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1 1/4 cups + 2 tablespoons flour
1/2  teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup + 2 tablespoons sugar
112g unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup coconut cream
2 large eggs, separated
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup coconut cream or buttermilk
Pinch of cream of tartar

1/2 tsp of lime curd for each cupcake
cream cheese frosting
1/2 cup shredded coconut

Preheat oven to 180°c / 350°F. Line 12 cupcake tins with papers. Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in medium bowl. Beat sugar, butter and 1/2 cup coconut cream in large bowl until fluffy. Beat in egg yolks and vanilla extract. On low, beat in dry ingredients and then remaining coconut cream, just until blended.

Using clean dry beaters, beat egg whites with pinch of cream of tartar in another large bowl until just stiff . Fold beaten egg whites into batter.

Divide cake batter between pans, fill to 3/4 full. Bake until just golden about 20 minutes. Cool cakes in pans, turn cakes out onto racks and cool completely.

Once cool cut a cone out of the top of each one and fill with Lime curd. Spread cream cheese frosting on top, and roll in shredded coconut to coat.

• 420g of microwaved pumpkin, blended
• 375g can  Sweetened Condensed Milk
• 2 eggs
• 2 g ground cinnamon
• 1g ground ginger
• 2 g ground nutmeg
• 3 g salt
• Pie crust (I made my own)

1. Preheat oven to 220 degrees C (425 degrees F). Whisk everything together in medium bowl until smooth. Pour into crust. Bake 15 minutes.
2. Reduce oven temperature to 180 degrees C (350 degrees F) and continue baking 35 to 40 minutes or until knife inserted 1 inch from crust comes out clean. Cool. Garnish as desired. Store leftovers covered in refrigerator.

This cake is dense, moist, nutty and fruity, thanks to the fact it is made with no flour, 3 whole oranges and ground almonds. Grind your own in a food processor with a little sugar or buy pre-ground.

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1st post off my old cupcake blog moved over I have made these many times since, also made a massive batch that was requested for a funeral.. About 80 cupcakes all up. Pics are crap compared to my new camera (luvv)

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My parents and parents in law both have a few feijoa trees – which means I could easily aquire the 1.5kgs required for this jelly.

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