Lemon Coconut Cake

Got this fab recipe from a friend. Nice tasting cake without the icing. Be warned the icing is very lemony - a must for lemon lovers.

• Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins
• Yields: 1 cake

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups self raising flour
• 1  cup caster sugar
• 2  eggs
• 1  cup milk
• 1⁄2 cup  desiccated coconut
• 1  tablespoon  grated fresh lemon rind
• 125  g unsalted butter (softened)

• For the icing

• 2  cups icing sugar
• 1  cup coconut (I prefer shredded or use dessicated)
• 2⁄3 cup lemon juice
• 1  teaspoon  grated fresh lemon rind

Directions

1. In a large bowl, mix together cake ingredients until well combined.
2. Transfer mixture into a well greased cake tin (20cm diameter).
3. I like to use a spring form cake tin.
4. Bake in oven 170 C for 40 mins or until tested done.
5. Turn out onto a cake rack and ice when cool.
6. For the Icing: Mix icing ingredients together till combined.