I just fell in love with my newfound treat - White Coconut Bar made by Lindt!
This is not a sponsored post or paid advertisement,
That big shout-out was from the bottom of my stomach heart.
This morning I was experimenting with some sweet sauce ideas,
Somehow this white coconut bar caught my attention,
It's been sitting in the fridge for at least couple month,
Before I decided to break it and melt it way, I took a bite,
Man, absolutely love it!
If you are a coconut lover, you'll just act like me after that first bite,
It was so creamy and "coconutty!"
What's even better? It got a ton of coconut flakes embedded in white chocolate,
Not that I'm regretting the whole bar was melted and made into cupcake sauce,
But to remedy my "loss," I shall stock up a few more bars next time shopping for groceries.
*That'll be tomorrow morning! Can't wait any longer!
Ingredients (for 6 big ones/8 smaller ones)?
Cupcake:
6 tablespoons of unsalted butter (room temperature)
2 tablespoons of heavy whipping cream
1 1/2 cups of self-rising flour
1/4 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup of granulated sugar
1/3 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 eggs
Sauce:
1 bar/3.5 oz of Lindt white coconut bar
2 tablespoons of heavy whipping cream
How?
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit,
Line the muffin pan with paper muffin cups.
Put the butter and sugar in a big bowl,
Blend till the mixture turns fluffy,
Add one egg at a time and keep mixing the ingredients.
Once that's done, add two tablespoons of heavy whipping cream,
Continue blending in low speed.
Sift in the flour and cocoa powder,
Blend till fully incorporated and fold in the chocolate chips.
Scoop the batter into each individual muffin cups,
Into the oven for about 20 minutes,
When the cupcakes are ready, remove from heat and just let them cool down a little bit.
For the sauce,
Simply melt the coconut bar and heavy whipping cream with a double broiler,
Drizzle the sauce on a serving plate,
Remove the paper cup and put the cupcake directly on the sauce,
I also added some chocolate sauce as decoration.
This recipe is good if you serve the cupcakes with some type of sweeter sauce,
Otherwise remember to add about 1/3 cup more sugar since the original recipe yields for a less sweet cupcakes.
Frankly speaking,
I think the coconut bar tastes better by itself instead of in a sauce form,
What can I say,
I'm just in love with that luscious sweet treat.
Cindy's Rating: 7
Third time is the charm!
It's my third time participating in Blog Action Day,
Three years have passed, time truly flies,
And yes, we all realized time does passes by in a blink of an eye,
So instead of sitting there doing nothing, we all can start a small habit change in order to make our world a better place to live,
Come on my beloved readers, let's get movin! (shuffle shuffle)
The theme of the year is water.
Let me present you the data distracted from Blog Action Day 2010 to showcase the importance of water, and the seriousness of this issue:
"The problem of scarce clean water:
Nearly 1 billion people lack access to clean water, which causes a litany of struggles, diseases and even death.
40 Billion Hours: African women walk over 40 billion hours each year carrying cisterns weighing up to 18 kilograms to gather water, which is usually still not safe to drink.
38,000 Children a Week: Every week, nearly 38,000 children under the age of 5 die from unsafe drinking water and unhygienic living conditions.
Wars Over Water: Many scholars attribute the conflict in Darfur at least in part to lack of access to water. A report commissioned by the UN found that in the 21st century, water scarcity will become one of the leading causes of conflict in Africa.
A Human Right: In July, to address the water crisis, the United Nations declared access to clean water and sanitation a human right over. But we are far from implementing solutions to secure basic access to safe drinking water. Water over-consumption in industrialized countries:
While the developing world faces a water crisis, those in industrialized countries consume far more than their fair share.
Food Footprint: It takes 24 liters of water to produce one hamburger. That means it would take over 19.9 billion liters of water to make just one hamburger for every person in Europe.
Technology Footprint: The shiny new iPhone in your pocket requires half a liter of water to charge. That may not seem like much, but with over 80 million active iPhones in the world, that's 40 million liters to charge those alone.
Fashion Footprint: That cotton t-shirt you're wearing right now took 1,514 liters of water to produce, and your jeans required an extra 6,813 liters.
Bottled Water Footprint: The US, Mexico and China lead the world in bottled water consumption, with people in the US drinking an average of 200 bottles of water per person each year. Over 17 million barrels of oil are needed to manufacture those water bottles, 86 percent of which will never be recycled."
As a food blogger,
All I'm asking is please stop or at least reduce the amount of bottled water consumption.
Try to order regular water (or so tap water) instead of bottled water,
Especially in a fancy restaurant, they always further ask if you would like imported bottled water,
No need ok? Really, no need.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not totally against bottled water,
I think every household should stock some only in the case of preparing for emergencies,
However, for regular consumption, just drink tap water,
Go get a filter or something if needed.
That's all I'm asking now. Something small.
*And recycle please.
