CRAVINGS: Episode 9 | Traditional Coconut Pyramids for Passover! | Georgia’s Cakes

I’ve decided to upload this recipe a day early so that those getting ready for the Passover holidays can make these in time! Traditional Coconut pyramids are basically the same as coconut macaroons, just shaped into pyramids to remind us of the story of Passover. I’ve modernised these since I made them as a child by dipping the bottoms in dark chocolate, but you can keep them traditional if you like!

Happy holidays and enjoy! x

Recipe:
180g desiccated coconut
180g sugar
2 egg whites
1 tbsp melted butter
Zest of half a lemon

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hey guys welcome back to my channel and
my new series Cravings where I share
with you easy recipes that you can
recreate at home should you crave
something sweet during the day in this
episode I’m going to show you how to
make coconut
pyramids so coconut pyramids are that
perfect Passover treat made with no
flour whatsoever and I add a little bit
of chocolate to make them a little bit
speci
these really take me back to my
childhood so I hope you enjoy the recipe
let’s get straight into it so obviously
the main ingredient of coconut pyramids
is the desiccated coconut and into this
bowl super easy you just combine all the
ingredients so I’m going to start off
with the
sugar give it a little
mix and in goes the zest of a lemon now
the lemon is optional but I just really
love the balance between the tartness of
the lemon and the sweetness of the
coconut pyramids think it just adds a
little bit of freshness mix that
through now I can go in with the egg
whites and then the melted
butter and fly mix all of that together
until it’s one consistent almost rough
dough it’s not going to be the smoothest
because obviously it’s coconut but
everything should have an even coating
of the butter and egg whites so it’ll
still be a bit
dry so that’s the consistency you want
it looks a little bit wet but it’s
easily falling apart still ready to
shape into our pyramids so what I’ve got
here is a lined baking tray which is
where I’ll put the pyramids once they’re
done and what I’ve got and highly
recommend is a bowl of water so I’m
going to wet my hands before I start
touching the coconut mixture because it
can get a little bit sticky and I’m
going to do this by eye so you can use
an ice cream scoop to help portion you
can weigh the amount of coconuts but I
don’t know I don’t mind if they’re not
all
identical so I’m going to grab a bit
squeeze it in my
hands and then start to shape it into a
pyramid so I’m using the base of my hand
to form the base of the
pyramid squashing it with my other
hand and you want to make sure it’s
quite tightly packed cuz you don’t want
them to fall apart once they’re baked
like that and I can go straight onto the
tray just going to rinse my hands
again before going with the next one and
I’m going to repeat this until I use up
all the coconut mixture
so I managed to get 10 pyramids out of
that mix obviously you might be able to
get more if you do them a little bit
smaller but these are going to go in the
oven at 180° C for about 15 minutes
until they start to toast golden brown
Brown you just need to be careful cuz
coconut Burns quite easily we don’t want
burnt pyramids we want golden brown
ones so this is how the pyramids look
like once they’ve come out the oven you
can see the very tops are starting to
Brown obviously it’s the thinner part
but you can see patches of white now a
couple did spill out that may just be
because a bit of egg white wasn’t mixed
in properly but I’m going to hide all
the bases Anyway by dipping them into
dark chocolate this is totally optional
you can miss this bit but I think it
just adds a little bit extra to them so
obviously I’ve left them to cool
completely and now I can just pick one
up and dip it just so the chocolate
covers just the base shake it until the
excess chocolate falls
down can even wipe it on the side of the
bowl to make it not drip
everywhere and place it back on the tray
you can also do this with white
chocolate you can drizzle chocolate over
the
top I just like this little accent of
chocolate on the bottom
personally and of course it’s tasty to
eat too
so now I’m going to put these in the
fridge so the chocolate completely sets
and then I can obviously try one cuz
they look and smell
unbelievable wow these have come a long
way since the ones I made when I was a
child firstly with the added lemon and I
can smell it they smell so good and of
course with the added chocolate detail
and I can’t wait to take a bite going to
go for this one and it should be nice
and chewy on the inside and crispy on
the
outside open it oh yeah absolute
[Laughter]
perfection
M
wow so even though it’s coconut it’s
still moist because it’s soft on the
inside the flavor is perfect the
sweetness is perfect and especially with
that dark chocolate this will certainly
satisfy my craving during Passover you
have to try them out and I will see you
soon for more recipes
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