This fluffy and moist mango and coconut cake is made with a vegan sponge and topped with a sweet lime drizzle. It’s eggless, dairy-free and has no butter.
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As soon as it hits mango season, our kitchen is bursting with all sorts of mango recipes.
This vegan loaf cake is made with mango pulp and coconut milk, giving it a bright and exotic flavour. It is perfect for coffee mornings, afternoon tea or picnics.
It is pretty easy to put together too – you just need to mix together the wet ingredients then sift in the dry, transfer to a loaf tin and bake!
I love to add in a lime drizzle which only has a hint of lime flavours so you can either boost the flavour further with lime zest or skip it totally and go for a plain icing.
You could also top with this coconut syrup which only requires 2 ingredients.
Serve mango loaf cake with tea such as english tea, cardamom chai or masala chai.
For a coffee option, go for coconut coffee, iced coffee with ice cream or pistachio latte.
Serve as it is or optionally top with fresh mango cubes and whipped cream.
Vegan Mango Cake Ingredients
Full ingredients with measurements are available in the recipe card below at the end of this post
Plain flour – also known as all purpose flour or maida in hindi.
Mango pulp – I use homemade and tinned. For best results, your mango pulp should be sweet without too much sourness.
Sugar – use white granulated sugar. It is usually vegan but double check the packaging.
Oil – you need a flavourless oil such as sunflower or vegetable.
Coconut milk – regular canned.
Desiccated coconut – optional extra for coconut flavours.
Bicarbonate soda – aka baking soda
Baking powder
Salt – just a pinch to enhance the flavours.
For the lime icing (optional)
Icing sugar – also known as confectioner’s sugar.
Lime juice – fresh is best but bottled works too.
Water to thin out the sugar.
How to make Mango Coconut Cake
Preheat the oven to gas mark 4.
In a large mixing bowl, place flour, salt, desiccated coconut, baking soda, and baking powder.
In a large mixing bowl add mango pulp, oil, sugar and coconut milk.
Mix well until sugar dissolves.
Sift in the plain flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt to the mango pulp mixture and mix gently.
Don’t mix vigorously, if the mixture appears very thick, add more coconut milk little by little.
Pour into a lined or greased loaf tin – I used one 10 inch loaf pan.
Bake it in the preheated oven for 40 minutes, checking at 30 minutes.
Test with a skewer or knife. If it comes out clean, remove the cake from the oven and let it cool completely.
Prepare a semi-thick icing by mixing together icing sugar, lime juice and water.
Drizzle it over the cooled cake.
Optionally garnish the cake with lime zest or slivered nuts or rose petals.
Storage
You can store mango coconut cake in an airtight container at room temperature for about 2 days.
You can also freeze the loaf cake – freeze whole or slices in foil or a freezer safe container and allow to thaw at room temperature.
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Vegan Mango Coconut Cake
Equipment
- 1 Mixing bowl
- 1 oven
- 1 Loaf tin
Ingredients
- 200 grams plain flour
- 200 millilitres mango pulp
- 100 grams sugar
- 75 millilitres oil
- 100 millilitres coconut milk
- 2 tablespoon desiccated coconut
- ½ teaspoon bicarbonate soda Baking Soda
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- pinch salt
Icing
- 4 tablespoon icing sugar
- 1 teaspoon lime juice optional
- 1 tablespoon water
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to gas mark 4.
- In a large mixing bowl, place flour, salt, desiccated coconut, baking soda, and baking powder.
- In a large mixing bowl add mango pulp, oil, sugar and coconut milk.
- Mix well until sugar dissolves.
- Sift in the plain flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt to the mango pulp mixture and mix gently.
- Don’t mix vigorously, if the mixture appears very thick, add more coconut milk little by little.
- Pour into a lined or greased loaf tin – I used one 10 inch loaf pan.
- Bake it in the preheated oven for 40 minutes, checking at 30 minutes.
- Test with a skewer or knife. If it comes out clean, remove the cake from the oven and let it cool completely.
- Prepare a semi-thick icing by mixing together icing sugar, lime juice and water.
- Drizzle it over the cooled cake.
- Optionally garnish the cake with lime zest or slivered nuts or rose petals.
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Notes
Nutrition
The nutritional information provided is an approximation calculated by an online calculator/plugin. Please consult a professional dietitian for nutritional advice.
Note: This post was originally created on May 11th, 2018, but since we have updated the post with new pictures and content.
Unknown
Saturday 31st of October 2020
I used coconut sugar instead of vegan sugar, is coconut sugar suitable?
jcookingodyssey
Tuesday 10th of November 2020
Yes, its fine.
Hijacked by Twins
Saturday 26th of May 2018
Wow this is stunning and such amazing flavours! Thank you for sharing with #CookBlogShare x
cookingwithsapana
Thursday 17th of May 2018
I love mango based recipes and mango loaf is one of my favorite. The limy icing makes it even more sinful and tempting. Beautiful pictures Jagruti, as always.
Freda
Thursday 17th of May 2018
Looks so exotic and awesome! Mango cake is one of my recent favorites, love that you added coconut and lime :)
Uma Srinivas
Wednesday 16th of May 2018
I adore mango recipes. Recently I have shared my mango bread recipe. This looks so gorgeous and yummy! Thanks for sharing vegan version.