in a heatproof bowl and melt in the microwave. Add all remaining ingredients and beat to combine with electric mixer.
- Pour cake batter into bundt tin and bake for 40 min or until skewer comes out clean.
- Toast coconut chips for 5 minutes in the oven until golden.
- To make chocolate icing place sour cream in saucepan and heat until it simmers. Remove from heat and add chocolate and glucose syrup. Sit for 5 min. Stir until just combined to avoid splitting.
- Pour icing over cake and sprinkle with toasted coconut.
Thermomix Method
- Preheat oven to 180c.
- Grease a 25cm bundt tin with butter and dust with cocoa to prevent cake from sticking.
- Place butter and chocolate in Thermomix bowl and melt 4 min/50C/speed 4. Add all remaining ingredients and mix 30 sec/speed 5. Scrape down sides of bowl halfway.
- Pour cake batter into a greased bundt tin and bake for 40 min or until skewer comes out clean.
- Toast coconut chips for 5 minutes in 180C oven until golden.
- To make chocolate icing place chocolate, sour cream and glucose syrup in Thermomix bowl and mix 3 min/50C/speed 3. Scrape down sides of bowl halfway through mixing.
- Pour icing over cake and sprinkle with toasted coconut.
Recipe by Helen Tzouganatos at https://helentzouganatos.com/chocolate-toasted-coconut-cake-gluten-free-recipe/
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