Lemon and Coconut Cake recipe

Ingredients:

115 g butter or margarine, softened
200 g sugar
2 eggs
2 lemons
115 g self-rising flour
5 tsp baking powder
2 egg whites
75 g desiccated coconut
grated rind of 1 lemon
1 ml lemon juice
icing sugar, for dusting

Directions:

1. Beat together the butter, 115g  sugar, two eggs, grated rind of lemon, flour and baking powder.

2. Add about 1ml lemon juice or enough to form a soft dropping consistency. Spoon into a greased and base-lined shallow 28 x 18 cm cake tin.

3. Whisk the egg whites until stiff but not dry. Fold in the remaining sugar, grated rind of 1 lemon and the coconut. Spoon roughly over the mixture. Bake at 180C / 350F for about 30 minutes until golden.

4. Cool in the tin for a few minutes before turning out on to a wire rack to cool. Cut into fingers and dust with icing sugar.

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