This weeks pick for Tuesdays with Dorie made my mom really happy. I was on the lookout for a recipe I could turn into cupcakes for her birthday and because my mother loves coconut this was perfect!! Carmen of Carmen Cooks singled out Coconut Tea Cake, which can be found here on Carmens blog or on pages 194 and 195 of Baking From my Home to Yours.
The entire recipe made 36 mini cupcakes that needed 14 minutes in the oven and 18 regular-sized cupcakes that needed to bake for 20 minutes. I topped the coconut cupcakes with white chocolate icing that I found at Technicolor, then dipped them in toasted coconut. They looked pretty and tasted absolutel divine!
White chocolate icing
adapted from Technicolor Kitchen in English
500g white chocolate, chopped
1 cup heavy cream
140g unsalted butter, room temperature
2 cups flaked coconut
Place the chocolate, cream and butter in a small saucepan over low heat
Stir until melted and smooth.
Remove from the heat and set aside to cool completely.
Once cool, beat with a hand-held electric mixer until thick and fluffy.
Ice the cool cupcakes and top them with the flaked coconut
coconut cupcakes seems just perfect for Easter
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI was thinking about skipping these but wow those photos have sold me!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenGorgeous cupcakes! I'm so glad to have read your cupcake hints, because I'm thinking of making the coconut tea cake that way myself.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThat's a lot of cupcakes! They look great! I thought this was a great recipe, and very versatile too. I used cardamom and a white chocolate and cream cheese icing that I turned into a glaze with rum and coconut milk.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenLove the white chocolate icing. Happy birthday to your mother.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenHow lovely Marthe !!! Great change !
BeantwoordenVerwijderenOMG I'm drooling! Coconut cupcakes, what a brilliant idea. I loved the texture of this cake
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Lucky mom!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenWhat gorgeous cupcakes! I love what you did with them!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenwhite chocolate matches just perfect with coconut! i thought about making them into mini-bundts, so I could place an Easter egg in the whole. Let's see..
BeantwoordenVerwijderenWow I think you win!! These little bites look so good. The white chocolate had to push them over the top.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenOk so your frosting looks to die for and I know your mom loved them cucakes! Perfect!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenGreat idea for cuppys. Love what you did with the frosting and the coconut on top. They look fantastic.
BeantwoordenVerwijdereneverythings better with cupcakes!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThose look great! I'm sure they were delicious.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenWhat a great idea to do this one as cupcakes! I love the toasted coconut on top.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenAdding white chocolate icing: genius! Well done, and they look beautiful
BeantwoordenVerwijderenOh,these look delish! The more coconut the better!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenWow, your cupcakes are beautiful. I love the toasted coconut tops!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenGreat idea to do cupcakes! They look delicious!
BeantwoordenVerwijderencuteness! Love.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenYour cupcakes look delicious! I love the toasted coconut on top!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThe cupcakes look wonderful, I love the toasted coconut on top.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenYour cupcakes look & sound delish. Love the toasted coconut on top!
BeantwoordenVerwijdereni am so glad you made these into cupcakes! i am making my cake for Easter next week and so tempted to do cupcakes. that white chocolate frosting sounds divine!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThose are just lovely! I bet they were wonderful with icing and coconut on top.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThese are perfect for spring time!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThe cupcakes look fantastic! I love the idea of white chocolate frosting on these.
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