I had planned to make brownies with my daughter yesterday but when I went to make it I realised my husband had eaten the vital chocolate required so we needed a new plan!

I had all the ingredients to make a normal sponge and spotted coconut in the cupboard along with a jar of passion fruit curd which is made by ‘From Dorset With Love’.  I adore the taste of this curd so I thought we’d make a variation on jam and coconut sponge.

I pretty much stick to my cupcake recipe for everything now as it always turns out good.  If you’d like to have a go at making this summery and sticky cake then you’ll find the recipe below.

 

 

 

Pre heat the oven to 180C/170C fan and line an 8” square tin or use cupcake cases in a muffin tin.

Cream the butter and sugar until it goes white and fluffy but don’t overdo it. 

Put the vanilla essence drops in the egg and then add a bit with a little flour to the butter and sugar, beat and then repeat until all the egg is gone.

Sieve in the flour and gently beat or fold whilst adding a dash of milk. 

Pop in the tin or cupcake cases and bake for approximately 20 mins if using a tin or less if cupcakes.  When it’s golden brown take it out the oven and gently smear the passion fruit curd on top and then sprinkle on the coconut.  Put it back in the oven for just a few minutes and be careful not to burn the coconut.

When you take it out of the oven give it a few minutes in the tin before attempting to put it on a cooling rack as the curd will be a bit oozy.

It made 8 pieces because one broke when cutting and fell in my mouth for the purpose of quality control hehe.

Now I know I’m no Nigella and I’m not very good with presentation but my 3 year old did a brilliant job and they tasted amazing!  I took the cake on a picnic with friends and although they were a bit messy everyone commented on their scrumptiousness.

Because the baking made the curd quite sticky I think I’d like to make a Victoria Sponge next time and add the curd and whipped cream in the middle………  Actually, I want that now!

Dorsetmums accepts no responsibility for burnt cake or weight gain blah blah blah.