Mama's Orange (Or Lime) & Coconut Cake

Ingredients

• 8 ounces self raising flour
• 8 ounces self raising flour
• 8 ounces margarine or 8 ounces butter
• 8 ounces margarine or 8 ounces butter
• 8 ounces butter
• 6 ounces sugar
• 6 ounces sugar
• + 16 more ingredients
• • 2 ounces desiccated coconut (unsweetened)
  • 2 ounces desiccated coconut (unsweetened)
  • 3 medium eggs
  • 3 medium eggs
  • 3 oranges, zest of (or limes)
  • 3 oranges, zest of (or limes)
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • approx. 200ml water
  • ¾ cup icing sugar
  • ¾ cup icing sugar
  • orange juice (or lime juice)
  • 1 teaspoon margarine (or butter)
  • 1 teaspoon margarine (or butter)
  • orange & lemon candy (jelly slices)
  • silver dragees

1 Cream the margarine and the sugar until light and fluffy. Whisk the eggs into the sugar/margarine mixture. 2 Slowly add the flour (sieved), baking powder, orange zest and coconut. Stir in a figure of 8 fashion. 3 Gradually add enough water to loosen the cake mix up a bit. It should be the con...

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