Orange Coconut Cake

1/2 cup coconut
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup fresh orange juice
125 g butter
1 cup caster sugar
1 tbs orange rind grated
2 egg
1 1/2 cup self-raising flour

ICING
1 1/2 cup icing sugar
1 tsp soft butter
2 tbs orange juice


Combine coconut and ½ cup milk in a bowl. Stand for 1 hour.
Cream butter, sugar and orange rind until light and fluffy.
Add eggs and beat well.
Stir in flour, coconut mixture and orange juice.
Pour into a greased and lined 23 cm x 12 cm loaf tin.
Bake at 180C for 45 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer.
Stand for 5 minutes, then turn onto a wire rack to cool.
Mix all icing ingredients together until smooth and spread over cake.