Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Coconut and Lemon Loaf for Daring Baker's February 2012

Daring Baker's was hosted by Lis for February 2012.  Lis challenged us to make quick breads,which I  have to quickly whip up in the last minute as always.  Lis has provided us with different sources to refer for quick breads with different flavours and versions.


Quick breads are made with quickly without kneading,rising and yeast.  Basically quick breads are made with rising agents like baking powder,bicarbonate of soda along with moist texture.  A quick bread can be either sweet or savoury,  you can play with different flavours to make your own version of quick bread.  A quick bread can be in the form of loaves,muffins or popovers.

I have choosed Coconut and lemon loaf for this challenge.   Coconut by itself is a fantastic flavours,  I know it goes well with cardamom.  I love the flavour of lemon and vanilla in any cakes, so today I wanted to try lemon and vanilla along with fresh grated coconut.  I felt the flavour of coconut in every bite, this is a super moist and yummy bread.  Since I made it in the last minute, I couldn't come out with some appealing pictures for this yummy loaf.  If you are a coconut lover, I'm sure you'll enjoy this a lot and will become your favourite once you try it.

Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 20-25 minutes
Makes 1 mini loaf

Ingredients:
Plain flour- 100 g
Fresh grated coconut- 75 g
Butter- 75 g ( at room temperature )
Sugar- 75 g
Egg- 1
Lemon juice- Juice of 1/2 a lemon
Vanilla essence- 1 tsp
Grated lemon zest- 1/4 tsp
Baking powder- 1 tsp
Bicarbonate of soda- 1/4 tsp
Yogurt- 1/2 tbsp

Method:
Preheat the oven to 190 degree Celsius.  Grease and line a mini loaf tin.  Sift together the flour, baking powder  and bicarbonate of soda in a large bowl.  Beat together the butter and sugar in a bowl with a electric mixer.  When it looks fluffy add the egg and beat well.  Add the egg and beat again.  Now add the flour mixture, lemon juice, grated lemon zest and vanilla.  Beat all the ingredients to combine well.  Finally add the fresh grated coconut and stir.
Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and bake it in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.  Take it out from the oven, leave it cool in the tin for 5 minutes.  Gently remove from the tin,slice and serve.

Note:
The bread is too soft and moist, so take care while slicing it, so that they don't break.

Linking this recipe to Cakes,Cookies and Desserts.

36 comments:

Anamika@madcookingfusions said...

Wow, looks real yum...can see the softness and freshness of the bread in your clicks...!!!

Anonymous said...

WOW does that sound delicious! I love the flavour combination. It looks so moist. Definitly adding this to my "to try" list

Faseela said...

super yummy loaf....great work

www.mahaslovelyhome.com said...

really so fluffy n soft..nice cliks.can feel the taste

Pavithra Elangovan said...

Beautiful flavors Ayeesha !! And it looks super moist too.. yah me too whipped up in last minute.. Managed to finish finally.

Unknown said...

Your loaf looks fantastic. I love coconut and think pairing it with lemon is perfect. Thanks for sharing your recipe and the gorgeous pictures (I think they came out beautifully).

Spicy-Aroma said...

looks yummy..very refreshing clicks!!
Kande Pohe

sojo said...

wow.... me too love coconut and lemon flavours... and pics, its good... doesnt look like a last minute thing at all..... super soft it looks....

Ramya said...

love the combo of lemon and coconut

Aarthi said...

Yummy recipe..bookmarked

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Archana said...

Wow this is yum no yumm no yummm. :)

My Kitchen Antics said...

have never paired coconut and lemon together..looks soft and delish

Zareena said...

They look yummy... They are perfectly baked and looks very inviting too.

Suganya said...

Moist looking cake. Love the lemon flavor in baked goodies. YUM!

Amna said...

Yumm Yumm Yummy...looks marvelous!

Vineetha Sush said...

Nice combination of ingredients....looks tempting.

Reshmi Mahesh said...

Refreshing flavor and delicious looking loaf...

Anjali Bapna Shukla said...

What a sponge!!
This is a terrific bread...splendid!! :)

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Marina said...

that is such a yummy loaf!

Rasi said...

looks really nice.. the texture looks crumbly & moist..i did a spicy one for the challenge

schmetterlingwords said...

The loaf looks sooo moist and fragile... A delicious treat... :)

Binys Recipes said...

wow amazing and fresh flavours...looks gorgeous

Neha said...

Loaf looks wonderful...

Sravs said...

so soft and yummy bread !!

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Manju @ Manjus Eating Delights said...

Looks great...I have always wanted to take part in the daring bakers challenges but something or the other comes up all the time....
I have an Irish soda bread recipe on my blog posted long back...thats also a similar sort of bread i suppose ;-)

nice clickS!

Christy Gerald said...

Wow! So yumm n moist Bake FDear.Luv it!

Deeps @ Naughty Curry said...

looks awesome, the coconut in it must have given it a lovely flavour

Charu Srivastava said...

so soft...so moist...so yummy!!!!!!

Rachana said...

The loaf looks so soft and moist and yum.

Kaveri Venkatesh said...

What a wonderful combination of flavors. Looks very soft and moist

simran said...

lovely looking loaf....looks super moist and the flavours must be real good.

Sumi said...

thats some yummy combo..I always wanted to bake with coconut, but never had any luck with it over the few times I tried:)

Nammi said...

mmmmmmmmmm, looks delicious and bread looks so nice and soft

preeti garg said...

Awesome.... lovin it

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Anjali Bapna Shukla said...

Thanks for linking this lemony coconuty delight. :)

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Winnie said...

It looks special and I really like the texture - soft and moist

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