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These Tasty Mini Coconut Tarts, are decadent and sweet pastry crusts filled with fluffy, sticky coconut filling.
Tasty Mini Coconut Tarts
These Tasty Mini Coconut Tarts, are decadent with sweet pastry crusts and filled with fluffy, sticky coconut filling.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 24 tartlets 1x
- Category: Cake, Cupcakes, Cookies and Tarts
- Method: Easy
Ingredients
- 115g margarine
- 1/2 cup castor sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- Pinch salt
- 1/2 cup Apricot jam
- Red or green cherries
Filling
- 2 egg whites
- 2 tbsp soft butter
- 1 1/2 cup coconut
- 1/2 cup icing sugar
Instructions
Tart Shells
- Beat butter and sugar well.
- Add egg.
- Sift the dry ingredients and add to the cream mixture.
- Mix into a soft dough, you may need a little more flour to get a nice firm dough.
- Roll and cut about 1/4 cm thick round shapes.
- Grease patty pans or cupcake tins.
- Place the round shapes in the pan and add 1 tsp jam and top with coconut filling.
- Bake at 180C / 350F for about 20 minutes
Filling
- Beat egg white till stiff
- Add butter & rest of the ingredients.
- Once the tart shells are ready and cold, fill them with jam and top them with coconut filling and decorate them with a cherry if you wish.
Notes
Prepared, tried, and tested by Rashida from The Recipe Hunter: Tried and Tested Recipes from Home Chefs
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 tart
- Calories: 167
- Sugar: 17.2 g
- Sodium: 169.6 mg
- Fat: 4.8 g
- Carbohydrates: 30.2 g
- Fiber: 1.3 g
- Protein: 2.5 g
- Cholesterol: 7.8 mg