This is a milk sponge with a broiled sugar and coconut topping.Easy to make and tastes

good.You can use dessicated coconut or any other variety of dried coconut.I am giving you

a recipe with fresh roughly grated coconut.Let’s get into the recipe now.

INGREDIENTS

2 eggs

3/4 cup sugar

1.5 cups milk

1 tblsp.butter

1 tsp.vanilla essence

1+1/4 cup flour

1 tsp.baking powder

METHOD

Heat milk and mix in the butter and keep aside.Separate the yolks and the whites.

Beat egg yolks and sugar with vanilla well till creamy.Beat egg whites to a stiff froth.

Sieve the flour with the baking powder add to the beaten yolk mixture.Next add egg

whites  and milk and blend well (paddle attachment) .Pour in  greased tin,and bake in a

moderate oven 180 degrees for 30 minutes.

Coconut Caramel Frosting

3/4 cup coconut grated-I kept the grated coconut in the oven till the cake was baking

and added to the frosting.(This created a lovely aroma added to the cake aroma)

1/4 cup brown sugar

3 tblsp .butter

1/2 cup cream or coconut cream.

Heat all these together till hot, add coconut and pour over cake  whilst still warm.

Return to oven for 2 -3 minutes till you see it bubbling on top.

Remove from oven.

You could garnish with toasted nuts if you like.