Coconut Chocolate Chip Cake

More gluten-free! Overall, I'm pleasantly surprised by my two-cake foray into gluten-free baking. The sad faces of my coeliac acquaintances as they ate their store-bought riceflour muffins had convinced me that gluten-free = not tasty. This is completely untrue.

This cake is awesome - the dark chocolate and the coconut go so well together. Like the carrot cake from the previous post, this too was deliciously moist and tasty.

Ideally, this is how you should eat it:

Start with a leisurely breakfast at Bangbang and then wander through Surry Hills markets. Walking at a gentle pace, swing by Frames for some takeaway coffees (their coffee is so underrated! they are much better than the more-hyped Sideplate) and then go back to your house. Have a slice in the kitchen while chatting to Jess and Tina.

Easy, right?

No photos this time because a) I'm lazy and b) it looks like a brown cake.


Coconut Chocolate Chip Cake

3 large free-range organic eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/3 cup coconut milk
1-2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups organic light brown sugar
2 cups gluten free flour
A pinch of baking powder
1 1/4 cups sweetened flaked coconut
1 cup dark chocolate chips


Preheat oven to 180 C. Line a 9-inch cake pan.

In a mixing bowl, beat the eggs till pale yellow. Add in the oil and beat to combine. Add the coconut milk and flavor extracts. Beat in the sugar till smooth. Add the flour mix a little at a time and beat until the batter is smooth.

Stir in the coconut and chocolate chips by hand.

Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan and bake in the center of a pre-heated oven, until the cake is set in the center. The cake should spring back to light touch.

The recipe suggested 30 to 35 minutes. Mine took closer to 45 minutes, but I have a temperamental oven so use your own judgement. The end result was evenly brown on top.

Cool the cake on a wire rack. Delicious slightly warm, almost as good the next day too.


Adapted from Gluten Free Goddess


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Elsewhere:

Chengy baked an amazing Croquembouche for May's Daring Baker Challenge. It was impressive AND delicious! P.S. Those are my fingers in the photo.

Judith has a brilliant review post on 'Howl' and 'Exit Through The Gift Shop', both screening at the Sydney Film Festival. I think she's pretty much spot on - though my immediate reaction to Exit was less thoughtful and more of a straight-up "I HATE THIS STUPID MOVIE AND BANKSY'S STUPID FACE."

And Robbie has another ridiculous blog. OK I admit it - I lol'd.