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These here queen cakes are super easy to make and they taste great too. You can easily whip them up in the morning and go with them to the office to enjoy with your mid-morning tea. You can also pack them in the lunchbox for the children. Or you could serve them up to unexpected guests as a teaser (nyautsamukanwa) whilst you’re preparing the main meal for them! Let’s get to it.
Equipment needed
- Mixing bowl
- Measuring cups
- Measuring spoons
- Measuring jug
- Wooden spoon
- Cupcake liners
- Muffin tray
Instructions
- Get all your ingredients together. These include;1/2 cup (125 ml) cooking oil/ melted margarine
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 cups cake self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup desiccated coconut
1 tsp caramel essence
2 large eggs
300 ml milk. - Preheat oven to 190 degrees Celsius. Line your muffin tray with cupcake liners. Alternatively, if you’re not using cupcake liners, you could lightly grease your muffin tray and dust it with a little flour.
- Sift flour and baking powder into a bowl. Add sugar and the desiccated coconut. Mix until just combined.
- Make a well in the middle and add the eggs, essence, milk and oil. Once again, mix gently until just combined. Do not over mix else they will have a tough texture.
- Spoon the mixture into the cupcake liners or muffin tray. Bake in preheat oven for 25 min or until golden brown. Allow to cook for 5 min. Enjoy!
Do give them a go and let me know how it goes with you in your kitchen.
Thankx Rumbie always for your refreshing recipes stay blessed
Thanks Rumbie will definately make them today for my kids lunch box.
mmm sounds yummy.. Will definitely try them out..
Thanks Rumbie
Thanks will definitely try them
Thanks for another easy lunch box idea – short preparation time and short coooking time.
Hi Rumbi. Thanks for the recipe. But would you please explain some more on how to put in the coconut, I can’t seem to figure it out.
Hi Tendai, it’s in step 2. Add the desiccated coconut together with the sugar. Desiccated coconut looks like shredded/grated cheddar cheese). You can find it at any big chain supermarket (TM Pick n Pay, Bon Marche, OK) at the baking section.
Thanks Rumbie,will definitely try those soon
can i replace the sugar with castor sugar? of so how much. when i bake with normal sugar the end product has little stone bits inside
Hi Clare, do try with granulated sugar. These didn’t come out with any granules. If you really must, yes you can use castor sugar. Use a little under a cup. 1 cup granulated sugar = 200g. 1 cup castor sugar = 225g.
i will definitely try out the queen cakes
Nice rumbi thanks
Thanx Rumbi, very yummy
thanx Rumbie
thank you..i will give it a go and c
Thanx Rumbie, my kitchen is getting inspired now. Stay blessed dear.
Thanx so much Rumbie
Thankyou so much Rumbie for the recipe
These are absolutely amazing. Have already made them twice now….. yum yum yum. Thank you so much!!!!! I just cannot find caramel essence anymore. I’ve looked in most retail outlets. Help
Thanks Rubie… Ama try them out
Thank you for sharing this wonderful recipe. My daughter is doing a school project and picked Zimbabwe as her selected country. We baked the Queen Cakes for her to share with her 7th grade class here in California. The cakes are super tasty and easy to make. We did have to somewhat adapt the recipe (shredded coconut instead of dessicated coconut, caramel extract vs. essence) but it still turned out delicious and fluffy.
Thanks Rumbi I will definitely try these I’ve been planning on baking queen cakes for my kid for weeks now. One question though where can I find this caramel essence and what can I replace it with if I don’t find it