Coconut And Cherry Friands Food

COCONUT AND CHERRY FRIANDS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180celsius and lightly grease and flour muffin or friand pans.
• whisk the egg whites until soft peaks form. Fold in the cherries, sugar, almond, LSA and flour.
• Gently fold in the coconut oil and pour into the pans. It will be very very wet.
• Lightly Sprinkle the coconut over the top and back for 20-25 mins or until a skewer comes out clean.

COCONUT CHOCOLATE-COVERED CHERRIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat butter and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Beat in milk and vanilla until well blended and mixture looks like softened butter. Fold in the coconut and walnuts. , With moist hands, shape 2 teaspoonfuls of coconut mixture around each cherry, forming a ball. Place on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until chilled., In a microwave, melt chocolate chips and shortening; stir until smooth. Dip coated cherries into chocolate. Place on waxed paper; let stand until set. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 1 month.

CHERRY AND COCONUT CAKE

Steps:

• Cream the butter or margarine with the sugar
• beat in the eggs and milk with a whisk (electric or hand)
• stir in the coconut and cherries
• fold in the self raising flour until mixture is a nice consistancy (not too runny not too stiff)
• line a loaf tin with greaseproof parchment paper and fill with mixture - sprinkle some more coconut on the top of the mixture
• place in preheated oven of 180 degrees C and cook for about 30 mins....after 30mins place some whole cherries onto the top of the cake and cook for another 10-15 mins...or until once cocktail stick comes out clean

CHERRY, CHOC & COCONUT TRAY BAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line a 20 x 30cm baking tray with baking parchment. In a large bowl, mix the desiccated coconut, sugar, eggs, white chocolate and glacé cherries until combined. Cook for 20 mins until golden brown and set, then cool in the tin before slicing into bars.

COCONUT AND MANGO FRIANDS

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 350°F
• Combine castor sugar, flour, almond meal and coconut in a large mixing bowl.
• Add the egg whites and stir well with a wooden spoon.
• Add the melted butter and stir well to combine all the ingredients.
• Spoon the mixture into silicone or greased mini loaf pans so that it reaches 3/4 of the way up the side.
• Press several pieces of mango into the cake mixture in each tin. Do the same with the dried cranberries.
• Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes or until the tops are golden. Test the cake by skewering a toothpick into the center. If it comes out clean the cake is ready.
• Remove cakes from the oven and cool in pans for about 4 minutes.
• Gently turn the cakes out of the tins and cool on a wire rack.
• Sprinkle with icing sugar just before serving.
• To store, keep friands in a air-tight container for up to a week.

CHERRY AND COCONUT MUFFINS

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

CHERRY & COCONUT FLORENTINES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Put the sugar, honey and butter in a large pan and gently melt together. When all the sugar has dissolved stir in the coconut, flaked almonds, sliced cherries and flour.
• Line a large baking tray with greaseproof paper (about 40 x 30cm), and roughly spread the Florentine mixture out to a thin layer - don't worry if you have small gaps, it should melt together in the oven. Bake for 10-12 mins until a rich golden colour, then set aside to cool and firm up.
• Melt the chocolate(s) all in separate heatproof bowls over gently simmering water. Line a second large tray or board with greaseproof paper and carefully flip the cooled Florentine bake onto it. Peel off the greaseproof paper. Spread the melted chocolate over, if you're using a few types just leave a gap between each.
• Leave aside until set, then stamp out shapes using cookie star cutters - if the cutter is digging into your hands (as the Florentine mix may be a little hard), rest a small plate or pan on top of it and push down on this instead.