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Mango & Coconut Cake

May 29

My Mango & Coconut Cake is a little slice of sunshine: rich with coconut, packed with juicy mango, but still somehow light enough that you’ll convince yourself a second slice is practically medicinal.

  • serves Serves 6
  • time 30 mins

Method

  1. 1. This can be made as a dairy-free cake, but feel free to use real butter in place of the dairy-free spread. When I can’t find passion fruit in the shops, I often zest up a lime and toss the mango slices with the fine strands and a good squeeze of the juice.
  2. 2. Preheat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/350°F/ Gas Mark 4. Lightly grease a 20cm square non-stick baking tin and then lightly dust with flour or lime with parchment paper.
  3. 3. Beat the eggs and sugar together in a large bowl with a hand-held electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add the sunflower spread, desiccated coconut and orange juice and beat again until well-mixed.
  4. 4. Sift the flour and baking powder into another bowl and then fold into the egg mixture, using a large metal spoon. Transfer to the prepared baking tin and bake for about 20 minutes, or until well-risen and golden brown and a thin metal skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Leave to cool in the tin for five minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
  5. 5. Meanwhile, make the passion fruit frosting. Place the sunflower spread in a free-standing mixer. Add half the icing sugar and mix for one to two minutes to combine. Switch off the machine, scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula and add the salt and vanilla extract. Switch back on again, add the rest of the icing sugar and mix until combined. Drizzle in enough of the sieved passion fruit purée to make a nice smooth frosting, scraping down the sides again with the spatula if necessary. Cover with clingfilm and chill until needed.
  6. 6. To serve, spread the passion fruit frosting over the cake with a spatula and then arrange the mango slices on top. Spoon over the passion fruit pulp and scatter with the lightly toasted coconut curls, if using.

Ingredients

For the cake:

3 large eggs

¾ cup superfine sugar

7 tablespoons dairy-free sunflower spread (plus extra for greasing)

1 cup desiccated coconut

Juice of 1 orange (about ¼ cup)

⅓ cup  gluten-free flour (plus extra for dusting)

1 tablespoon gluten-free baking powder

For the Passion Fruit Frosting:

7 tablespoons dairy-free sunflower spread

1¾ cups powdered sugar (sifted)

Generous pinch of sea salt flakes

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

2 to 3 passion fruits, halved, pulp scooped and sieved to remove seeds

To Decorate:

1 large firm ripe mango, peeled and sliced thin

1 passion fruit, halved

1 heaping tablespoon lightly toasted coconut curls (optional)

For the coconut cake:

3 large eggs

150g caster sugar

100g dairy-free sunflower spread, at room temperature, plus extra for greasing

100g desiccated coconut

Juice of 1 orange

50g gluten-free flour, plus extra for dusting

1 tbsp gluten-free baking powder

Passion Fruit Frosting:

100g dairy-free sunflower spread

200g icing sugar, sifted

Generous pinch of sea salt flakes

½ tsp vanilla extract

2-3 passion fruits, halved, pulp scooped out and sieved to remove the seeds

 To Decorate:

1 large firm ripe mango, peeled, cut into thin slices

1 passion fruit, halved

1 heaped tbsp lightly toasted coconut curls (optional)