Coconut and Raspberry Cupcakes
- 4 eggs
- 23 cup sugar
- 1 14 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 23 cup flaked coconut
- 12 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 14 cup raspberry preserves
- icing sugar, for dusting on top of finished cakes
- Preheat oven to 425*F (220*C).
- Butter 3 cupcake, or mini (1 1/2 to 2 TBS capacity) muffin pans or fit with paper liners.
- If you do not have enough pans, the cakes can be cooked in batches instead.
- In a large bowl, whisk the eggs and sugar together until the mixture is thick and pale and forms a ribbon.
- sift the flour and baking powder together and fold into the egg mixture alternately with the coconut.
- Fold in the melted butter, cover and then chill in the refrigerator for 25 minutes.
- Place 2 teaspoons of the batter into the prepared pans, dot 1/2 teaspoon of preserves in the center of each, then top with another 2 teaspoons of batter so that each muffin cup is 3/4 full.
- Bake for 5 minutes, then reduce the oven temperature to 400*F (200*C) and bakd for a further 5 to 7 minutes, until risen and golden.
- Turn out onto racks to cool completely.
- Dust with icing sugar and serve.
eggs, sugar, flour, baking powder, flaked coconut, unsalted butter, raspberry preserves, icing sugar
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/coconut-and-raspberry-cupcakes-107002 (may not work)