Coconut cake

I had to make a surprise cake for my daughter’s birthday. I really make a wide variety of cakes, so what should I make??? The coconut was lying in front of me, the idea clicked. Let me bake a coconut cake. And here is the recipe for this delicious cake. The sweetness is just enough. If you want a really sweet cake, remember to increase the sugar quantity.

Ingredients:

Maida  - 2cups

Baking powder     - 2 tsps

Sugar   - 1 1/2cups

Refined oil        - 1 cup

Eggs     - 3

Water   -1/2 cup

Grated coconut - 1 ½ cups

Cashew nuts, Kismis     - 1 tbsp each

Cinnamon powder        - 1/2 tsp

Nutmeg powder           - 1/2 tsp

Cardamom powder      1/2 tsp

Method:

- Preheat oven to 180 degrees

- Sieve together maida and baking powder

- In a large bowl, mix together oil and sugar

- Add eggs one by one and mix well

- Keep adding tablespoonfuls of maida and keep mixing

- Add the cinnamon, nutmeg and cardamom powders

- Fold in the scraped coconut and cashews and kismis.

- Put in a greased container and bake for about one hour, or when a tooth pick that goes into the cake comes out clean.