Monday, May 21, 2007

Coconut and White Chocolate Mud Cake

Tara from Seven Spoons is this month's host of Sugar High Friday and she chose a most interesting theme - a quest to taste the many Shades of White.

I took this as a perfect opportunity to make a cake from AWW's Cakes, Biscuits and Slices cookbook that I've had my eye on for a while. It's a white chocolate mud cake that's smothered in a coconut and white chocolate ganache but to make it even whiter, I've then topped it with shards of flaked coconut.

Pass the fork please!

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Coconut and White Chocolate Mud Cake
[Makes 1x22cm/9inch cake]

White Chocolate Mud Cake
250 grams butter, diced
1 lemon, rind finely grated
180 grams Lindt white chocolate, finely chopped
330 grams caster sugar
180mls milk
225 grams plain flour
75 grams self-raising flour
2 eggs, lightly beaten

Coconut White Chocolate Ganache
140mls coconut cream
360 grams Lindt white chocolate, finely chopped

flaked coconut, for decoration

Preheat the oven to 170°C/340°F.
Line and grease a 22cm/9inch cake pan - a spring-form or loose-bottomed type pan is best.

Make Cake:
Place the butter, lemon zest, white chocolate, sugar and milk into a medium saucepan that is over a low heat - stir until the chocolate has melted and the mixture is smooth. Set this aside to cool for about 15 minutes.

Sift the flours together and place into a bowl - stir in the cooled chocolate mixture followed by the lightly beaten eggs, mixing until combined and smooth.

Pour this into the prepared pan and back for about 1 hour 40 minutes or until cooked through. If the cake looks to be browning too quickly then cover with foil.

Let the cake cool in the pan.

Make Ganache:

Place the coconut cream into a small saucepan and bring to just below boiling point - remove from the heat and add the chocolate, stirring well to help dissolve the chocolate. You may find you'll need to put this back on the stove, use a low heat and remove as soon as the mixture is smooth.

Pour this out into a bowl and place in the fridge - keep stirring occasionally as it cools and remove as soon as it reaches a spreadable consistency.

Assemble Cake:

Remove the cake from the pan and place on your serving dish.
Spread the ganache evenly over the cake before applying a generous coating of flaked coconut.

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19 comments

  1. AnonymousMay 21, 2007

    Looks fantastic, the coconut looks so pure and heavenly ;)

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  2. This cake is to-die-for! I would love to taste it! Your photos are beautiful, capturing the cake so well!

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  3. Oh no! You've got me there Haalo! I have been craving for a white chocolate cake (both baking and eating) and yours looks lovely. And I love coconut! And how suitable for the SHF theme!

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  4. Haalo, what a delicious idea for the event! I love white chocolate and I'm gonna tag this recipe - fantastic!

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  5. Thanks Ellie - you can never use too much flaked coconut!

    Thanks Anh - because of the chocolate it has this fantastic melting quality in your mouth.

    Thanks Evinrude - a few slices (or more) of this should deal with those cravings ;)

    Thanks Patricia - I do hope you enjoy it!

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  6. This one is definitely getting bookmarked!!

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  7. It looks beautiful and so delicate with the coconut flakes on top. So romatic!

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  8. AnonymousMay 21, 2007

    Beautiful! Yes, please pass the fork.

    Paz

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  9. What a beautiful SHF contribution. I'll be adding this to a menu near me soon. :)

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  10. AnonymousMay 21, 2007

    OMG, that looks fantastic. I love cakes with coconut. I once invented this cake on the fly (no recipe, don't really remember the actual steps / ingredients now) -- Coconut Lime Cake with Vanilla Lime Pudding filling... frosted with whipped creamed and toasted coconut flakes. It was really good.

    I love your photos and the slight depth of perception effect.

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  11. Hi Haalo, What a divine looking cake! I can imagine how good this tastes especially with the ganache made from coconut cream. What a splendid idea. I will have to try baking this cake soon, but did you find that 330g of sugar was too much for cake recipe?

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  12. Holy Cow! I want a piece of this! Something about white chocolate & cake....mmmmm

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  13. Looks divine...bringing my own fork!

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  14. Hi Deborah - happy baking!

    Thanks Rose!

    For you Paz, i'll cut an extra big slice!

    Thanks Dolores!

    Thanks Fruityoaty!

    Hi Carol - it does sound like a lot of sugar but I didn't find it overly sweet, I suppose you could experiment and use less - I would add that the type of white chocolate used would also effect the final taste.

    Thanks Chris!

    Thanks Helen - the cake is waiting but you'll have to be quick ;)

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  15. I love coconut. Now the fight will between this and Italian cream cake, when making white cakes now.

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  16. Hi Jerry - keep the peace and make both!

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  17. Simply lovely. The crumb of the cake looks spot on! Thank you so much for your delcious-looking contribution this this month's SHF!

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  18. Thanks Tara - congrats on hosting such a great event!

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