Chocolate Coconut Cake.

There is something about chocolate that makes me feel like this.

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Ohhh the joy it can give.

So naturally, cooking anything chocolate makes me feel like Charlie. A kid who truly appreciates how good chocolate can make you feel.

Currently I have a friend staying with me who continually asks where all the baked goods are... Its a fun little challenge to see what I can throw together, to appease this sweet tooth.

Considering though, Saturday night was a 'girls night'.  It's safe to say Sunday I didn't really feel like baking...

Enter - the one bowl melt and mix Chocolate Coconut Cake.

Ohhh the simplicity.

A simple little recipe for a yummy cake, or cupcakes, for those days when you really just can't be bothered..

Chocolate Coconut Cake

• 250gms of butter melted (not the healthiest of recipes!! feel free to knock it down to 200, but if it begins to look dry slowly add more untill it's a smooth consistancy)
• 3/4 cup of sifted cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 cups caster sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups of desiccated coconut
• 1 1/2 cups of self raising flour
• 1 level teaspoon baking powder
• 3/4 cup of milk

Preheating the oven to 180degrees, line a tall cake tin with baking paper.

Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and stir until just mixed and moistened.

Pour into cake tin and bake for 45mins.

Allow to cool slightly then turn onto a cooling rack.

The original recipe I followed called for an oven at 160degrees and baked for an hour. I played with the temperature and times as I felt like baking at that level for so long dried out my cake. 

Top with a chocolate glaze, ganache or frosting.  The first time I baked this I went with a Ganache.

Ganache, 1 1/2 cups of single pouring cream and 340gms of dark chocolate. Heat cream in a saucepan untill just boiling, remove and add chopped chocolate - stir untill smooth.

Yesterday I baked it with a chocolate fudge topping of 250gms dark chocolate (I had none and went with milk - just wasn't as yummy!) 70gms of butter and 1/2 cup of cream, melted down in a pyrex bowl over a small amount of boiling water in a saucepan.

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