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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 3 pieces, you will need:

1 teaspoon Coconut sweetcrust pastry
2 1 ²⁄₃ cup icing sugar
3 1 ²⁄₃ cup dessicated coconut
4 1 cup egg white
5 3 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 ²⁄₃ cup icing sugar and 1 ²⁄₃ cup dessicated coconut in a large bowl and mix with a whisk.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Add 1 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
4,794 Kcal or 20,072 Kj	429 gr	3,495 gr	1,903 gr
240 %	165 %	330 %	288 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
307 Kcal or 1,285 Kj	28 gr	224 gr	122 gr
15 %	11 %	21 %	18 %

Per piece
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,598 Kcal or 6,691 Kj	143 gr	1,165 gr	634 gr
80 %	55 %	110 %	96 %

% 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 3 pieces : 5.91 €
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:
	Icing sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Coconut paste, Santiago Cake, Viennese Shortbread, Mirlitons of Guipavas, Mirlitons, ... All
	Dessicated coconut: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Coconut sweetcrust pastry, Coconut tuiles, Coconut paste, Coconut pyramids, ... All
	Egg white: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Coconut tuiles, Stuffed prunes, Pistachio "Financiers", How to add beaten eggs whites to a mixture, Chocolate madeleines, ... All