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food from Sudan

Num Tirk Doung

Coconut Pound Cake

What You Will Need:

• 4 Eggs
• 2 Cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 Cup melted butter
• 1/2 Cup coconut milk
• 1/4 Cup fresh or frozen unsweeted, shredded coconut
• 1 1/2 Cup sugar
• 2 Tablespoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 Teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 Teaspoon salt
• An adult to help you!

How to make it:

1. Preheat oven at 325 degrees.
2. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar together.
3. Add eggs, one at a time to butter sugar mixture. Mixing well after each addition.
4. Add vanilla, baking powder, salt and coconut milk.
5. Blend in all purpose flour and shredded coconut.
6. Grease cake pan with cooking oil or spray and sprinkle some flour in the bottom of the cake pan. Or if you prefer, line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper.
7. Pour the cake batter in to the cake pan.
8. Bake for 1 1/2 hours.
9. Allow cake to cool 15 minutes before removing from pan. Place cake on a rack to finish cooling.