Easy Recipe for a Mandarin and Coconut Loaf Cake

This recipe for delicious homemade mandarin and coconut loaf cake topped with citrus glaze is perfect for afternoon tea with friends.

When I was growing up there was never a shortage of fresh fruit or vegetables loaves. They were one of our favorite things to enjoy on the weekend or after school. Of course, loaves such as zucchini or banana were always topped with a layer of butter.

How to make a mandarin and coconut loaf cake

Looking for something delicious to bake this weekend? If you have extra mandarins, then you’ll love this citrus loaf.

Tonya Staab

Mandarin and Coconut Loaf Cake

A delicious mandarin and coconut loaf cake with citrus glaze drizzled over the top.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 50 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 5 minutes mins

Servings: 8 people

Course: Dessert

Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients

  

Mandarin coconut loaf

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 1 cup unsweetened vanilla coconut milk
• 2 large eggs room temperature
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
• 1 Halo mandarin 1/2 of the zest only

Citruz Glaze

• 1 cup confectioners sugar
• 2 1/2 tbsp mandarin juice approx 1 1/2 mandarins
• zest mandarin other half from loaf ingredients

Equipment

• 2 Mixing bowls
• 1 Loaf pan
• 1 Cooling rack

Method

 

1. Preheat the oven to 350F
2. Grease a loaf pan with softened butter and flour – shake off the excess flour.
3. Zest the rind of the mandarin, divide in half and set it aside.
4. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
5. In a second mixing bowl, whisk together the coconut milk, eggs, and vanilla extract.
6. Carefully fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.
7. Gently fold the softened butter into the mix as well.
8. Pour the batter into the loaf pan and bake for approximately 50 minutes.
9. Leave to cool on a wire rack while you make the glaze.
10. Combine the confectioner's sugar and mandarin juice in a cup to make the glaze.
11. Once cool, turn the loaf onto a wire rack and put it on top of a board.
12. Slowly pour the glaze over the loaf. Top with remaining mandarin zest.

This recipe for my mandarin and coconut loaf cake was originally created for the Halos mandarins blog. The blog has since been removed from their website.

If you are looking for the perfect dish to serve when visitors come over, that will be loved by kids as much as adults, then this one is for you.

More delicious loaf cake recipes

• Orange loaf cake
• Apple loaf cake