Cretan Coconut Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 eggs, seperated
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/3 lb butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 1/2 cups self raising flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 1/2 cups sweetened flaked coconut
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 lemon, juice of
• 2 cloves
• 1 cinnamon stick

Recipe

• 1 in a pan combine syrup ingredients and boil for 10 minutes.
• 2 remove from heat and leave to cool.
• 3 in a bowl beat egg whites with salt untill it makes peaks.
• 4 in another bowl beat egg yolks,butter and sugar untill creamy.
• 5 beat in the milk then flour and baking powder.
• 6 stir in coconut then using a spatula carefully fold in the egg whites.
• 7 lightly grease a 15"x10" baking tin then lightly coat with flour shaking off any excess flour.
• 8 transfer cake batter to tin and cook at 170 c for 45 minutes.
• 9 remove from oven and cut into the size portions you require whilst still hot then pour over the cooled syrup ( if using it ) starting from edges working into centre of cake.
• 10 allow 3 hrs for syrup to absorbe before serving.