Chocolate coconut cake

A deliciously moist cake with the flavour of rich cocoa and coconut

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups plain flour

3/4 cup KOSI cocoa powder

2 cups sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder

1 1/2 teaspoons of baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

2 eggs

1 cup milk

1/2 cup KOSI coconut oil (melt if it's solid)

1 cup boiling water 2 teaspoon vanilla essence

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 180 C and prepare 2 round cake tins
  2. Stir together flour, KOSI cocoa, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl
  3. In another bowl mix eggs, milk ,KOSI coconut oil and vanilla
  4. Add together and beat for 2 minutes
  5. Stir in boiling water (mixture will be thin)
  6. Pour into 2 round cake tins (or patty tins)
  7. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick comes out clean
  8. Cool on wire racks
  9. Ice with icing made from icing sugar, KOSI cocoa and butter.
  10. Top with KOSI cocoa nibs

Cocoa nibs are small pieces of crushed cocoa beans. The crunchy bits add an extra delicious chocolate flavour!

Recipe adapted from https://www.hershevland.com/recipes/hershcvs-berfectly-chocolate-chocolate-cake.html

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