Pass the sugar Honey It had been a while since I last baked so I thought I'd get the tins out and make the Pina Colada cake again. I found the recipe back in February when I needed an idea for a cake which was suitable for a coeliac sufferer.
So here we go. First get your earphones on and a 4/5
While the cake is baking put the contents of a tin of
Open
Toast some shredded coconut in a non stick pan (about a
When the cakes are done, get
It is less boring than the usual gluten free cakes. Unfortunately I
cannot find the site I got the recipe from anymore. I have hardly
modified the recipe so if it is yours, give me a shout and I'll add
credits.
song selection ready. Ask your perdonal kitchen slave to prepare a
couple of sandwich tins (lining them with paper and buttering with
skills) and preheat the oven to 150oC. Then break 5 eggs and add 150g
of demerara sugar (that's 6 oz in old money). Set the timer on 10
minutes and start beating the eggs and sugar. 10 minutes is a long time
to be whisking and watching the mix turn to a very pale yellow foam is
only marginally less boring than watcing paint dry so this is the bit
where the headphones come in handy. If you have chosen the songs right
and nobody is looking you can even do a little boogie while you mix.
Then sift 100g (4oz) of potato starch (my corner shop sells it under
the name farina) and carefully fold it in a little at a time so it
doesn't make a great big clump which will turn into a layer of rubber
at the bottom of the cake. When you are done warm 3 tablespoons of rhum
and add to the cake mix. Put in the prepared tins and bake for 40
minutes.
coconut milk and a tin of sweetened condensed milk in a saucepan with
more rhum (about 2 tablespoons), the zest of a lime and 2
tablespoons of cornflour. Simmer gently until it thickens (keep
stiring so it doesn't catch at the bottom of the pan - especially if
you want to avoid the wrath of your favourite kitchen slave). One it is
about the consistency of a cheese sauce put aside to cool down.
a tin of pineapple chunks . While you do try to remember the cat is
likely to be somewhere around your ankles because the noise of the tin
opener is the same as the word for food in cat language. Since it
is the third tin you are opening in a row without anything
materialising in the cat's bowl the animal will have lost all sense of
decorum and will do its best to try and trip you in the vain hope the
food in the tin is edible and will fall unto the floor ready to be
gulped.
handfull). Watch it like a hawk as it has a habit of turning from white
as snow to badly burnt in seconds.
them out of the oven, spread about 1/4 of the coconut custard on the
first cake, add the pineapple pieces and then pour/spread another 1/4
of the custard on top, add the second cake and use the remaining
custard as a topping. Then sprinkle the toasted coconut on top. The end
result should look like this: 
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Lisa / Website (11.7.05 15:00) Oh, I picked such a bad time to diet. Um...not to suggest that there's ever a good time to diet. |
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(11.7.05 20:21) You can always keep the recipe for a later date. |
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Annie Mole / Website (15.7.05 18:20) Sounds yummy |
