Coconut Pyramids
If you've got desiccated coconut, glacé cherries and pink food colouring, you're most of the way to this vegetarian: about 60 minutes of cooking across 7 steps. Below: the ingredients split into pantry staples and a quick shopping list, a built-in serving scaler, and the method in 7 steps.
You'll mainly reach for oven and baking tray. At easy difficulty across 7 steps, it's a good one for a busy evening. As written, it's meat-free.
What you'll need
Shopping list (4)
Pantry staples (you likely have these)
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How to make it
- Heat the oven to 150 C (300 F) and line a baking tray with rice paper or baking parchment.
- In a bowl, beat the eggs lightly, then stir in the caster sugar and desiccated coconut until you have a stiff, sticky mixture that holds together when pressed.
- Add the pink food colouring and fold it through gently, leaving a marbled tint, or mix fully for an even pink colour.
- Dampen your hands, take a heaped spoonful of mixture at a time, and press and mould each portion firmly into a pyramid or cone shape, standing them on the prepared tray.
- Press half a glacé cherry onto the tip of each pyramid to crown it.
- Bake for 18 to 22 minutes until the points are tinged golden but the pyramids remain pale and soft inside.
- Leave to cool and firm up on the tray for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack, tearing away any excess rice paper from the bases before serving.
You'll use: Oven · Baking tray
Ingredient substitutions
- Eggs
- ¼ cup unsweetened applesauce (baking) · 1 tbsp ground flax + 3 tbsp water per egg
Tips & common questions
How long does Coconut Pyramids take to make?
About 60 minutes from start to finish — an estimate based on the 7 steps and 6 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.
What can I use instead of eggs?
Try ¼ cup unsweetened applesauce (baking). See the substitutions section above for more swaps.
Can I scale this recipe up or down?
Yes — use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.
Is Coconut Pyramids vegetarian?
Its ingredients contain no meat or fish, so it's suitable for vegetarians. Check any cheeses for animal rennet if that matters to you.
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Coconut Pyramids is an original recipe developed in-house by Consomee. Photo: Coconut pyramid sharp.png by ChrisHodgesUK, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons. We add the serving scaler, ingredient tools, timing and structure on top — how we source recipes.