Coconut cupcakes
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Makes Cakes
Ingredients
- 100g Self raising flour
- 80g Sugar
- 1/4 tsp Bicarbonate of soda
- 1 Egg
- 50ml Sunflower oil
- 100ml Coconut milk
- 20g chopped strawberries (optional)
- 15g chopped almonds (optional)
- 10g grated creamed coconut (optional)
- 8 Cupcake cases
Method
- STEP 1Preheat the oven to 200°C
- STEP 2Place cupcake cases in muffin tin or tray and set aside.
- STEP 3Add the flour, sugar and bicarbonate of soda into a mixing bowl and combine together.
- STEP 4In a seperate bowl add the egg, sunflower oil, coconut milk and the grated creamed coconut (if you are using) and whisk together.
- STEP 5Pour the coconut milk, egg and oil mixture into the bowl that contains the flour, sugar and bicarbonate of soda. Whisk together until pale and slightly runny. If your mixture appears a bit too thick, keep adding a little coconut milk until a slightly runnier consistency.
- STEP 6Fold in strawberries and almonds (or any other ingredient similar that you wish to add) into the cupcake mixture.
- STEP 7Using a metal spoon, pour 2 tbsp (or until a little bit over halfway full) into the cupcake case. Repeat until all cases are finished and put into the oven.
- STEP 8After 15 minutes of cooking, take out and sprinkle a pinch of sugar onto the top of cupcakes. If you are using creamed coconut, grate a small amount over the top aswell, and then place back into the oven for a further 5 minutes.