Coconut Mint Cake With Caramel and Chocolate Ganache

Who doesn't like BAKING!!! And even if you were not a baking fan, Just looking at this delicious Coconut and Mint cupcakes, will entice you enough to reach for those whisks, to whip up a batch.  This recipe and pic credit goes to one of our Admins, Bibi Ayesha, and she shares with us an old family favourite in her home.

Sunnyside Classics

By Bibi Ayesha Kadwa 

(WATALOTWEGOT)

Coconut Mint Cake

With Caramel and Chocolate Ganache

my mums golen oldie recipe

Makes 24 cup cakes

Or use a cake pan

Pre heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius 

125 g butter..room temperature

1 cup castor sugar

1 cup coconut

1 and half cup cake flour

3 quarter cup milk

3 eggs ..beaten

2 and half tsp baking powder

1 tsp peppermint essence

Half cap of green food colouring

~ Cream the butter and castor sugar well

~ Beat the eggs in a bowl first ..i prefer that

~ Then add slowly little at a time and beat well

~ Sift flour and baking powder into a bowl

~ Add the essence to the milk

~ And the food colouring

~ Add in the dry ingredients alternating with the milk..lastly add in the dessicated coconut

~ Mix nicely with a spatula

~ Spray the pan or cup cake pans well

~ Scoop mixture into the pans

~ Put into pre heated oven and bake till golden brown

At least 20 min

~ Remove trays from the oven

~ Take out the cakes on a cooking rack..cool well

Topping

1 slab of cadburys dairymilk or mint top deck chocolate

5 tblsp caramel treat

4 tblsp nestle cream

Or fresh cream

First melt chocolate..i use a microwave

Add in the caramel treat and mix well

Add in the cream and mix till smooth

Grate peppermint chocolate of choice..i used peppermint crisp

Add the topping on the cakes..and sprinkle grated chocolate over

Enjoy

Vanilla Sponge

A simple to follow recipe, with loads of satisfaction after baking.  Nazia Mahomed had shared this recipe with us on the Group, and has been a hit.  Personally I prefer the simple cakes, without too much frosting or deco. So this one is exactly how I would enjoy it.

The recipe shared can be made in any pan you have and decorated as you wish, but on that day Nazia had made them into simple cupcakes decorated with "Hundreds and Thousands", perfect tea time treat.

SHUKRAN FOR SHARING THIS WITH US NAZIA MAHOMED💞

If you give this recipe a try, do drop us a comment with your feedback.

Vanilla Sponge (kindly shared on by nazia mahomed💕 >watalotwegot<  )

1 cup sugar 
2 eggs
Half cup oil
Beat these together.

Then Add:
Sift 1 and half cups flour with 

2 teaspoon baking powder 

Half teaspoon fine salt add to the beaten mixture set aside
Add 1 teaspoon vanilla essence in half cup milk and add to the mixture, beat properly 

bake at 180 degrees celsius till done.

Fruit Cupcakes

Kesigi Moodley is a Working Mum and like many other's,  does her best juggle a work/life balance.  Take a look at this recipe she shared,  its super easy(Quick enough for her to whip up before she was off to work👌🌟) and a delicious treat for her family. 
These look fabulous Kes, Well Done and Thank You💕

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Kesigi Moodley

Kes' Fruit cupcakes
110g butter/margarine
1 egg
2.5 tablespoons sugar
1 cup flour
1.5 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
1/2 cup milk
125 sultanas or mixed fruit 
Beat together the butter/margarine and sugar. Add the egg and vanilla extract and stir. Gradually add in the flour and baking powder alternating with the milk. Add the fruit. The mixture should be thick dropping consistency. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degree Celsius for 20-25 minutes until golden brown and cooked through. It should have a crack through it, a must for me in a fruit cake!