The Chocolate and Coconut Cake is a very sweet dessert that hides a creamy heart inside! This cake is dedicated to all those who love the combination of Coconut and Chocolate!
Ingredients for 8 servings
For the Cake :
150 gr Flour 00
110 gr Butter
110 gr Sugar
3 Eggs
30 ml Milk
1 sachet Baking powder
20 gr Cocoa powder
For the filling:
100 gr Flake coconut
100 gr Sugar
1 egg whites
20 ml Milk
For the cake
1 Separate the egg yolks from the whites and place them in two separate small bowls. Take a large bowl and whisk the sugar and butter with the whips. Also add milk, egg yolks, cocoa, flour and baking powder.
2 Take another medium-sized bowl and whisk the egg whites until stiff. Add them to the mixture by mixing gently from bottom to top.
For the Filling
3 Take a large bowl and add the coconut with the egg white, milk, sugar and cornstarch. Mix all the ingredients well to obtain a compact dough.
4 Take a pan of about 24 cm in diameter, butter it and pour about half of the dough with chocolate. Level the surface well with a spatula or spoon.
5 In the middle, pour the coconut dough leaving about a couple of centimeters around the edge to make sure that your stuffing is hidden at the end. Also level this layer well, always helping yourself with a spatula or a spoon. If you do not succeed you can also use your hands.
6 Pour the rest of the dough to the chocolate and even level this surface well.
7 Bake at 190 ° C for about 40 minutes. Before removing your Chocolate and Coconut Cake, test the toothpick.
8 If you want you can decorate the surface of your cake with coconut flakes.