The first time I saw Hummingbird cupcakes was on the Martha Stewart website. They were gorgeous and I loved the idea of a cupcake filled with banana, pineapple and coconut as I just adore these tropical flavours. That was almost 2 years ago. I finally decided to give them a whirl this week and I was not disappointed. I adapted the banana cake recipe from my new book and the end result was a beautifully moist, incredibly flavoured cupcake. I used tinned crushed pineapple (with all its liquid) which kept everything moist and the coconut added just the right amount of texture. I topped the cupcakes with a lemony…
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Posts Tagged ‘Coconut’
When I buy a tray of fresh prawns from my local fishmonger, the excitement can be likened to that of a child at the circus. I am never left without inspiration when I cook prawns and often feel like I want to make not only one but a few different dishes to really make the most of them. Especially as they are not the cheapest of ingredients and are considered quite a treat by my family and I. I decided to make a creamy coconut curry with the prawns over the weekend and wanted to use the shells and heads to infuse even more prawn flavour into the curry so…
When it comes to baking, cupcakes must be one to the easiest things to throw together and with these easy recipes, you have no excuse not to spoil your family this Easter. The chocolate cupcakes are super moist and to decorate them I simply piped the icing in a ‘nest’ around the top of the cupcake and then filled the hollow with colourful speckled eggs I bought. They look adorable and kids and adults alike will fall in love with them. The coconut cupcakes are delicate and light with a lovely coconut flavour. I like topping it with shredded coconut (which you can toast in the oven for a…
Breakfast in our house is quite a boring meal most of the time. I sometimes get creative and zhoosh up the normal oats but most of the time it’s oats with syrup and a knob of butter or toast with some topping. If my family is lucky, they’ll get a scrambled egg. But sometimes I feel very ‘domestic goddess-like’ early in the morning and I’ll whip up some waffles or flapjacks. I wasn’t in the mood for the regular old flapjacks this weekend and spotted the dessicated coconut in the pantry and decided to add some to the batter. It transformed them into (if possible) more-moist, more flavorsome little cakes….
