Danish Dream Cake

Ingredients

Cake:
3 eggs
225g caster sugar
1tsp vanilla essence
225g plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
150ml whole milk
75g butter, melted

Topping:

100g butter
150g desiccated coconut
250g brown sugar
75ml whole milk
a pinch of salt

Method

1.  Preheat the oven to 190C (170C Fan).
2.  Whisk eggs, caster sugar and vanilla essence together until white and light.  In a separate bowl, sift the flour and baking powder together.
3.  Carefully fold the flour into the egg mixture.

4.  Mix the milk with the melted butter and pour into the batter, folding it in until incorporated. Pour the batter into a greased dish.

5.  Bake in the preheated oven for 35–40 minutes, or until almost done (don't open the oven door for the first 20 minutes).
6. To make the topping, put all the ingredients in a saucepan and gently melt together.
7.  Remove the cake from the oven and carefully spread the topping over the cake. Return to the oven and bake for a further 10 minutes.

Status

Someone makes this in work and it is lovely - hoping this recipe lives up to it!