Apricot Chocolate Chip Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup finely chopped dried apricot
• 1 cup apricot nectar
• 125 g butter
• 2/3 cup raw sugar
• 2 eggs, separated
• 1 1/2 cups coconut
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 grease and line a round cake pan.
• 2 combine dried apricots and nectar in a bowl and stand for 1 hour.
• 3 cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• 4 beat in egg yolks one at a time.
• 5 stir in coconut, then half of the flour and baking powder and half the apricot mixture.
• 6 stir in remaining flour, baking powder and apricot and all the choc chips.
• 7 beat the egg whites in a small bowl until soft peaks forms, fold gently into cake mixture and spread batter into cake pan.
• 8 bake in preheated 350 degree f (180 degree c) oven for 1 1/4 hours.
• 9 stand for 5 minutes then turn onto a rack to cool.
• 10 dust with icing sugar to serve if desired.