Coconut Cake - Dairy Free

If you like coconut, this coconut cake is a must-try. This delicious dairy-free coconut cake is made of a sponge cake, pastry cream made with coconut milk, and lots of coconut flakes.

Ingredients:

Sponge cake

4 eggs
sugar 115g.
flour 90g.
a pinch of salt

Coconut Pastry Cream

2 eggs yolks
sugar 75g.
vanilla extract half teaspoon
coconut milk 250g.
corn starch 20g.

dried coconut flakes 150g.
vegetable milk 2-3 tablespoons

38x26cm pan

Instructions:

1. For the coconut pastry cream, pour the coconut milk in a saucepan and turn on the heat on medium level. Add half a teaspoon of vanilla extract.
2. Meanwhile, whisk the eggs yolks with sugar. Once the milk reached the boiling point, reduce at minimum the heat and pour the yolks mixture. Start stirring, while increasing a bit the heat. Continue to stir until you obtain a dense cream.
3. Pour the coconut pastry cream into a clean bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let it to cool down at room temperature, then in the fridge.
4. For the sponge cake, mix the eggs with sugar until foamy (about 10-15 minutes). Then sift the flour and salt and combine.
5. Pour the mixture into a rectangular tin and bake in the preheated oven at 180°C for 12-15 minutes.
6. While still warm, cover the cake with plastic wrap or a clean towel and let it cool down completely.
7. Divide the cake into two parts and brush with some vegetable milk or sugar syrup.
8. Spread the coconut pastry cream (keep aside a couple of tablespoons for the top). Then, add dried coconut flakes.
9. Brush the second cake with vegetable milk. Cover it and spread with the rest of the cream.
10. In the end, cover with coconut flakes and let rest in the fridge for a couple of hours before serving.

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