Indulgent Coconut and Chocolate Cake

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Ingredients

45g Butter, soft
50g Raw caster sugar
25g Coconut blossom sugar
1each Egg
Little Vanilla bean paste
60g Plain flour
½ tsp Baking powder
16g Desiccated coconut
Pinch Salt
50ml Coconut milk
20g Lindt Dessert 70%, chopped
Syrup
50ml Coconut milk
10g Coconut blossom sugar or caster sugar

Method

Preheat the oven to 170°C

Cream together butter and the sugars until pale.

Mix in the egg and beat well until incorporated.

Stir in the vanilla and the dry ingredients and salt.

Once combined, add the coconut milk and the chopped chocolate.

Divide into moulds and bake for about 15-20 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.

For the syrup combine the coconut milk and the sugar and gently warm until the sugar has dissolved.

Using a toothpick, pierce some holes in the finished cake and generously baste with the coconut syrup.

Set aside to cool and serve decorated with some Lindor Coconut, chocolate shards and coconut chips.

Recipe by Thomas Schnetzler

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