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snugs,

Is that what we call a "pound cake"? yum-yum, pound cake!

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Here is another traditional English cake which from what I have been told is rather different to your coconut cake. We do not ice or frost ours.

Coconut Cake

Fat for greasing
4 cups flour
pinch salt
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup marg
1 cup fine granulated sugar
5/8 cup desiccated coconut
4 eggs
a little milk to mix
5/8 cup coconut strands (optional – I do not use)

Preheat oven 350F. Grease deep 7 inch cake tin (pan) and line with greaseproof (parchment) paper and grease again.

Sieve the flour salt and baking powder in to a bowl and rub in the marg. Stir in the sugar and desiccated coconut.

Beat the eggs lightly and stir into the mixture with enough milk to form a fairly stiff dropping consistency.

Pour the mixture into the prepared tin (pan and smooth the top. Bake in the preheated oven for 2 hours until well risen and firm to the touch. Turn on to a wire rack to cool

If desired sprinkle cake with coconut strands.

Serves 8 - 10

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Reading your post again - a pound cake actually is very similar to what we call a Victoria Sponge where all ingredients are equal in weight originally a pound. Then as families got smaller half a pound I normally do the recipe of 6oz and 3 eggs as we estimate an egg weighs 2oz.

In Britain we split the mix into 2 shallow round pans about 6 or 7 inch dia though some I believe use 8 inch but then you would increase mixture to 8oz and 4 eggs. We call them sponge tins. Bake for about 25 - 30 mins max on 375 less if you have a fan oven.

Sandwich together with red jam and dust top with icing (powdered/confectioner sugar). If you wish a very small amount of butter icing can be spread over the jam or fresh cream but the outside of the cake should not be iced or frosted - it was be far to rich.

PS I use SR flour but you can use plain and baking powder, if you use the all in one method of putting all ingredients in bowl at one time and mixing then a little water about 2 or 3 tablespoons is needed and some people do add a little baking powder. You can only really use this method with Self Raising flour.