coconut Archives - ZoëBakes eat dessert first Tue, 12 May 2026 16:11:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 36689627 Super Bowl Bars https://www.zoebakes.com/2025/02/03/super-bowl-bars/ https://www.zoebakes.com/2025/02/03/super-bowl-bars/#comments Mon, 03 Feb 2025 15:45:00 +0000 http://zoebakes.com/?p=6248 These Super Bowl Bars feature a little bit of everything—chocolate, peanuts, marshmallows, pretzels and more—to make for a salty sweet treat perfect for a party. I love watching the Super Bowl. I don’t want you to get the false impression that I follow any team in particular, or even the sport […]

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]]> https://www.zoebakes.com/2025/02/03/super-bowl-bars/feed/ 36 6248 4th of July Baked Alaska https://www.zoebakes.com/2020/07/02/4th-of-july-baked-alaska/ https://www.zoebakes.com/2020/07/02/4th-of-july-baked-alaska/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2020 15:24:52 +0000 https://zoebakes.com/?p=11402 It’s 90°F in the shade and I just can’t bring myself to fire up the oven today. So, the only reasonable thing to do is make a 4th of July Baked Alaska with homemade ice cream and top it with flaming meringue. If you don’t want to make your own […]

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]]> https://www.zoebakes.com/2019/12/13/sticky-coconut-maple-bars/feed/ 1 10959 Coconut Panna Cotta with Tropical Sorbet https://www.zoebakes.com/2018/08/17/coconut-panna-cotta-tropical-sorbet/ https://www.zoebakes.com/2018/08/17/coconut-panna-cotta-tropical-sorbet/#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2018 17:29:00 +0000 https://zoebakes.com/?p=8732 Inspiration can come from the craziest of places, including a nail salon. My friend and I were having our nails done when a man carrying stacks and stacks of baskets filled with Rambutan, a tropical fruit related to Lychee, walked in to sell them. Apparently he drives in from Florida […]

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]]> https://www.zoebakes.com/2018/08/17/coconut-panna-cotta-tropical-sorbet/feed/ 4 8732 Carrot Cupcakes (from The Minimalist Kitchen) https://www.zoebakes.com/2018/04/09/carrot-cupcakes-from-the-minimalist-kitchen/ https://www.zoebakes.com/2018/04/09/carrot-cupcakes-from-the-minimalist-kitchen/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2018 19:39:30 +0000 http://zoebakes.com/?p=7811 If you’ve ever seen my kitchen, you’ll know I am not a minimalist. The abundance just sort of happened. I’ve lived a full life and gathered stuff along the way. Too much stuff, perhaps. I just got Melissa Coleman’s (thefauxmartha) beautiful new book and I am determined to declutter, downsize […]

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]]> https://www.zoebakes.com/2018/04/09/carrot-cupcakes-from-the-minimalist-kitchen/feed/ 2 7811 Coconut Cream Cake with Toasted Meringue Frosting https://www.zoebakes.com/2016/12/02/coconut-cream-cake/ https://www.zoebakes.com/2016/12/02/coconut-cream-cake/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2016 17:55:45 +0000 http://zoebakes.com/?p=2718 I first posted this Coconut Cream Cake recipe 6 years ago and have made it several times since. It is always a crowd pleaser, partly because of the meringue topping, all done up like curls that remind me of Phyllis Diller and because it is just delicious. Decadent pastry cream full […]

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]]> https://www.zoebakes.com/2016/12/02/coconut-cream-cake/feed/ 130 2718 Chocolate Caramel Matzo for Passover https://www.zoebakes.com/2016/04/20/chocolate-caramel-matzo/ https://www.zoebakes.com/2016/04/20/chocolate-caramel-matzo/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2016 11:14:28 +0000 http://zoebakes.com/?p=416 This year I added a little extra flavor power to classic chocolate caramel matzo. I made a triple batch to make sure I could send gift bags home after the seder. All the toppings were a hit, but the toasted sesame seeds with the milk or dark chocolate is my […]

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]]> https://www.zoebakes.com/2016/04/20/chocolate-caramel-matzo/feed/ 99 416 Pear Bread https://www.zoebakes.com/2013/01/23/banana-bread-and-pear-bread-one-recipe-two-flavors/ https://www.zoebakes.com/2013/01/23/banana-bread-and-pear-bread-one-recipe-two-flavors/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:46:14 +0000 http://zoebakes.com/?p=5345 The fact that Bosc pears taste like spicy, buttery perfume (I mean sweet, pure essence of pear, not old lady soap), may be second to their beauty. I admit I bought this bag of pears to decorate my kitchen. They’re so sleek and statuesque that most every still life painter […]

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]]> https://www.zoebakes.com/2013/01/23/banana-bread-and-pear-bread-one-recipe-two-flavors/feed/ 23 5345 S’mores – rainy days can bring sweet inspiration! https://www.zoebakes.com/2012/01/31/smores-rainy-days-can-bring-sweet-inspiration/ https://www.zoebakes.com/2012/01/31/smores-rainy-days-can-bring-sweet-inspiration/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:28:54 +0000 http://zoebakes.com/?p=4695 Sometimes great ideas can come from the strangest places. Who would have imagined that spending my birthday, in the rain, making S’mores with people I didn’t know could have been so much fun and such creative inspiration? In November my good friend and partner in many culinary adventures, Jen, treated […]

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]]> https://www.zoebakes.com/2012/01/31/smores-rainy-days-can-bring-sweet-inspiration/feed/ 36 4695 Coconut Caramel Cake – Not Quite German! https://www.zoebakes.com/2011/04/25/coconut-caramel-cake-not-quite-german/ https://www.zoebakes.com/2011/04/25/coconut-caramel-cake-not-quite-german/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 02:59:50 +0000 http://zoebakes.com/?p=3828 This is a “German Chocolate Cake,” but instead of the layers of chocolate cake I used a coconut sponge to create Coconut Caramel Cake. For the longest time I thought the original version was invented in Germany, hence the name. But, it was actually discovered in Dallas, Texas around 1957. […]

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