Desiccated Coconut Chocolate Cake

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Desiccated coconut is not a famous ingredient in baking cakes, but here is a new way of enjoying a chocolate cake with a touch of this not so popular, but really good ingredient. This special recipe is best partnered with tea on a special day, with your special someone.

Chocolate Cake is never been this unique and tasty with the use of desiccated coconut as one the main ingredient. You will definitely enjoy the taste of Choco with a twist of Coco.

This will take about 10-15 minutes of preparation and 20-40 minutes of baking. The time still depends on how many servings you want to prepare, you can add or reduce, depending on your preference and number of persons to serve.

Before we start baking, we must gather our ingredients, here is our list:

½ Cup of Desiccated Coconut
1 ½ Cups of Flour
½ tbsp. Of Baking Powder
½ Cup Butter (Softened)
¼ Cup of Brown Sugar (White Sugar will do as well)
¾ Cup to 1 Cup of Milk
¼ Cup of Condensed Milk
½ to ¾ Cup of Grated Chocolate

How to Prepare:

We have to mix and sieve the flour with our baking powder; afterwards, we should set it aside and will use it later.
In a bowl, the Sugar and butter must be mixed and creamed also. Keep mixing until the cream is light.
We must add the condensed milk to our mixture.
Put the desiccated coconut, milk, and chocolate to further create our mixture.

Creating our Dough:

The sieved flour and baking powder that we first separated can now be added to our mixture.
The dough is soft and creamy and we can put it into our clean cake tin.

In the baking process:

Turn on the oven, and set the temperature to 180 degrees Celsius.
Keep it there for about 25-30 minutes.
Wait until it is slightly or golden brown in color.
Test if it is ready for serving if you place a knife in it and if you take it out, there must be no more cream residue with it.

After it is properly baked, you can now serve it to your loved ones. This is great for snacks, and can be served for people of all ages. They will surely like this and will ask for more. You can also use this recipe to start your business. Happy baking Folks!

I hope you enjoy this delicious chocolate cake with a very special twist of desiccated coconut.