Today I’m sharing an Orange and Coconut Cake recipe.
We have so many oranges that we have harvested from our tree, I decided to use some in a cake.
After all, they are very healthy as researched for my last post. This is another way to make use of this lovely fruit.
I have a recipe for a Coconut and Raspberry Loaf that is really delicious, so I thought that it would easily be adapted to use oranges instead. This recipe is also gluten free with the use of Coconut flour.
The result is really yummy. I really like how the zest gives the cake a lovely colour.
Orange and Coconut Cake
Ingredients
1 cup coconut flour
½ cup desiccated coconut
1 tsp baking powder or bicarbonate of soda
Zest of 1 orange – finely grated and chopped
4 eggs
1 cup buttermilk (or ¾ cup plain yoghurt & ¼ cup milk)
½ cup honey (or other liquid sweetener) I used rice malt syrup
60g butter – melted
2 tsp vanilla extract
1½ cups chopped orange flesh
Method
* Preheat oven to 170
* Grease and line a loaf tin with baking paper
* Combine coconut flour, desiccated coconut, baking powder and orange zest in a mixing bowl.
* In another bowl, whisk together eggs, buttermilk, butter, honey and vanilla. When well combined, pour the mixture into the bowl of dry ingredients and mix well.
* Fold in the chopped orange flesh.
* Pour the mix into the loaf tin and smooth the top.
Bake for approximately 1 hour or until cooked. Test with a skewer.
Let the cake cool for at least 10 minutes before removing it from the tin onto a rack to cool.
I hope you enjoy this cake as much as we do.
Till the next post,
Live clean n prosper.