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Nadiya Hussain’s Coconut Bundt Cake

This simple and elegant Coconut Bundt Cake from Nadiya's Simple Spices is delicately flavoured with toasted coconut and fennel seeds.

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Introduction

If my grandad was alive, I think he would have loved this. The flavours are simple: caramel-golden coconut and a soft, zesty lime cake, all in a beautiful Bundt.

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Ingredients

For the coconut:
butter, for greasing
2-3 tbsp plain flour, for dusting
150g desiccated coconut
397g tin of condensed milk
2 tsp fennel seeds
For the cake:
8 medium eggs
250g soft brown sugar
2 tsp ground cinnamon
4 limes, zest only
250g self-raising flour, sifted

Essential kit

You will need: a 2.8l Bundt tin.

Method

Start by greasing the inside of a 2.8-litre Bundt tin. Grease all the nooks well – more is more where this greasing is concerned. Add a few tablespoons of flour into the tin and turn the tin around so the butter catches the flour and coats the tin.

Pop the coconut into a non-stick frying pan and toast till lightly golden. Put in a bowl, pour in the condensed milk and mix through. Pour into the base of the tin, making sure you have an even layer.

Preheat the oven to 170°C.

In a saucepan toast the fennel seeds. When aromatic, put them in a pestle and mortar and roughly grind.

Make the cake by putting the eggs, soft brown sugar, cinnamon, fennel and lime zest into a large bowl and mixing till you have a mixture that is light and fluffy. Now add in the self-raising flour and mix till you have a smooth batter.

Pour in over the caramel coconut mix and bake for 45–50 minutes till a skewer inserted comes out clean.

When you take the cake out of the oven, leave it in the tin for 10 minutes and then tip out onto a serving dish. Serve while still warm.

+ When you take the cake out of the oven, leave it in the tin for 10 minutes and then tip out onto a serving dish. Serve while still warm.

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    default user avatar Asheena Govender south africa

    Love it as I am a coconut lover

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From the book: Nadiya’s Simple Spices

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