Moist Apricot and Coconut Cake

This is a moist and delicious cake. Made with naturally sweet Turkish dried apricots, it is packed with fibre, vitamins and minerals. Apricots contain Vitamins A and C and carotenes. I like to serve this cake warm (15 seconds in the microwave) with a drizzle of pure maple syrup. As it’s cooked in a slice pan, I cut it into 2 inch squares and keep it in an airtight container for up to a week. Your family will love it.

Makes 12-14 squares

Ingrediants:

1 ½ cups dried apricots

1 cup boiling water

1 teaspoon bicarbonate soda

100g (3oz) butter, chopped

¾ cup brown sugar

2 eggs

1 cup self-rising flour (or all-purpose flour + ½ teaspoon baking powder)

¼ cup desiccated coconut

Method

Preheat oven to 180⁰C (350F).

Place apricots, water and bicarb soda in a bowl and let stand for 5 minutes.

Place the apricot mixture in the food processor with the butter and sugar and process until smooth. Add the eggs, flour and coconut and process.

Pour into a greased and lined slice pan. Bake for 30 minutes. Let cool in pan before cutting into squares. Serve with a drizzle of maple syrup.

164 Comments

- - mom493623 said
  - 05 May 2023
    7:05 pm
Bit late to.this party but omg this was great. I drizzled a coconut cream/oil/icing sugar glaze and it went down fabulously. Thanks so much for the recipe!

- - Sjcapper33 said
  - 16 Jan 2021
    9:56 pm
Yummy.. I really want to make this now.

- - mom418449 said
  - 19 May 2020
    12:34 pm
Wow…this looks incredibly decadent and moist and sweet…look forward to trying it.

- - mom81879 said
  - 27 Sep 2015
    8:18 pm
I too was thinking of serving it warm with a dollop of whipped cream. Ooohhh, how divine!

- - crystalangela said
  - 21 Apr 2015
    7:41 pm
I am loving all these simple cake recipes.
Something new to try. Yes!

- - lisa4 said
  - 21 Apr 2015
    7:25 pm
This looks very yummy and easy. Would love to try it.

- - smart_ass said
  - 17 Apr 2015
    3:13 pm
wow – this looks good

- - mom103936 said
  - 23 Dec 2014
    4:44 pm
Oh wow this looks beautiful..for dessert!
We love coconut in our house. It sounds really nice and simple.

- - mom93821 said
  - 22 Oct 2014
    6:37 pm
Thanks for sharing this delicious looking cake. I will most certainly be making and tasting this cake.
- mom93821 replied
  
  08 Apr 2016 , 5:47 am
  I love this cake – it is perfect for dessert and dinner parties!
- - cloverstorm said
  - 07 Sep 2014
    1:27 am
Nice one. Apricots & coconut is a tasty combination.

- - mom57522 said
  - 31 Aug 2014
    6:52 pm
Seems fairly easy to make. Must give it a try.

- - mrsdew17 said
  - 31 Aug 2014
    12:29 pm
Sounds like the maple syrup is the icing on the cake! Looks so good.

- - Threelos said
  - 15 Aug 2014
    1:29 pm
Yum, will definitely try this – I love the combo of apricots and coconut.

- - skbou said
  - 19 Jul 2014
    8:54 pm
It’s so cold and this like so nice, a lovely hot custard over the top wouldn’t go astray 🙂

- - no1ladydj said
  - 05 Jun 2014
    11:49 pm
I’m guessing that you could make this with virtually any dried fruit, not just apricots. Would love to try it with a dried “fruit salad” mix. And drizzled with maple syrup would be so naughty, but very very nice.

- - scottie said
  - 30 May 2014
    11:00 am
it looks so good and so very very moist

- - colleen b. said
  - 28 May 2014
    6:27 pm
This cake is so simple to make but so amazing.

- - kazh said
  - 24 May 2014
    8:48 pm
Looks lovely, and great flavours

- - catgrrl3 said
  - 22 May 2014
    2:28 pm
this looks so delicious and most, what a great cake

- - krissy333 said
  - 20 May 2014
    6:40 pm
That picture looks so divine…. yum!