Coconut Cake Nests Recipe
Details
- Time
- 1 hour 3 minutes
- Skill Level
- Intermediate
- Yields
- 12 nests
Get creative and try HERSHEY'S CHIPITS Coconut Cake Nests Recipe this Easter with HERSHEY'S EGGIES Candy filling a vanilla frosting and coconut flake nest.
Ingredients & Directions
- Prep Time
- 33 minutes
- Bake Time
- 20 minutes
- Cool Time
- 10 minutes
BAKE MODE:
Prevent your screen from going dark while you bake.
Ingredients
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1/2 cupbutter or margarine, softened (1 stick) (125 mL)
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1/2 cupshortening (125 mL)
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2 cupssugar (500 mL)
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5eggs, separated
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1 tspvanilla extract (5 mL)
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2 cupsall-purpose flour (500 mL)
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1 tspbaking soda (5 mL)
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1/4 tspsalt (1 mL)
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1 cupbuttermilk or sour milk* (250 mL)
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1 cupsweetened coconut flakes, tinted** (250 mL)
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1/2 cupchopped pecans (125 mL)
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vanilla frosting (ready-to-spread or your favorite recipe)
Key Ingredients
Directions
Equipment Needed
Oven
(12) 4-inch (10 cm) Fluted Tube Pans
Measuring Cups
Mixing Bowl
Mixer
Wire Rack
Resealable Food Storage Bag
1
Heat oven to 350°F (180° C). Grease and flour twelve 4-inch (10 cm) fluted tube pans.
2
Beat butter, shortening, sugar, egg yolks and vanilla until creamy. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; add alternately with buttermilk, beating until well blended. Stir in coconut and pecans.
3
Beat egg whites until stiff; fold into batter. Divide batter evenly into prepared pans.
4
Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in cake centers comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans. Cool completely on wire rack.
5
Prepare tinted coconut and Vanilla Frosting.
Tip
To tint coconut, combine 1/2 tsp (2 mL) water and few drops of food colouring in a small bowl or small jar with cover or re-sealable plastic food storage bag. Add 1 cup (250 mL) sweetened coconut flakes. Toss with fork or shake closed jar or plastic bag until coconut is evenly coated; store in airtight container.
6
Frost cake tops with vanilla frosting; sprinkle frosting with tinted coconut. Fill "nest" with 3 candy pieces that are the same color.
Note: *To sour milk: Use 1 tbsp (15 mL) white vinegar plus milk to equal 1 cup (250 mL).
