Lemon Syrup Coconut Cakes
Main Ingredients:
- 270ml Ayam Brand™ Coconut Milk
- 250g butter
- 1 tbsp finely grated lemon rind
- 1 cup caster sugar
- 3 eggs
- ⅔ cup dessicated coconut
- 2 cups self-raising flour
Syrup Ingredients:
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 tbsp water
Preparation:
- Preheat your oven to 180oC and we grease a 10 holes 2/3 cup muffin mould.
- Combine the butter, the lemon rind and the sugar in a large bowl and beat with a whisk or an electric mixer until creamy.
- Next, add and beat in the eggs, one by one.
- Finally, stir in the coconut, half the flour and half the coconut milk, and then stir in remaining flour and coconut milk.
- Spoon the mixture into the tin. Bake for about 30 minutes, until golden brown and firm in the centre.
- Meanwhile, to make the lemon syrup, combine the lemon juice, water and sugar in a small pan. Stir over heat until boiling.
- When cakes look ready, get them out of the oven. Stand for 5 minutes, then turn them onto a wire rack.
- Brush the cakes with the warm syrup.
- These cakes not only look great but are just so easy to prepare.
- You can serve them as a dessert with double cream for a special occasion!