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Tiny Coconut Cakes                                             Makes 12

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Ingredients

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1 cup sugar

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½ cup unsalted butter softened (1 stick)

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2 large eggs

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1½ cups all-purpose flour

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½ cup unsweetened coconut

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1½ tsp baking powder

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½ tsp salt

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½ cup milk

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Preheat oven to 350°F.  Spray an 18x13-inch baking sheet; line bottom with parchment paper.  You will need a 2½-inch

 

 

round cutter.

 

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Instructions

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1.  In a large bowl,  beat sugar and butter until light and fluffy, scraping bowl often.  Add eggs, one at a time, beating

 

 

     well after each addition.  Stir in extracts.

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2.  In a medium bowl, blend the flour, coconut, baking powder and salt.  At low speed, add the flour mixture to the

 

 

     butter mixture, alternating with coconut mik; end with flour mixture.  Beat each addition just until combined.  Pour

 

   

     the batter mixture into the prepared pan; smooth top.

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3.  Bake 15 minutes; check for doneness by inserting toothpaste in the center.  Cool in the pan.

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4.  Using cutter, cut 36 rounds from the cake; freeze or discard scraps.

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5.  Using the White Chocolate Buttercream, pipe a thin layer of buttercream onto 12 rounds; place another round on

 

 

      top of those, pipe another layer of buttercream on top; top with the remaining 12 cake rounds, pipe an open star

 

 

     design on top of those.

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KEYWORDS

 

 

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