Name: Chocolate coconut cakes
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: Chocolate butter cream; 90 gram butter, chopped, at room temperature; 3/4 cup icing sugar; 2 tablespoon cocoa; 1 tablespoon milk; grated chocolate, to serve; 1 cup self-raising flour; 1/2 cup plain flour; 1/2 cup brown sugar; 1/3 cup desiccated coconut; 1/4 cup chopped pecans; 125 gram butter, melted; 100 gram milk chocolate, melted; 2 eggs, lightly beaten; 1/4 cup sour cream; 1/4 cup milk

Ingredients

Chocolate butter cream

90 gram butter, chopped, at room temperature

3/4 cup icing sugar

2 tablespoon cocoa

1 tablespoon milk

grated chocolate, to serve

1 cup self-raising flour

1/2 cup plain flour

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/3 cup desiccated coconut

1/4 cup chopped pecans

125 gram butter, melted

100 gram milk chocolate, melted

2 eggs, lightly beaten

1/4 cup sour cream

1/4 cup milk

Method

Chocolate coconut cakes

1.Preheat oven to 180°C. Lightly grease a standard muffin pan.

2.Sift flours together into a large bowl. Stir in sugar, coconut and pecans. Make a well in the centre.

3.Blend butter, chocolate, eggs, sour cream and milk. Spoon into well and stir to combine

4.Divide mixture evenly between muffin pan wells. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until cooked when tested. Cool in pan for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Chocolate butter cream

5.Using an electric mixer, beat butter until creamy. Sift icing sugar and cocoa together. Beat slowly into butter with milk, until blended. Spread butter cream over cooled cakes.

Use white or dark chocolate, if preferred.
Note

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Ingredients

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Chocolate coconut cakes

Chocolate butter cream

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