Breads, Biscuits and Cakes Recipes - Coconut and Chocolate Cakes

 
 

Breads, Biscuits and Cakes Recipes - Coconut and Chocolate Cakes

Ingredients

  • 100 g/4 oz short crust pastry (basic pie crust)

  • 50 g/2 oz/1/4 cup butter

  • 50 g/2 oz/1/4 cup caster (superfine) sugar

  • 1 egg, beaten

  • 25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp rice flour

  • 50 g/2 oz/1/2 cup desiccated (shredded) coconut

  • 1.5 ml/1/4 tsp baking powder

  • Chocolate spread


Method:

  1. Roll out the pastry and use to line the sections of a tartlet tin (patty pan). Cream the butter and sugar together.

  2. Beat in the egg and rice flour, then stir in the coconut and baking powder.

  3. Put a small spoonful of chocolate spread in the base of each pastry case.

  4. Spoon the coconut mixture over and bake for 15 minutes at 200°C/400°F/gas mark 6 until risen and golden.

  5. Cool in the tins for 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.