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Chocolate Covered Coconut Cake Recipe

Ingredients
  

Ingredients

  • Flour / Maida - 1 1/4 cups
  • Baking Powder - 1 tsp
  • Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
  • cup Butter - 1/2/ 100 gm
  • Granulated Sugar - 3/4 cup
  • Curd / Yogurt - 1/2 cup
  • Milk - 1/2 cup
  • Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp
  • cup Fresh Grated Coconut - 3/4 tightly packed
  • Dark Chocolate - 150 gm
  • White Chocolate - 150 gm
  • Whipped Butter Cream / Boiled Flour Butter Cream - 1/3 cup
  • Grated Fresh Coconut - 2-3 tbs

Instructions
 

Procedure

  • Preheat oven to 180°C.
  • Mix flour, baking powder and baking soda in a bowl.
  • Cream together butter and sugar for 2-3 minutes until soft and creamy.
  • Add curd and cream it together.
  • Add vanilla essence and milk and mix well.
  • Add the flour mixture and fold in the batter gently.
  • Add the grated coconut and mix.
  • Pour into a greased and dusted 9" cake tin.
  • Bake for 40 - 45 minutes.
  • Remove from oven when a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  • Place the cake with the tin on counter for 10minutes.
  • Invert cake on to a wire rack and cool.
  • Melt dark and white chocolate in separate bowls.
  • Apply the chocolate evenly on the silicon flower mould.
  • Flip the mould on a wire rack so that the excess chocolate drips away.
  • Place it on a board and refrigerate until the chocolate is set.
  • Add a little coconut to the base of the mould and add a table spoon of butter cream.
  • Cut the cake with a round cutter which is smaller than the mould's diameter.
  • Slice each round into two thin slices.
  • Place a slice in each mould and press it well.
  • Cover the top of the cake with chocolate and level the top with a spatula.
  • Remove excess chocolate and refrigerate until set.
  • Remove the cake from the mould gently.
  • Brush gold dust or any other colour dusts on the chocolate with the help of a brush.
  • Serve it and enjoy.