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These Raffaello coconut balls are no-bake & ready in just 15 minutes!

  • 1½ Cup Desiccated Coconut
  • ½ Cup Condensed Milk
  • 1/8 Cup About 15 Hazelnuts or Almonds
4.2/5 (346 Votes)

Delight somebody with this easy and delicious coconut layer cake. It's the perfect birthday surprise!

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1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F

  • 1 (18.5 ounce) box white cake mix
  • 1 (3 ounce) package strawberry Jell-O
  • 1 Tbsp. self-rising flour
  • 4 teaspoons granulated sugar
  • 3/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 4 eggs
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/3 cup fresh strawberries
  • finely diced
  • For the Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting:
  • 1 (8 ounce) block cream cheese
  • softened
  • 2 sticks (8 ounces) unsalted butter
  • softened
  • 2 (1 pound) boxes powdered sugar
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut
  • pink food coloring
  • strawberries for garnish
3.4/5 (124 Votes)

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Delight somebody with this easy and delicious coconut layer cake. It's the perfect birthday surprise!

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Roast cashew and raisins in ghee and keep it aside

  • Semolina ½ cup
  • Ghee 1 tbsp
  • Cashew ½ tbsp
  • Raisins ½ tbsp
  • Coconut grated ½ cup
  • Sugar 2 tbsp
  • Milk ¼ cup
  • Cardamom powder ¼ tsp
4.4/5 (33 Votes)

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A spicy southindian gravy made with spices and eggs

  • boiled eggs - 4
  • onion - 1 large
  • coconut - 1/4 cup ground paste
  • mustard seeds - 1/4 tea spoon
  • ural dal -1/4 tea spoon
  • Fennel seeds - 1/4 tea spoon
  • bay leaf -1
  • anistar - 1
  • Oil -4 tea spoons
  • To grind:
  • ginger - 1 inch piece
  • garlic - 3-4 gloves (The one I used are little big in size)
  • Tomato -2 medium
  • To roast and grind:
  • channa dal - 1 table spoon
  • coriander seeds - 1 table spoon
  • Red Chilies - 3 (It was medium spicy
  • you can increase the numbers to your personal taste)
  • Pepper - 4-5
  • cumin seeds - 1 tea spoon
  • Fennel seeds - 1/2 tea spoon
  • cinnamon - 1 small piece
  • clove- 3-4
3.1/5 (123 Votes)

No beach within your reach? Then bring the tropical paradise to your own patio!

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Maraschino cherries dipped in chocolate and rolled in coconut!

  • - 24 Maraschino Cherries
  • - 1 box semi-sweet baking chocolate
  • - 1 can sweetened condensed milk
  • - 1 bag unsweetened coconut
  • * Note that you can substitute cherries for ju-jubes (we use red and green at Christmas). They end up tasting like the chocolate covered jellies in Bridge Mixture ~ Very yummy!
4.3/5 (29 Votes)

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In a pot melt margarine, then add sugar, cocoa and milk

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup margarine
  • 1/2 cup cocoa
  • Dash of salt
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 3 cups oats
  • 1 cup coconut
4.3/5 (27 Votes)

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Have heard about the coconut water craze recently? I had but never really tried a recipe using it because it's alwa...

  • 2 packets Ovaltine
  • 1 cup chocolate coconut water
  • 1/4 cup coconut flour
  • 1/2 cup liquid egg substitute
  • 2 scoops chocolate protein powder
  • 1 tsp of baking soda
4.2/5 (35 Votes)

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Adjust an oven rack to the middle position and heat the oven to 350

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 4 Tbsp. butter
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 4 eggs
  • room temperature
  • 2 cups sugar
  • For the Topping:
  • 9 Tbsp. butter
  • melted
  • 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 6 Tbsp. evaporated milk
  • 1 1/2 cups shredded coconut
4.3/5 (13 Votes)

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make white cake mix according to package directions

  • 1 (18.25 ounce) package white cake mix
  • 1 (14 ounce) can cream of coconut
  • 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 (16 ounce) package frozen whipped topping
  • thawed
  • 1 (8 ounce) package flaked coconut
4.4/5 (5 Votes)

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Reserve a small plate of coconut to coat

  • For about 36 balls:
  •  1 can sweetened condensed milk (Nestlé)
  •  1 lb dried coconut
  •  mini cupcake wrappers
4.4/5 (26 Votes)

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