for 20 pieces

Batter

300 g	white flour
200 g	sugar
2 tbsp	cocoa powder
2 tsp	baking powder
1 pinch	salt
150 g	butter, melted, left to cool
3	eggs, beaten
2 dl	milk

Frosting

150 g	icing sugar
2 tbsp	cocoa powder
1 parcel	vanilla sugar
50 g	butter, melted, left to cool
½ dl	strong coffee, chilled
80 g	coconut flakes

How it's done

Batter

Mix the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Whisk the butter, eggs and milk, pour into the bowl of flour, mix well with the whisk. Transfer the batter to the prepared tin.

To bake

Approx. 20 mins. in the centre of an oven preheated to 180 °C. Remove from the oven, allow to cool slightly, turn out onto a sheet of baking paper. Remove the upper sheet of baking paper, place the cake back in the tin.

Frosting

Mix the icing sugar with all the other ingredients up to and including the coffee, spread on top of the cake, sprinkle with the desiccated coconut, cut the cake into 20 pieces.

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