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Coconut Cream Sandwich

Welcome back all you lovely people – It’s been a while but I’m ready to jump back into a new recipe today!

We will be travelling back to 1935 and diving into the world of  ‘Everyday dishes to Experiments in High Class Cookery’ with the Bestway Cookery Gift Book.

The recipe I have chosen is delicious and a fantastic addition to your high tea party. Made similar to a sponge with some lip smacking add ons, is the decadent Coconut Cream Sandwich!

Don’t be confused by the word sandwich, this is very much a cake, this just refers to the creamy filling which sandwiches the two layers together.

The ingredients list is as follows:

2 Tbsp desiccated coconut

1/4 lb Flour

1 Tsp Baking powder

1 Egg + 1 Egg Yolk

3 oz Caster sugar

1 oz Margarine

Milk to mix

Jam & Coconut for the top

Filling:

4 oz Icing sugar

2 oz Butter

Vanilla essence

1 Tbsp Desiccated coconut

The flour and baking powder are sieved into a bowl and the coconut is mixed in.

Whisk the eggs and sugar in a separate bowl until they are thick and creamy (this takes about 3 minutes with a good mixer). Then the warmed melted margarine goes into the egg mixture with around 2 tablespoons of milk and your flour mixture.  I mixed this gently so as not to disturb my frothy egg mixture, and keep the mixture light.

Pour your mixture into a greased and lined cake tin (sandwich size if you have one) and bake at 190C for 10-15 minutes.

Now comes the patience test…make sure it is cooled on a rack before cutting horizontally in half through the middle and spread it with the creamy coconut filling.

The filling is super easy, just beat the butter and icing sugar into a creamy mix and add the coconut and few drops of vanilla essence  (I love coconut so much I doubled the amount of this in the filling).

Pop your top half back on (the cake that is 😉) and spread the top with your favourite jam and go wild again with the desiccated coconut over the top.

This is such a lovely take on the traditional sponge and, if you are a lover of coconut like I am, you are in for a treat!

Enjoy this recipe lovely readers and I hope to see you back real soon for more delicious traditional recipes.

2022-06-07T17:54:27+12:007 June 2022|Bakes, Cakes, Kenwood, Vintage Kitchen|0 Comments

Kenwood Cookbook – Coconut Macaroons

This bake is a well loved goodie in our family, it can be found in many cookbooks and the vintage recipes are definitely the best.

Going back to my Kenwood Recipe Book c1960 I will be baking something both my grandmothers made time and time again.

Todays recipe is Coconut Macaroons, and if you are looking for something simple with minimal washing up then this recipe is for you.

Laid out on my bench is: 3 egg whites, 2 teaspoons flour, 8oz sugar, 8oz desiccated coconut, vanilla essence (approx 1/2tsp).

Starting off with separating my eggs I beat the whites in my Kenwood mixer until stiff, (don’t throw the yolks away as I have the most delicious recipe using only the yolks – Let me know below if you would like this), lowered the speed to 2/3 and put in my flour. Next to go in was the sugar and I whisked that until it was glossy. Lastly I folded in the vanilla essence and coconut with a spatula.

You will have a lovely bowl of coconut gloss now, I used a paper lined tray for my baking so that I didn’t risk any sticking. I will need to head down to invest in some silicone sheets soon, with all this baking going on.

Drop spoonfuls onto your baking sheet and bake in a fan bake oven at around 160C or just below 180C if you are not using the fan, for around 25 minutes.

I got two trays of pretty decent sized golden macaroons, they have the right amount of crunch on the outside with a lovely chewy coconutty centre.

Hope you enjoyed this quick and easy bake, don’t forget to like and leave a comment if you would like my egg yolk only cake recipe.

2022-04-01T12:32:39+13:001 April 2022|Bakes, Biscuits, Coconut, Kenwood|0 Comments

Baking with Kids – Valentines Cookies

Here’s something for you romantics out there, a quick and easy piped shortcake biscuit for Valentines Day.

I chose this one as I had my two helpers joining in today and it was a simple little recipe with only…..3 ingredients!  How does that work I hear you ask? Easy as pie, and the result is delicious (I have that on good authority from my two favourite helpers).

We start out with our trusty Kenwood recipe book, circa 1960 and our 3 ingredients; 4 oz Margarine/Butter, 4 oz Plain Flour and 1 oz of icing sugar.

 

My trusty helper number 1 put the butter into our warmed Kenwood mixer bowl and set it to speed 2 until it was pale and soft. Then helper number 2 stepped up and sifted the icing sugar and flour into the bowl (because he makes the least mess, lol).

When the mixture was combined to a soft dough we put it all into a piping bag with a large star nozzle. I took over at this stage as it needed quite a bit of power to squeeze out onto the tray and I had been working out just for this purpose, kidding.

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2022-02-01T17:20:21+13:001 February 2022|Bakes, Baking with kids, Biscuits, Kenwood, Valentines Day, Vintage Kitchen|0 Comments
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