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Coconut, Almond and Raspberry cake

Simple nutty cake with coconut, almond and raspberry. Little tanginess of  baked raspberry goes well with sweet. An excellent cake to have with your favorite coffee or tea or as breakfast. 
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time50 minutes
Total Time1 hour
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Cake, coconut almond raspberry cake
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 714kcal
Author: Swathi (Ambujom Saraswathy)

Ingredients

  • 1 ⅔ cup /180g ground almonds/ almond flour
  • cup / 60g desiccated coconut
  • 1 ¼ cup /250g granulated sugar
  • ½ cup plus 1 tbsp/70g all-purpose flour
  • ¾ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 4 large eggs
  • ¾ cups 2 tbsp/200g unsalted butter melted and cooled
  • teaspoon vanilla extract
  • finely grated zest of 1 lemon 1 tsp
  • 8 oz 170g raspberries
  • ¼ cup/ 20g flaked almonds

Instructions

  • Grease and line a 23cm/9-inch spring form cake pan. Preheat the oven to 350F/180C.
  • In a mixing bowl add he almonds, coconut, sugar, flour and salt and whisk to aerate and remove the lumps.
  • In another bowl add eggs and whisk lightly. Add the melted butter, vanilla extract and lemon zest and whisk again until well combined. Pour this into the dry mix and whisk to combine.
  • Transfer half of the dough into cake tin and line with half of raspberries. Then top with rest of the dough and place remaining raspberries.
  • Sprinkle with the flaked almonds and bake for 50 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Keep a close eye on it towards the end of cooking.
  • Set aside for 30 minutes before inverting out of the tin, removing the baking parchment and placing the cake the right way up on a serving plate. It can either be served warm with cream or set aside until cool.
  • This will keep for up to 3 days in an airtight container or wrapped in aluminum foil. It also freezes well for up to a month.

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Notes

This Coconut, Almond and Raspberry cake is adapted from the Ottolenghi & Goh’s new book Sweet

Nutrition

Calories: 714kcal | Carbohydrates: 55g | Protein: 16g | Fat: 52g | Saturated Fat: 18g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 128mg | Sodium: 110mg | Potassium: 165mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 35g | Vitamin A: 660IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Calcium: 162mg | Iron: 3mg
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