Best Cherry And Coconut Cupcakes Recipes
CHERRY CHOCOLATE COCONUT CUPCAKES
Chocolate-covered coconut candy is tucked inside each of these morsels. The ganache frosting is complemented by coarse sugar and chocolate-covered cherries. -Sandy Ploy, Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 55m
Yield 2 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- For ganache, place vanilla chips and butter in a large bowl. In a small saucepan, bring cream just to a boil. Pour over chip mixture; whisk until smooth. Stir in extract. Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours, stirring occasionally., In a large bowl, beat the pie filling, buttermilk and eggs until well blended. Combine the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into pie filling mixture until blended., Fill 24 paper-lined muffin cups one-third full. Cut candy bars in half; place half of a candy bar in center of each cupcake. Cover each with 2 tablespoonfuls batter. , Bake at 375° for 16-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., Meanwhile, in a microwave, melt chocolate chips and shortening; stir until smooth. Dip cherries in chocolate mixture; allow excess to drip off. Place on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet. Refrigerate until set., Remove ganache from refrigerator; gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until frosting is light and fluffy. Pipe over cupcakes; sprinkle with coarse sugar. Garnish with chocolate-dipped cherries.
Nutrition Facts :
COCONUT CHERRY MUFFINS
This is one of those no effort required recipes. If you're partial to coconut and short on time these quick and tasty muffins give satisfying rewards. Sophisticated tastes however, look the other way!
Provided by Fili Eve
Categories Quick Breads
Time 45m
Yield 6 muffins, 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 190C/375F/gas 5.
- Sift into a large bowl flour, baking powder, salt and caster sugar finally adding coconut.
- Cut cherries into pieces.
- In separate bowl whisk egg, milk, vanilla extract and oil until smooth.
- Make a well in centre of dry ingredients and add egg mixture, stir until just combined.
- Add cherries being careful not to overwork the batter.
- Spoon into greased or paper lined muffin cups 3/4 full.
- Topping. Mix remaining sugar and coconut, sprinkle evenly on top of muffins.
- Bake at 375 (Gas 5) for 20-25 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 279.8, Fat 12.7, SaturatedFat 3.2, Cholesterol 20.5, Sodium 318.8, Carbohydrate 38.6, Fiber 0.9, Sugar 21.2, Protein 3.6
CHERRY AND COCONUT MUFFINS
hearty food :) with a homemade feel
Provided by babybump
Time 30m
Yield Makes Cakes
Number Of Ingredients 0
Steps:
- preheat the oven to 175c/300/f gas 4
- place all your ingredients into a bowl keeping back the cherries and coconut and use an electric whisk to beat together for at least 2-3 minutes
- add your coconut and quarter your cherries leaving 18 out to top before putting in the oven
- place mix in cupcake cases and place whole cherries on top of the mixture
- bake in the oven for 20 minutes or till skewer comes out clean. place on a colling rack when cooled these can be frozen for 3 months in an air tight container or last 2 days if not freezing
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