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Kejk Ahmar tal-Coconut

Name: Kejk Aħmar tal-Coconut
Cook time: 35 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 250g butter; 300g caster sugar; 4 eggs; Half a tsp vanilla essence; 500g self-raising flour; 250ml Schardinger buttermilk; 300g icing sugar; 125ml buttermilk; 2 tbsp butter; Red food colouring; 250g coconuts; Strawberry jam

An easy, pretty and very tasty treat loved by kids and adults

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Kejk Aħmar tal-Coconut

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Dessert

By MC – Serves: 12

Prep Time: 45 minuts – Cooking Time: 35 minutes – Total Time: 1 hour 10 minuts

An easy, pretty and very tasty treat loved by kids and adults

Ingredients

250g butter

300g caster sugar

4 eggs

Half a tsp vanilla essence

500g self-raising flour

250ml Schardinger buttermilk

300g icing sugar

125ml buttermilk

2 tbsp butter

Red food colouring

250g coconuts

Strawberry jam

Instructions

1

Line a 15cm x 30cm cake tin and preheat oven to 170 C

2

Beat butter and caster sugar until you get a creamy consistency, add the vanilla essence and the eggs, one at a time

3

Sift the flour and slowly add to the butter mixture.

4

Add the buttermilk

5

Pour mixture into cake tin and bake for 35 minutes

6

Let cake cool and cut into 12 pieces

7

For the icing melt icing sugar with buttermilk, add the butter and cook bain-marie for 4 minutes

8

Remove from heat and add the food colouring until you get a dark red consistency.

9

Dip the cake pieces in the red icing and cover in coconut