Lemon Coconut Cakes with Freekeh Flour

Lemon Coconut Cakes in yellow cases with a sprinkling of chocolate over the top.

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Lemon Coconut Cakes with Freekeh Flour

Flavoursome dairy free cakes (if you don't add the cream and lemon curd) with zesty notes and a background hit of coconut.

Prep Time30

Cook Time17

Total Time50

Course: Afternoon Tea, Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: British

Keyword: cakes, coconut, cupcakes, freekeh, lemons

Servings: cakes

Calories: 349kcal

Author: Choclette @ Tin and Thyme

Ingredients

125 g creamed coconut
100 g coconut oil
200 g golden caster sugar (I use cardamom sugar).
2 lemons
3 large eggs (I use duck eggs)
200 g freekeh flour or wholemeal spelt
1 tsp baking powder
¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
25 g desiccated coconut + extra for sprinkling
100 ml double cream (heavy cream)
2 tbsp lemon curd (I used homemade)
20 g dark chocolate flaked (I used Seed and Bean lemon and cardamom chocolate.

Instructions

Warm the creamed coconut and coconut oil to soften them, but don't let them melt - I placed mine in a bowl over the heater.
125 g creamed coconut, 100 g coconut oil
Cream them together with the sugar and the zest from one of the lemons.
200 g golden caster sugar
Beat in the eggs, one at a time.
3 large eggs
Sift in the dry ingredients, then fold in together with the coconut and the juice from both lemons.
200 g freekeh flour, 1 tsp baking powder, ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda), 25 g desiccated coconut
Spoon into 12 muffin cases.
Bake at 180℃ (350℉, Gas 4) for 17 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool.
Whip the cream to soft peaks, then fold in the lemon curd.
100 ml double cream (heavy cream), 2 tbsp lemon curd
When the cakes have cooled, make a slash down the centre and spoon in some of the lemon cream.
Top with a sprinkling of flaked chocolate and a little desiccated coconut.
20 g dark chocolate

Notes

To keep these cakes dairy-free, swap the lemon curd cream topping for coconut cream.

Please note: calories and other nutritional information are per serving. They’re approximate and will depend on serving size and exact ingredients used.

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