Coconut Pyramids

Name: Coconut Pyramids
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 100 g desiccated coconut; 50 g castor sugar; 1 egg; About 6 glacé cherries (optional); a few drops pink food colouring (optional)

Coconut pyramids are cakes simple enough for children to make, and gluten free.

20 min · serves 6

Ingredients

100 g desiccated coconut
50 g castor sugar
1 egg
About 6 glacé cherries (optional)
a few drops pink food colouring (optional)

Steps

Preheat oven to 180°C
Mix the caster sugar and desiccated coconut in a bowl.
Beat the egg in another bowl.
Add the egg (and food colouring if using) to the dry ingredients, and stir until evenly mixed.
Form into 6 or 7 pyramids using your hands or an egg cup, and place on a lined baking sheet (or use cupcake cases).
Lightly press a glacé cherry (if using) into the top of each pyramid.
Bake for 15–20 minutes until a pale golden-brown.

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Adapted from “Coconut Pyramids” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.