Mini apple and coconut cakes

Recipes / Vegetarian

These little coconut and apple cakes are the perfect choice for a tea with friends.

Recipe «Mini apple and coconut cakes» presented in category Recipes / Vegetarian, to prepare this dish you will need no more 25 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 125g butter, softened, 1/2 cup caster sugar, 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract, 2 eggs, 1 cup plain flour , 1 tsp baking powder, 2 tbsp milk, 3/4 cup moist flaked coconut , 1 granny smith apple, peeled, cored, finely chopped, 1 1/2 cups icing sugar mixture, sifted.

Ingredients:

  • 125g butter, softened 
  • 1/2 cup caster sugar 
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 
  • 2 eggs 
  • 1 cup plain flour 
  • 1 tsp baking powder 
  • 2 tbsp milk 
  • 3/4 cup moist flaked coconut 
  • 1 granny smith apple, peeled, cored, finely chopped 
  • 1 1/2 cups icing sugar mixture, sifted 

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 180C/160C fan-forced. Grease a 12-hole, 1/2 cup-capacity oval friand pan.
  2. Using an electric mixer, beat butter, sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition. Sift flour and baking powder over mixture. Add milk and 1/2 cup coconut. Stir to combine. Fold through apple.
  3. Spoon mixture into friand holes until half full. Smooth tops. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre of 1 cake comes out clean. Stand in pan for 10 minutes. Turn out onto a wire rack to cool.
  4. Meanwhile, place icing sugar and remaining vanilla in a bowl. Add 2 tablespoons hot water. Stir until smooth. Spoon over cakes. Top with remaining coconut. Set aside until set. Serve.