Tropical Chocolate Cake | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

Tropical Chocolate Cake | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

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This is a wonderful cake: amusing but no joke; the velvety sponge is dark, moist and gently fragranced.

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Ingredients

  • 220 grams canned pineapple in juice (approx. 4 rings)
  • 75 grams cream cheese
  • 200 grams plain flour
  • 125 grams caster sugar
  • 75 grams soft light brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  • 200 grams butter
  • 40 grams cocoa powder (sieved)
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 tablespoons malibu (or the juice from can)
  • 2 large egg whites
  • 100 grams caster sugar
  • 4 tablespoons golden syrup
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 2 teaspoons coconut essence
  • 40 grams desiccated coconut (or shredded coconut)

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