Cake It Till You Make It

 
I'm good at lots of things – find-a-words, vacuuming, colouring in between the lines and I once won a biscuit-eating competition at the Easter Show – but, suffice to say, baking is not my strong suit. So when I find I recipe that even I can pull off, I feel compelled to share. Think of it as kind of like a really tasty community service announcement...

Coconut & Lime Cake

You'll need...

• 125 g butter, chopped
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 1/2 cups self-raising flour, sifted
• 1 1/4 cups caster sugar
• 1 1/4 cups dessicated coconut

Lime syrup:

• 3 limes, rind finely shredded, juiced
• 1/2 cup white sugar

What do to...

1.  Preheat oven to 180C. Lightly grease and line a 6cm deep, 22cm (base) springform cake pan.
2. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Transfer to a bowl. Add eggs and milk. Stir until combined.
3. Combine flour, sugar and coconut in a bowl. Add milk mixture. Stir to combine. Spread mixture into pan. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
4. Make lime syrup. Combine 1/2 cup lime juice and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer for five minutes or until syrupy. Stir in lime rind.
5. Pour hot lime syrup over hot cake. Allow cake to cool in pan before releasing side of pan. Cut into slices and serve.