Preheat your oven to 180C. Line a loaf pan with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, cream softened butter and sugar with vanilla extract.
Add one egg at a time and whisk well.
Once everything is well combined, sift together flour, baking powder and dump in the desiccated coconut.
Fold using a spatula and make sure you do not over mix at this stage.
Pour the batter in the loaf pan.
Bake it at 180C for 30-35 mins or until the skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
If you want a crack in the centre of the cake, before putting it in the oven, make a line of butter in the centre of the batter. You can either use cold or melted butter.
Recipe by Bake with Shivesh at https://bakewithshivesh.com/coconut-cake/