Coconut Bread

 

It's going to start snowing here in a few short hours so I thought I'd make this bread to give me some snow shoveling strength!  I am a huge fan of Donna Hay and this recipe is just another in a long line of amazing recipes although I'm pretty sure Donna Hay has never made a recipe for snow shoveling.    This recipe came from the new Donna Hay Seasons book.  The bread is more like a pound cake and I made two smaller loaves but you could absolutely make one large one.  I didn't get time, but this bread would look great glazed with big curls of toasted coconut on top.  I also think that using Meyer lemons would be really nice in this recipe.

Coconut Bread

10 oz butter, softened

2 tbsp lemon zest

3/4 cup sugar

2 eggs

3 cups all-purpose flour

2 tsp baking powder

1 cup dessicated coconut

2/3 cup almond meal

1 cup buttermilk

Directions

Preheat your oven to 320 degrees Fahrenheit.  Grease and flour your baking pan.

If you don't have almond meal, simply take some blanched almonds and whiz them up in a cuisinart until they are fine. 

Combine the butter, zest and sugar and mix until pale and creamy.  Add the eggs gradually.  Scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix again.  Sift the flour and baking powder over the butter mixture and fold in the almonds, coconut and buttermilk. 

Pour into your prepared pan and bake for approximately 1 1/2 hours or until the bread is lightly browned and a cake tester comes clean when inserted (cooking time will be less if using two smaller pans).

 







 

Comments

[Patricia Scarpin]

It's always great to find another Donna Hay fan - I love her recipes!
These loaves look so good! I love anything coconut.

[Savannah, Acts of Sweetness Ambassador]

This is a beautiful loaf! Can't wait to try this one out -- your photography is beautiful as well. I've shared this post with the Redpath Sugar Facebook Community, I know that everyone would appreciate it!

-- Savannah

[Manu]

This looks sooo good... I can almost get the coconut aroma in the air just by looking at the pictures!!! Thanks for sharing!

[Cheap Family Holidays Hotel]

Hi..

That's great Coconut Bread...this is my favorite..Thanks for sharing

[Caroline]

How pretty! I love coconut in pretty much anything, even though my husband doesn't. That probably means I'd make this bread just so I didn't have to share!