Lemon, Coconut and, Blueberries Cupcakes

 National Bake Week! and it's Easter soon and I got cute cupcake wrappers and things to stick in the cupcakes.

Take from here

Ingredients:

• Cupcakes
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1 cup vanilla yoghurt
• 3 TBSP lemon juice and zest
• 1 1/2 cup cake flour
• 1 cup - 2 TBSP all purpose flour + 2 TBSP corn starch
• 1/2 cup sweetened coconut
• 1 TBSP baking powder
• pinch of salt
• 1 cup of blueberries
• Frosting
• 1/2 cup butter, room temp
• 1/2 cup cream cheese, room temp
• 2 tsp grated lemon peel
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 cups powdered sugar

Directions:

1) Preheat the oven to 350F/176C.

2) Line muffin tins with cupcakes liners.

3) Mix eggs and sugar in a large bowl.

 

4) Add olive oil, yoghurt, lemon juice and zest and mix.

5) Add in cake flour, coconut, baking powder and salt and mix.

 

6) Add blueberries and mix.

 

7) Fill cupcake liners 2/3 of the way full.

8) Bake for 20 minutes.

9) Let cool before icing.

 

10) Mix butter, cream cheese, grated peel and vanilla.

 

11) Add in powdered sugar and mix.

12) Spread over the cupcake.

Nutella, Coconut, and Raisin Oatmeal Cookies

Sunday last was National Oatmeal Cookie day, and I missed it because it was Paddys day the day before....fair enough.

Taken from here and coconut added.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup Nutella
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1 cup old fashioned whole oats
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2/3 cup chocolate chips
• 2/3 cup dried fruit (I used raisins since Tesco does not have dried cherries)
• 2/3 cup flaked coconut

Directions:

1) Preheat oven to 325F/163C.
2) Mix butter with brown sugar and sugar.








3) Mix in Nutella.









4) Mix in eggs and vanilla.








5) Mix in oats, baking soda and flour.










6) Add chocolate chips, dried fruit, and flaked coconut.








7) Place on baking sheet.
8) Bake for 10-12 minutes.










9) Let sit for 5 minutes before taking off the baking rack to harden.

Toasted Macaroon (Drink)

What are the holidays without some drinks? My mom and I love baking so we tried to find a drink that was related to cookies. Thus, the toasted macaroon was found and made.
http://www.whattodrink.com/drinkrecipes/10955-toasted-macaroon.asp

Ingredients:

• 1 oz. Coconut Milk
• 1-1/2 oz. Coconut rum
• 1/4 oz. Licor 43
• 1/2 oz. Partida Blanco Tequila
• 1/2 oz. Frangelico
• Toasted coconut (take shaved coconut and toast it--watching the whole time!)

Directions:
1) Combine ingredients in a shaker and shake with ice.
2) Strain into a glass filled with ice
3) Garnish with toasted coconut shavings on top.