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In my ever-diminishing wisdom I decided it would be a good idea to have a party over Christmas for our skittles team. I sent out the invitations, gathered bits and bobs for decoration, bought a pretty frock, booked the hairdresser etc etc. But then came the task of feeding my friends. I decided I needed a centerpiece, both savoury & sweet. So I consulted my array of cookbooks and decided upon Nigella’s Ham in Coke for the savoury element. I’ve heard this raved about but was still somewhat sceptical. I shouldn’t have been. It was a doddle to cook and delicious to eat. I didn’t take an individual photo but it’s to the left on the table picture.For the sweet element I knew exactly what I wanted to try; Delia’s Fresh Coconut Cake. It looks so pretty and I thought it was appropriately Christmassy. Particularly with my added extra of a snowman topper!! The instructions for getting into the coconut were successful so all was going well. It’s basically a sponge cake with added grated coconut. And thus I hit my first hurdle. Coconut is a bugger to grate manually. I need to buy myself a microplane grater if I’m ever to make this again. There was grated coconut in the cake, grated coconut in the frosting and then the whole thing was covered in yet more bloody grated coconut. My poor hands were cramped to bits. But it was worth it. It looked fab and tasted gorgeous 
The party went well too!
