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Coconut and chocolate marble bundt cake

This coconut and chocolate marble bundt cake is very pretty, tasty and easy to make. So it's ideal for parties and events big or small - such as anniversaries, afternoon teas, picnics and so on.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 55 minutes
Resting Time 4 hours
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings: 12 people
Cuisine: Mid&East European
Calories: 1234
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 150 g unsalted butter or sunflower spread
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 Tbsp cocoa powder or 150g dark chocolate melted
  • 4 large eggs
  • 2 ½ cups flour
  • 1 cup coconut milk
  • 1 cup unsweetened desiccated coconut
  • For the glaze:

Method
 

  1. Heat oven to 170°C. Grease and flour a bundt cake pan.
  2. Beat butter, sugar, baking powder, vanilla in a large bowl with a mixer until fluffy.
  3. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each.
  4. On low speed, beat in the flour gradually, alternating it with the milk.
  5. Spoon about ⅓ of the batter to another bowl. Add the cocoa powder or melted chocolate and combine.
  6. Stir the coconut into the remaining batter. Spoon half the coconut batter into the pan.
  7. Drop spoonfuls of the chocolate batter on top leaving spaces between each dollop. Drop spoonfuls coconut batter between chocolate batter. Repeat this process (alternating batters) with the rest of the batter.
  8. Put the pan into the oven and bake for about 55 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
  9. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes then invert the cake onto the rack to cool completely.
  10. Mix some coconut milk with icing sugar. Brush the cake with this and scatter shredded coconut on top. Let it set and serve.