Coconut "croute à thé"
Here's a coconut version of the classic French "croute à thé" cake. The double coconut flavour comes from the sweetcrust pastry as well as the filling.
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Last modified on: August 29th 2021
Keywords for this recipe:For 3 pieces, you will need:
- 1
600 g Coconut sweetcrust pastry - 2
390 g icing sugar - 3
390 g dessicated coconut - 4
180 g egg white - 5 3 tablespoons icing sugar (optional)
- Total weight: 1,560 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 22 min. | 30 min. | 52 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 10 min.
Roll out 600 g Coconut sweetcrust pastry and line your chosen tin or mould ( rectangular here).
Leave the spare pastry overhanging the edges and put to wait in the fridge.
Leave the spare pastry overhanging the edges and put to wait in the fridge.
Stage 2 - 3 min.
Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).
Put 390 g icing sugar and 390 g dessicated coconut in a large bowl and mix with a whisk.
Put 390 g icing sugar and 390 g dessicated coconut in a large bowl and mix with a whisk.
Stage 3 - 2 min.
Add 180 g egg white and mix with a spoon. The mixture should be fairly thick.
Stage 4 - 2 min.
Take the pastry case out of the fridge and trim around the edge.
Stage 5 - 1 min.
Prick all over the base with a fork or pastry pricker.
Stage 6 - 4 min.
Fill with a thick layer of the coconut mixture, ensuring it is even and level.
Stage 7 - 30 min.
Bake for about 30 minutes.
Stage 8
Leave to cool on a wire rack. Finish the cold cake with a dusting of icing sugar.
Remarks
The quantity of egg white is fairly flexible: feel free to add a little more or a little less to give the right texture to the filling mixture.
Keeping
1 or 2 days in a cake tin or box.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 2,466 Kcal or 10,325 Kj | 63 gr | 753 gr | 169 gr |
| 123 % | 24 % | 71 % | 26 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 158 Kcal or 662 Kj | 4 gr | 48 gr | 11 gr |
| 8 % | 2 % | 5 % | 2 % |
| Per piece | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 822 Kcal or 3,442 Kj | 21 gr | 251 gr | 56 gr |
| 41 % | 8 % | 24 % | 9 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 3 pieces : 5.91 €
- Per piece : 1.97 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Coconut sweetcrust pastry: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: |
 | Icing sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Sicilian Epiphany Pie, Walnut short bread, Calissons, Little Christmas biscuits, Arlesian Biscuits, ... All |
 | Dessicated coconut: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Coconut pyramids, Coconut paste, Coconut sweetcrust pastry, Coconut tuiles, ... All |
 | Egg white: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Hazelnut and orange cake, Eton mess, Coconut paste, Walnut paste, Stuffed prunes, ... All |
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