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Coconut and Almond Cream Pies

Coconut and Almond Cream Pies – a creamy Almond filling in an easy to make Coconut cup – delicious for dessert or whenever you crave a sweet treat

Coconut and Almond Cream Pies - a creamy Almond filling in an easy to make Coconut cup - delicious for dessert or whenever you crave a sweet treat

These Coconut and Almond Cream Pies are most delicious as a sweet treat or have one after dinner as a small dessert.

I usually bake three to four dozen of the Coconut cups ahead of time, keep them in a sealed container and use them whenever I need any sort of crust for a sweet treat.

The Almond Cream filling is by far one of the most delicious fillings I use to fill the cups, even though it requires an extra bit of baking.

Just about any no-bake filling is great to fill the cups with, as long as the filling is not too watery to start with, If needs be place your filling in the refrigerator to firm up a little before scooping into the Cups, otherwise it will make the Cups go soggy.

Coconut and Almond Cream Pies - a creamy Almond filling in an easy to make Coconut cup - delicious for dessert or whenever you crave a sweet treat

In the above pic you can see the Almond Cream perfectly. It is very smooth, but the Ground Almonds make a small difference in the texture.

The pies are still a melt-in-the-mouth sweet treat and you decide how sweet you like yours.

 

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I like the filling just sweet enough without being overly sweet as the Coconut Cups are sweet already.

And the Pies get a bit of Chocolate drizzle over as well. In the end all the favors balance out wonderfully.

Coconut and Almond Cream Pies - a creamy Almond filling in an easy to make Coconut cup - delicious for dessert or whenever you crave a sweet treat

You can use either a cupcake pan or as I prefer, silicone cupcake cups – these are truly perfect for this kind of baking.

After the Cups are baked the cooling time are much less than when you use a pan.

And if you bake the Cups and straight after the filling, your oven would not need to be switched on twice, or kept switched on whilst you are waiting for the Cups to cool.

The silicone cupcake cups also make it easier to remove them by simply peeling away the silicone. I also make all my chocolate cups this way.

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Coconut and Almond Cream Pies

Coconut and Almond Cream Pies

Coconut and Almond Cream Pies

Linda Nortje
Coconut and Almond Cream Pies - a creamy Almond filling in an easy to make Coconut cup - delicious for dessert or whenever you crave a sweet treat
5 from 1 vote
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Sweet Treats
Cuisine South-African
Servings 12 Servings
Calories 423.3 kcal

Ingredients
  

CUPS:

  • 2 ½ cups Desiccated Coconut
  • 1 cup Caster Sugar Superfine Sugar
  • 2 Extra-Large Egg Whites

FILLING:

  • 2 cups Ground Almonds
  • 2 cups Milk
  • 2 t Vanilla Essence
  • 1 t Lemon Juice
  • 3 TB Honey or to taste
  • 2 t Gelatin
  • 3 TB Boiling Water
  • ¼ cup Chocolate melted

Instructions
 

  • 1.) Pre-heat the oven to 180 deg C (350 deg F) – spray 12 silicone cupcake cups (or your cupcake pan) with cooking oil

CUPS:

  • 2.) Combine the Coconut, Caster Sugar and Egg Whites – press onto the bottom and up the sides of the cups – have a cup of water close and dip your fingers every now and then to help shape the Coconut mixture
  • 3.) Bake 10 – 15 minutes or until the edges are light golden – cool in cups/pan completely before removing

FILLING:

  • 4.) Beat together the Almonds, Milk, Vanilla, Lemon Juice and Honey until smooth
  • 5.) Dissolve the Gelatin in the Boiling Water
  • 6.) Whilst beating add the dissolved Gelatin in a thin stream to the Almond/Milk mixture – pour mixture into the baked Coconut cups and place on a lined baking sheet – bake 25 – 30 minutes or until the filling is set
  • 7.) Remove from the oven – let cool completely
Nutrition Facts
Coconut and Almond Cream Pies
Amount per Serving
Calories
423.3
% Daily Value*
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Nutrition value, where given, is not always accurate. Please also check your ingredient labels.

Drizzle melted Chocolate over and serve.

LINDA

Easy, delicious dessert or sweet snack ! (Bake a couple of batches of the Coconut Cups and fill with any No-bake filling ! )

 

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Dan from Platter Talk

Monday 22nd of June 2015

These look fantastic!

Gentle Joy

Friday 19th of June 2015

These look wonderful.... they look delicious.... and also beautiful for serving. :)

Catherine

Friday 19th of June 2015

Dear Linda, These look delightful. What a wonderful idea...I wish I one of these for tonight. xo, Catherine

Krista R

Friday 19th of June 2015

These look delicious!! I love coconut, almond & chocolate what a delicious combination!

Spa Urbano

Thursday 18th of June 2015

Oh, my God! That's all I need now! It looks great!

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