Simple coconut cake

This cake is such a last-minute throw-it-together affair. It’s quick, easy, doesn’t need any icing, and it tastes great.

Simple coconut cake: five minutes to mix, no icing, tastes and looks great.

Fiesta Friday party, here we come.

• Servings: 8-12
• Time: 35 minutes
• Difficulty: easy
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Ingredients

• 1 cup of self-raising flour
• ½ cup of caster sugar
• ½ cup of shredded coconut + extra for the toppping
• ½ cup of milk (dairy or non-dairy)
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon of olive oil
• vanilla essence

Directions

1. Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl.
2. Pour into a smallish cake tin, then sprinkle the extra shredded coconut over the top.
3. Bake in a 180ºC oven (350F) for about half an hour, or until a skewer comes out clean.

Simple coconut cake