Name: Coconut Pyramids
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 100 g desiccated coconut; 50 g castor sugar; 1 egg; about 6 glacé cherries; a few drops pink food colouring

Dessert

6 servings

174 cal/serving

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

Step 2

Mix the castor sugar and desiccated coconut in a bowl.

Castor sugarDesiccated coconut

Step 3

Beat the egg in another bowl.

Egg

Step 4

Add the beaten egg and food colouring (if using) to the dry ingredients and stir until evenly mixed.

EggPink food colouringDesiccated coconutCastor sugar

Step 5

Form the mixture into 6 or 7 pyramids and place them on a lined baking sheet or in cupcake cases.

Desiccated coconutCastor sugarEggPink food colouring

Step 6

Lightly press a glacé cherry (if using) into the top of each pyramid.

Glacé cherries

Step 7

Bake for 15–20 minutes until pale golden-brown.

This recipe is adapted from Wikibooks. It is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International.