Coconut Bread

Name: Coconut Bread
Ingredients: 2 eggs; 300 ml coconut milk; 5 ml (1 teaspoon) coconut essence; 375 gm (2 1/2 cups) flour; 10 ml (2 teaspoons) baking powder; 10 ml (2 teaspoons) ground cinnamon; 2,5 ml (1/2 teaspoon) salt; 250 ml (1 cup) caster sugar; 150 gm desiccated coconut; 75 ml butter, melted

Warm slices of coconut bread served with pineapple jam are a lovely breakfast treat.

Published 29 January 2026

Method

Preheat the oven to 180 ?C. Grease and line a 21 x 10 cm loaf tin.
Whisk the eggs coconut milk and coconut essence in a mixing bowl.
Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together and add the cinnamon, caster sugar and desiccated coconut. Whisk it together.
Gradually stir in the egg mixture until just combined. Add the melted butter and stir through. Do not over mix. Pour the batter into the loaf pan and bake in the oven for 1 hour, or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
Set aside the pan for 5 minutes before turning out the bread onto a wire cooling rack.
Serve warm, cut into generous slices.