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To decorate

Nutrition: per muffin

  • kcal313
  • fat14g
  • saturates9g
  • carbs45g
  • sugars23g
  • fibre1g
  • protein4g
  • salt0.27g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4/fan oven 160C and line a large muffin tray with 9 muffin cases. Tip the butter and sugar into a large bowl and beat with an electric mixer until paler in colour, light and fluffy. Pour in the eggs and beat until the mixture is light and creamy. Use a wooden spoon to beat in the flour, milk, vanilla and coconut until you have a soft dropping consistency. Stir in the cherries.

  • step 2

    Spoon the mixture into the muffin cases and bake for 20 minutes until risen and golden. Lift the muffins out of the tray and sit them on a wire rack to cool slightly.

  • step 3

    To decorate, tip the jam into a small saucepan and gently warm, stirring, until melted and smooth. Generously brush the tops of the warm cakes with the jam, stick the quartered cherries on top and sprinkle with the toasted coconut. Serve on the day of making.

RECIPE TIPS
GOOD FOOD KNOW-HOW

Toasted desiccated coconut is easy to make. Tip the coconut into a small pan and dry fry, shaking often, for a few minutes over a medium heat until it is evenly toasted.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, April 2002

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A star rating of 3.9 out of 5.9 ratings

Mary_Berry

Really nice easy recipe that produces delicious muffins. I doubled the ingredients and got 15 muffins out of it - it makes sense because you can freeze any extra you won't eat right away. They can dry out a little so some jam or icing on the top helps even that out.

Mary_Berry

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Replace the desiccated coconut in the muffin mix for some ground almonds. I added some flaked almonds too, which really brought out the cherry flavours in the the muffins.

kskirvi

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

These were lovely and were a big hit with everyone at easter.

k_grant

A star rating of 2 out of 5.

Classic. I have been making this exact recipe for years. Everyone else also loved it! www.entertainingrecipes.org

Felicia Thomas avatar
Felicia Thomas

Can i ask why you gave them 2 stars if you like them so much?

donnadrew

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Old fashioned fruit buns - I omitted the coconut & added 50g chopped walnuts to a mixture of 100g dried fruit. No topping necessary - hubby loves them! Makes 12 - 16 small buns. Yum!

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