Name: Coconut loaf cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 115g butter, cut into small pieces, plus extra for greasing -; 225g self-raising flour -; 115g demerara sugar -; 100g desiccated coconut, plus extra for sprinkling -; 2 large eggs, lightly beaten -; 4 tbsp milk -

Ingredients for - Coconut loaf cake

1. 115g butter, cut into small pieces, plus extra for greasing

2. 225g self-raising flour

3. 115g demerara sugar

4. 100g desiccated coconut, plus extra for sprinkling

5. 2 large eggs, lightly beaten

6. 4 tbsp milk

How to cook deliciously - Coconut loaf cake

1 . Stage

Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Grease a 900g loaf tin and line with baking paper.

2 . Stage

Sift the flour and a pinch of salt into a mixing bowl and rub in the butter with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar, coconut, eggs and milk and mix to a soft dropping consistency.

3 . Stage

Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and smooth the surface with a palette knife. Bake for 30 mins.

4 . Stage

Remove the cake from the oven and sprinkle with the extra coconut. Return the cake to the oven and bake for an additional 20-25 mins, until well risen and golden and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Leave the cake to cool slightly in the tin, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.