This crumbly but not so dense orange marmalade cake with desiccated coconut is not too sweet – just to my liking. I used the mandarin orange marmalade that I made two weeks ago to bake this cake which I baked in a round cake pan instead of a loaf pan, based on Women’s Weekly cookbook. I omitted the orange peel in the recipe as I didn’t have any at home but I added some extra orange zest and lemon juice to make the cake more zesty. Definitely a keeper.
2 tbsp orange marmalade (can use store bought marmalade)
45g desiccated coconut
225g self-raising flour (I used 225g plain flour, ½tsp baking powder + ½tsp baking soda), sifted
125ml milk
Instructions
Preheat oven to 180 deg C. Grease a 7 inch round cake pan or a loaf pan and line base with parchment paper.
Beat butter and sugar with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time beating thoroughly after each addition followed by vanilla extract and lemon juice and mix well.
Stir in marmalade and orange zest with a rubber spatula, then desiccated coconut, flour and milk.
Spread mixture into cake pan; bake for about 60 minutes (I baked 45 minutes) or a skewer into the center of the cake comes out clean.
Leave cake to cool in pan for 5 minutes, then turn out cake onto rack to cool completely.