Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had a marvelous holiday season and I wish each of you a happy and healthy 2012. Once I get unpacked and organized, I'll be checking in with you in the next few days to see what you've been up to. In the meantime, I wanted to share a recipe I've had in my draft folder since before Christmas and never had time to post. Enjoy!
When I saw this recipe on El's blog Fresh, I thought what fun it would be to serve these mini bundt cakes for dessert. Fully expecting them to be pound cake density, imagine my surprise to find them light as air. Perfect for tea. Not that we didn't eat them for dessert anyway, but I fully intend to serve them at my next Garden Club meeting with tea and coffee. Unfortunately, the only chocolate chips I had in the house were left-over bittersweet féves. The result really wasn't delicate enough for such a light cake and I'll definitely buy the mini bittersweet chips next time. Still, I'm not complaining. :) They were gone in a flash!
Coconut Chocolate Chip Tea Cakes
From Fresh New England
Ingredients:
125 g unsalted butter, softened
1 1/3 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. coconut extract (not required but good)
1/2 cup (4 oz) milk
1 1/3 cups flour, sifted
2 teaspoons baking powder
Scant 1 cup shredded coconut
Scant 1 cup good quality mini bittersweet chocolate chips
Scant 1 cup good quality mini bittersweet chocolate chips
powdered sugar, for dusting
Method:
Method:
Butter and flour mini-bundt pans. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In bowl of stand mixer using a paddle attachment, beat butter for about 30 seconds. Add
sugar and beat until pale, light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time and beat just until mixed in. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Add extracts (if you're not using coconut extract, double the amount of vanilla extract) and milk and mix until just blended. Add the flour and mix slightly. Add coconut and chocolate and mix until just blended.Spoon batter into pan until each opening is half full. Bake 18-22 minutes or until inserted
toothpick comes out clean. Cool and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
I hope you had a delightful, WARM holiday?
ReplyDeleteThose are simply fabulous. I'm going to make some this week!!
They look divine!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Years to you!
Yum! They sound delish and look even better! I need to pick up some of these little pans. Hope your holidays were great!
ReplyDeleteWhat heavenly cakes! Perfect with a good cup of tea.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
Cheers,
Rosa
Oh these sound delightful..Chocolate and coconut..Like a chocolate dipped macaroon.(not macaron)..Thank you.. and light as air? perfect..I have the mini molds..so they are in our future.Happy New Year to you.
ReplyDeleteNow I know I need mini bundt pans!
ReplyDeleteSo dainty! Your gardening club will love them!
ReplyDeleteMy mini-bundt pans don't get used nearly enough. I, too, see these in our future!!
ReplyDeleteI made a nice tomato soup from Mary's (One Perfect Bite) blog and accompanied it by your Mustard Puffs for lunch today. I'll be posting it soon!
Welcome back and happy new year.
Best,
Bonnie
I just saw a mini bundt pan and passed on it, thinking it was an extravagance...I'm going back to get it. These look so elegant and yummy. Coconut and chocolate is one of my all time favorite combinations.
ReplyDeleteLovely cakes! Fabulous combination of flavors, they look so good.
ReplyDeleteCoconut and chocolate chips? All wrapped up in a mini-bundt? Heavenly! Happy New Year, Barbara! Hope you had a great holiday!
ReplyDeleteThey even look light and delicate, Barbara. :-) What pretty little cakes, perfect for your Garden shindig. :-)
ReplyDeleteWhat darling little cakes! Love the coconut and chocolate combination! Hope you had a wonderful holiday - Happy New Year!
ReplyDeletebeautiful cakes!
ReplyDeleteHappy New year, Barbara!
These little cakes look amazing. If I passed on the tea, and ate a few with a really good cup of coffee, that
ReplyDeletewould be okay too, right?
Happy New Year to you! I am looking forward to all your posts in 2012.
Cheers.
Velva
Coconut AND chocolate? Ooooh, you're a naughty one, Barbara. Those look divine!
ReplyDeleteThese do look delicious! Hope that you had a wonderful holiday!
ReplyDeleteSo so pretty!
ReplyDeleteI love El's site, too - and you are inspirational, now, to me - to do the same!
Happy 2012, Barbara
Valerie
I love that shape. I actually have a little wisp of pan envy about them... hmmm! Kind of like my irrational desire to get a candela mold... which I am sure I would use once (beeswax????)... but the shape is so adorable.
ReplyDeleteAt the moment, I need to stop getting more things... NYears resolution... divest!!!!
Hope you had a great holiday!
These are lovely!
ReplyDeleteI've been having coconut cravings lately. These sound yummy. Coconut, dark chocolate. . . why they're practically a health food, right?!
Happy New Year, to you and your family Barbara. Hope that you are enjoying the holidays.
ReplyDeleteThe little Tea cakes look so good and I want to reach in and help myself to one.
Hugs
Carolyn
the flavors here are great, obviously, but i love the little shape most of all--too cute!
ReplyDeleteOh my, don't these little cakes look delicious! Hope you enjoyed your holiday. Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteThere's always something yummy over here Barbara. I swear, if I tried this many recipes I would waddle :)
ReplyDeleteI have finally got my sweet tooth calmed down from the holidays, but when I feel like I can, I would love to try these because I got new bundt pan for Christmas. I will try anything with coconut in them!
I hope you had the best of holidays and want to wish a happy New Year my friend.
sending hugs...
What beautiful little cakes! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas holiday.
ReplyDeleteThese look lovely--and I even picked up a mini-bundt pan last fall that I haven't tried yet!
ReplyDeleteWhat georgous & beautiful appetizing mini Bundt cakes!
ReplyDeleteThey look so cool too! :)
MMMMMM,...I wish you tons of joy, laughter & good food adventures in 2012!! Kisses too! :)