The Great New Zealand Bake Off stopped in our town last night. The weather was miserable so it was nice to be inside with lots of very yummy food.

The overall winner was a parsnip cake, followed by pinot and lemon muffins (from Martinborough of course) and rhubarb streusel slice.

My contribution was this lovely coconut cake, which I shall refer to as the Tropical Polar Bear Cake. This is a shot of the trial cake I made over the weekend. For a teetotaller, my dearest gets a little too excited about the Malibu frosting. He’s requested one for his birthday next week.