Coconut Squares with Berries
Coconut squares with berries is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the berry cake category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 150 g soft butter
- 80 g sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 50 g white couverture chocolate (melted)
- 4 eggs
- 300 g flour
- 2 tsp Baking powder
- 0.5 tsp grated lemon zest
- 100 g coconut flakes
- 8 sheets of white gelatin
- 500 g Low-fat quark
- 200 ml coconut milk
- 100 g coconut flakes
- 2 packets vanilla sugar
- 50 g sugar
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 150 ml whipping cream
- 100 g berry jam
Instructions
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1.
Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F) with upper and lower heat.
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2.
Cream the butter with sugar and salt. Stir in the melted couverture chocolate and eggs, then add flour, baking powder, lemon zest, and coconut flakes. Spread the dough onto a small baking tray lined with parchment paper and bake in the preheated oven on the middle rack for about 35 minutes (do the toothpick test!). Remove and let cool.
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For the cream, soak gelatin in cold water. Mix quark with coconut milk and coconut flakes. Season with vanilla sugar, sugar, and lemon juice. Add the slightly wet gelatin to a small pot and dissolve it (do not boil). Stir in 2 tbsp coconut cream and fold into the mixture. Whip the cream stiffly and fold it in.
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4.
Spread the coconut cream over the cake and refrigerate for at least 3 hours until firm.
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Warm the jam gently while stirring, then spread it over the coconut cake and let dry. Remove the cake from the pan and serve cut into pieces.
