I'm a big fan of coconut so I figured why not bake with it. As a kid I loved Bounty bars so behold the Bounty cupcake.
Ingredients
To make 12 cupcakes
9 oz Plain flour
3 oz Cocoa
3 Tsp Baking powder
17oz Caster sugar
300ml Milk
150 ml Olive oil
2 eggs
300ml Boiling water
Bounty 6 bars
Desiccated coconut
Icing
226g Butter softened
600g Icing sugar
2 Tsp Vanilla essence
4Tbsp Milk
2oz Cocoa
Desiccated coconut
Method
30 min Before starting halve 6 of the bounty segments and place in the freezer.
1. Heat the oven to 180 degrees.
2. In a large bowl mix flour, cocoa, baking powder, some coconut and sugar.
3. Pour in milk, oil, egg and beat until smooth.
4. Pour in boiling water and beat.
5. Pour into cases, adding a frozen bounty into each case and bake for 15 minutes.
6. Allow to cool.
7. For the icing whisk the butter for 3 minutes. Sift in the icing sugar, cocoa and beat on low speed for 1 min. Add vanilla and milk beat for 3 minutes.
8. Pipe the frosting onto the cupcakes and place a bounty ontop of each one.
9. Sprinkle coconut over the icing.
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