Recipe

Coconut sundaes

Aug 31, 2011 2:00pm
  • 35 mins preparation
  • 25 mins cooking
  • Makes 12 Item
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Ingredients

Coconut sundaes
  • 1 quantity basic cupcakes mixture
  • 2 teaspoon coconut essence
  • 1 quantity basic butter cream
  • pink food colouring, to tint
  • 2 teaspoon multi-coloured sprinkles
  • 12 7cm chocolate vanilla wafer sticks
  • 12 glace‚ or maraschino cherries, with stems attached

Method

Coconut sundaes
  • 1
    Make Basic Cupcakes using packet instructions.
  • 2
    Make Basic Butter Cream using packet instructions. Add colouring to butter cream; stir briefly to marble colours. Spoon into a piping bag fitted with a 2cm star nozzle. Pipe a 5cm swirl of butter cream on top of each cooled cupcake.
  • 3
    To decorate, scatter sprinkles on top of cakes. Place wafer sticks upright in cupcakes. Top with a cherry. Serve.

Notes

Use colourfully decorated or striped paper cases. Add water sticks just before serving, as they absorb the moisture from the butter cream.

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