Last week I suggested to my youngest that I will make the kids a cake for an after school treat, her request was coconut and pink icing. Yum, I am going through a coconut phase at the moment, love anything coconutty!! The kids absolutely loved this cake, the cake itself was really nice and light with a delicious yoghurt tang and the icing reminded me finger buns…. noms!
Coconut Ice Yoghurt Cake
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 45 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 12 1x
- Category: Cake
Ingredients
Scale
- 125g butter, room temperature
- 1 cup caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup self raising flour, sifted
- 1/2 cup plain flour, sifted
- 1/2 cup desiccated coconut
- 200g greek yoghurt
- 2/3 cup milk
Icing
- 2 cups icing sugar
- 1 cup desiccated coconut
- 2 egg whites
- 3 drops (or to your liking) pink food colouring
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 160C, fan forced
- Grease a round cake pan
- Beat butter and sugar in electric mixer, until light and fluffy
- Add in eggs, milk and yoghurt, combine together
- Stir through flour and coconut until just combined
- Bake cake for 40-45 minutes or until cooked through and golden
- Allow to stand in pan for 5 minutes then cool on wire rack
Icing
- Place all ingredients into bowl, use electric mixer to mix together
- Ice cake when completely cooled
11 comments
This looks amazing! I love your coconut obsession. 🙂
This looks so delicious!! I love Ice Cream cakes and coconut too because it’s such a light nice flavor especially in the summer!
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Considering there’s raw egg in the icing, how long do you think this cake would keep? Or would it need refrigerating?
This was yummy but took over an hour to cook at 160 (fan-forced). I would do it at 180 next time, and then it would probably be the 40-45mins. I used berry yoghurt too, was delicious!
OMG I love coconut ice! It was one of my favourite school fete treats 😀
love food that brings back childhood memories!
Katrina, I love the sound of this recipe, I think I will make this with my little ones tomorrow. They keep asking for cake. I am the same as you and love coconut.
Looks nice will make it today
Oh yes I love coconut too!! Mmm good old finger buns – I;m definitely going to have to try this one!
It is really lovely with a cuppa.:)
It was dark when I woke. This is a ray of suihnnse.