Coconut Cake Nests
Details
- Time
- 3 hours
- Skill Level
- Intermediate
- Yields
- 12 mini cakes
Try this playful mini bundt cake recipe that combines sweetened coconut flakes with CADBURY MINI EGGS Candy to create fun bird's nest treats that your family will love. Perfect for Easter and spring, but a delicious idea for any time of year.
Ingredients & Directions
- Prep Time
- 33 minutes
- Bake Time
- 22 minutes
- Cool Time
- 2 hours
Ingredients
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1/2 cup
butter or margarine (1 stick), softened
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1/2 cup
shortening
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2 cups
sugar
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5
eggs, separated
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1 tsp
vanilla extract
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2 cups
all-purpose flour
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1 tsp
baking soda
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1/4 tsp
salt
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1 cup
buttermilk or sour milk*
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1 cup
sweetened coconut flakes
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1/2 cup
pecans chopped
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vanilla ready-to-spread frosting
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1 cup
toasted or tinted coconut**
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CADBURY MINI EGGS Candy or HERSHEY'S Candy Coated Milk Chocolate Eggs (optional)
READY TO MAKE THE RECIPE?
Directions
Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour twelve 4-inch fluted tube pans.
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.
Beat egg whites until stiff; fold into batter. Divide batter evenly into prepared pans.
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.
Prepare Vanilla Frosting and toasted or tinted coconut.
Frost cake tops with vanilla frosting; sprinkle frosting with toasted or tinted coconut. Fill "nest" with 3 candy pieces that are the same color.
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Nutrition FactsServings Per Container 12 servingsServing size 1 cake (166g)Amount per servingCalories600% Daily Value*Total Fat 32g 41%Saturated Fat 16g 80%Trans Fat 0gCholesterol 110mg 37%Sodium 420mg 18%Total Carbohydrates 76g 28%Dietary Fiber 2g 7%Total Sugars 56gIncludes 54g Added Sugar 108%Protein 6gVitamin D 0 0%Calcium 38mg 2%Iron 1mg 6%Potassium 79mg 2%
*The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutritional advice.
