Coconut and Eggfruit Slices.

Coconut and Eggfruit Slices.
Coconut and Eggfruit Slices.

This is lovely, richly-textured coconut dessert with pieces of eggfruit (canistel). In this recipe, we use our freshly grated coconuts from the farm.

Our Lovely Coconuts.
Our Lovely Coconuts.
Grated Coconut.
Freshly Grated Coconut.

Grease a pan 9 inches (22.5cm) square and set the oven at 350oF (180oC).

Beat:

2 eggs

and then beat in the following:

1 cup brown sugar

1/8 tsp salt

1/2 tsp vanilla essence

Then stir in:

2 cups coconut, shredded

1 cup of eggfruit (canistel), chopped up

Sift over the batter:

6 tablespoons flour

Stir lightly and spoon into the pan.  Bake for 30 minutes.  Cut into squares whilst warm.  Once cool, remove from pan.  Makes 16 pieces.

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