Chocolate coconut cake

Getting ready for Christmas Eve the other day and skimming through cookbooks to finalize our dinner menu, I came across an old favorite (pre-Nigel Slater), Donna Hay's Modern Classics 2. While reading a few of her simple cake recipes to get some ideas for dessert, I came across a really easy melt-and-mix Chocolate Coconut Cake from the Short Order section of the book and couldn't resist making it. So, here's a photo of the result and the recipe. Maybe I should get her Christmas book for next year.
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Melt-and-mix chocolate coconut cake
(from Donna Hay's Modern Classics 2)

Preheat the oven to 180C (350F). In a bowl, mix:

• 250 grams (8 oz.) melted unsalted butter
• 3/4 cup sifted cocoa powder
• 1 1/3 cups caster (superfine) sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups dessicated coconut
• 1 1/2 cups plain (all-purpose) flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 cup (6 fl. oz.) milk

Whisk until smooth then pour into a greased 24 cm. (9 1/2 in.) round cake tin lined with non-stick baking paper and bake for 50 minutes. Dust with cocoa and serve warm or cold with thick (double) cream.

Serves 8-10