Coconut & raspberry cupcakes

Coconut & raspberry cupcakes

Adding a little fruit purée to your buttercream frosting gives you a berry flavour and vibrant colour atop your sponges

Difficulty and servings

Easy

MAKES 12-15

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 25 mins

Cook time

Cook 20 mins

Freezable

FREEZE un-iced

Method

  1. Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Line a 12-hole muffin tin with deep paper cases or a 15-hole bun tin with cake cases. Tip all the cake ingredients except the raspberries into a bowl and beat for 1-2 mins until light and fluffy. Gently fold in the raspberries.
  2. Divide the mixture between the cases and bake for 18-20 mins (add a couple of extra mins for deep cases), until golden brown and firm to the touch. Leave to cool.
  3. Beat together the icing sugar, butter and raspberry coulis to make a light, fluffy icing. Spoon or pipe onto the cakes and sprinkle with coconut.

PER CUPCAKE (12)

314 kcalories, protein 3g, carbohydrate 37g, fat 17 g, saturated fat 11g, fibre 2g, sugar 28g, salt 0.4 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2012.

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  • 2012-05-21 14:58:47.955029

    DutchRed rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Absolutely yummie, ask any of my colleagues! Easy enough to make and they look so lovely. Added a single raspberry on top of each cupcake as a finishing touch.

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  • 2012-05-22 14:39:57.983634

    Kirsteen rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Thought these were gorgeous, will definitely be making again and again! Didn't have enough raspberries left to make a good coulis, but used what i had and added pink food colour to the icing sugar to make it lively and colourful.

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  • 2012-05-27 08:42:20.64683

    Food rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I followed the recipe exactly and they were delicious. Took the tin around to the in-laws and everyone thought they were fantastic, reckoned I could sell them :-) Three year old daughter decorated them with smarties and chocolate buttons which is her favourite activity of all time!

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  • 2012-05-31 10:19:33.483692

    suetarrant rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really lovely cupcakes. Used 50g of ground almonds as didn't have coconut. Added strawberry puree instead of raspberry to frosting. Will definitely be making these again!

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  • 2012-06-01 16:34:18.736608

    Emily rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I made a half quantity today and they were lovely! I found half of the recipe made 9 fairy cake sized cakes (which took about 20 minutes to cook, give or take a couple of minutes). I made them with the home made coulis which I was a bit wary of at first because it was quite strong but once added with the icing sugar and the butter it was lovely. Will defintiely be making the full quantity next time

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  • 2012-06-03 19:39:57.352535

    Sally rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I made these for my husband to take to work as part of a jubilee tea party. They were brilliantly easy and delicious. Trouble was, I decorated them with some left over raspberries and they looked rather like part of the female anatomy... http://recipe-junkie.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/nipple-cakes-no-rasberry-and-coconut.html

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  • 2012-06-24 18:11:48.074551

    Rachel commented on this recipe

    these were just gorgeous

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  • 2012-06-24 18:11:59.788517

    Rachel rated this recipe

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  • 2012-06-30 15:36:21.224413

    Frantic Flapjack rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    When I first took these out of the oven, I thought they may have been undercooked as the bottoms felt quite soggy. However, it was because of the raspberries. Lovely, fresh tasting cakes and the raspberry topping was very light. If keeping these for a few days, I would store in a sealed container in the fridge as I think the raspberry filling would go mouldy if not refrigerated.

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  • 2012-07-02 09:23:38.581743

    Clairee rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious. Have made these twice last week and all my French friends loved them!

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  • 2012-07-08 17:13:37.26633

    Sarah rated this recipe

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  • 2012-07-13 10:00:57.609269

    emilylox rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Absolutely delicious! I just added fresh raspberries to the butter and icing sugar and whisked it up and worked perfectly.

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    2012-07-22 18:28:49.51427

    Zoe rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I didn't have any raspberries, so used raspberry jam instead - still tasted amazing! Look good too :D

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  • 2012-07-28 16:14:15.937501

    maartje rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    cake itself was really nice and easy to make, but I think the buttercream is way to sweet. I made a really nice raspberry coulis using a recipe of this site, but when making the buttercream I was already thinking that the amount of sugar is just to much. I used 200 gr and that was already ridiculously sweet and the quantity of buttercream is also way to much. Next time I think I'll make a buttercream just using the coulis, less butter and add extra sugar if needed. Also I used frozen raspberries and that worked out great for the cake

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  • 2012-08-02 12:18:27.083153

    miss_brightside rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really light and delicious and surprisingly easy to make. They went down a treat with family and friends who were asking me to send them the recipe afterwards. I used a handful of fresh raspberries instead of coulis for the icing although next time I may use less icing sugar.

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  • 2012-08-19 19:24:31.751951

    bakewithlove rated and commented on this recipe

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    Lovely! I didn't actually add the raspberries, instead I put jam in the middle and also flavoured with almond extract instead of vanilla. I wanted a sort of Bakewell tart taste and they turned out very well!

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  • 2012-08-28 11:17:54.832832

    The Kitchen Maid commented on this recipe

    Hi Am having a Sunday morning christening - can these be made the evening before or do I have to decorate at last minute ?? Need to make about 100 cakes (4 varieties) but need to be finished evening before the event...Any ideas/suggestions anyone ?? Thanks!

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  • 2012-08-28 20:38:18.885488

    Missy poo commented on this recipe

    Look absolutely positively yummy. My nonna (grandmother) baked a lot and i would like to post some of her recipes on here, but i dont know how. does anybody know how???

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  • 2012-09-26 16:07:59.127236

    Cocojo rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I also would recommend adding 100gm of dark chocolate and 250gm of cherries instead of the raspberries and dust with icing sugar. An alernative just as good as the raspberries! Delicious!!!

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  • 2012-10-12 11:25:18.867041

    LisaDillon rated and commented on this recipe

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    I made these mixed summer fruits , the tart fruit and the sweet topping really worked , defiantly making these again .

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

MAKES 12-15

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 25 mins

Cook time

Cook 20 mins

Freezable

FREEZE un-iced

Ingredients

  • 175g self-raising flour
  • 140g caster sugar
  • 50g desiccated coconut
  • 140g butter , softened
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 large eggs
  • 4 tbsp milk
  • 140g raspberries , fresh or frozen

FOR THE FROSTING

  • 280g icing sugar
  • 85g butter , softened
  • 4 tbsp raspberry coulis, from a bottle or fresh
  • a little desiccated or shredded coconut , to decorate
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PER CUPCAKE (12)

314 kcalories, protein 3g, carbohydrate 37g, fat 17 g, saturated fat 11g, fibre 2g, sugar 28g, salt 0.4 g

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