Special Occasion Cake and Coconut Ice (DF, V)

A friend recently turned 40 and I made a special cake to celebrate.  This little number uses a double batch of my chocolate cake recipe and icing.  I used raspberry essence and lemon juice to flavour two batches of icing, and coloured one pink and the other purple, and spread with an ombre effect. I decorated the cake with everlasting flowers, vegan bon-bons and fruit sticks, and coconut ice.

Coconut Ice Recipe

Ingredients:

• 160ml sweetened condensed coconut milk (if you're in Wellington, I get mine from Davis Trading in Petone)

• 2 cups icing sugar

• 2 cups desiccated coconut

• 2-4 drops red/pink food colouring

Method:

1. Sieve the icing sugar and add the coconut and condensed coconut milk. Mix until well combined.
2. Divide the mixture in half and to the one half add the food colouring and mix well.
3. Press the white mixture into the base of a pan or container (spray lightly with non stick oil).
4. Spread and press the pink mixture over the white mixture and place in the fridge to harden.
5. Once it has set, cut into small squares. 

Recipe by Alina @ LittleByLittle