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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 29^th 2021

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For 2 pieces, you will need:

1 teaspoon Coconut sweetcrust pastry
2 1 cup + 2 tablespoons icing sugar
3 1 cup + 2 tablespoons dessicated coconut
4 ²⁄₃ cup egg white
5 2 tablespoons icing sugar (optional)

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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 teaspoon 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.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Put 1 cup + 2 tablespoons icing sugar and 1 cup + 2 tablespoons dessicated coconut in a large bowl and mix with a whisk.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Add ²⁄₃ cup 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
1,644 Kcal or 6,883 Kj	42 gr	502 gr	113 gr
82 %	16 %	47 %	17 %

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 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, Milk, Egg

How much will it cost?

For 2 pieces : 3.94 €
Per piece : 1.97 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Coconut sweetcrust pastry: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example:
	Dessicated coconut: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Coconut tuiles, Coconut pyramids, Coconut sweetcrust pastry, Coconut paste, ... All
	Icing sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Sicilian Epiphany Pie, Hazelnut and orange cake, Tarte Normande, Arlesian Biscuits, Gâteau Nantais, ... All
	Egg white: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Amaretti, Calissons, Italian Meringue, Succès praliné (praline meringue), Coconut tuiles, ... All

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