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    Home Β» Biscuits Β» Fruity Coconut Florentines

    Published on Aug 15, 2014. Modified on Mar 22, 2019 by bakingqueen74. This post may contain affiliate links. 13 Comments

    Fruity Coconut Florentines

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    The second episode of #Great British Bake-Off with its theme of Biscuits is no doubt inspiring bakers and bloggers across the land to break out the biscuits and get baking again, like all the Swiss rolls and cherry cakes last week. I thought the florentines looked great, and let’s face it I wasn’t going to construct a 3D scene made entirely of biscuits at home. πŸ™‚Β The only problem I had when I looked up Mary Berry’s recipe for florentines was that I don’t particularly like nuts. So I thought I would use some more dried fruit and dessicated coconut in mine rather than chopped nuts, and make fruity coconut florentines. “Sacrilege!” I hear you cry. Well luckily Mary hasn’t been round lately so fingers crossed she won’t find out.

    With the recipe on hand and having watched the episode, the method itself didn’t seem that tricky. No cutting off the lacy edges or not knowing how big a spoon to use here! I imagine not having Paul and Mary in the room helped. I just had my six year old instead.

    Recipe:

    Adapted from Mary Berry’s Florentines

    50 g golden syrup
    50 g demerara sugar
    50 g butter
    50 g plain flour
    4 glacΓ© cherries, chopped
    50 g mixed peel
    25 g sultanas, chopped
    25 g dessicated coconut
    50 g dark chocolate

    Method:

    Preheat your oven to 160 fan or 180 conventional oven.

    I melted the syrup, sugar and flour together in a small pan over a gentle heat.

    Fruity Coconut Florentines

    Next I removed the pan from the heat and stirred in the flour and fruit.

    Fruity Coconut Florentines

    Finally I stirred in the dessicated coconut.

    Fruity Coconut Florentines

    Next I put teaspoons of the mixture on three baking sheets lined with baking paper. I had to bake in two batches as I couldn’t fit them all in at once.

    Fruity Coconut Florentines

    I watched like a hawk like last night’s GBBO bakers, and I found my florentines were ready between 9 and 10 minutes.

    The fruity coconut florentines were then left to cool while the second batch went in.

    Fruity Coconut Florentines

    After a few minutes I transferred them to my lovely new round cooling rack to cool completely.

    Fruity Coconut Florentines

    Later I melted the chocolate and spread it on the base of half of the biscuits, and made the zig zag pattern with a fork when nearly set.

    These are delicious with a cup of tea, and great for a special afternoon tea with visitors.

    Fruity Coconut Florentines

    Fruity Coconut Florentines

    Fruity Coconut Florentines

    Fruity Coconut Florentines

    I am linking up with #CookBlogShare,Β Β #recipeoftheweek and #BakeoftheWeek.

    I’m also linking up with the #GreatBloggersBakeoff run by Jenny at Mummy Mishaps, the second week can be found here

    Last but not least, I am linking up with GBBO Bake Along with Supergoldenbakes

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    Comments

    1. Emily @amummytoo says

      August 30, 2014 at 1:32 pm

      They look great! I love florentines but have yet to try making my own. Thanks so much for linking up with #recipeoftheweek. Sorry I was particularly slow getting over for this one. I’ve pinned it to my food board and a tweet will go out shortly πŸ™‚

      Reply
    2. Stacey Guilliatt says

      August 21, 2014 at 9:59 am

      Never tried them with coconut, bet they’re yummy though #greatbloggersbakeoff2014

      Reply
    3. Debra Ceka (my little kitchen) says

      August 17, 2014 at 9:04 am

      Your Florentines look gorgeous. I don’t like nuts either so these would be perfect for me!

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        August 17, 2014 at 2:49 pm

        Thanks Debra, we really enjoyed them!

        Reply
    4. The Beesley Buzz says

      August 15, 2014 at 11:12 pm

      Wow – i LOVE the idea of adding the coconut in! I can imagine they taste great with coconut. x

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        August 17, 2014 at 2:51 pm

        Thanks, they were very chewy and tasty with the coconut!

        Reply
    5. Jenny Paulin says

      August 15, 2014 at 7:15 pm

      you make making florentines so easy! i am going to have to give them a go because i like eating them so much!
      yours look lovely – i can see the lacey effect too! adding coconut added a lovely flavour with the chocolate i would imagine
      thank you for linking up x x

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        August 17, 2014 at 2:51 pm

        Thanks for visiting Jenny!

        Reply
    6. Hayley @ Hay In A Day says

      August 15, 2014 at 6:57 pm

      I’ve actually never had a florentine! But after seeing them on the bake off and then seeing your post I really want one! #bakeoftheweek

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        August 17, 2014 at 2:51 pm

        Thanks Hayley!

        Reply
    7. bluebirdsunshine says

      August 15, 2014 at 1:31 pm

      I love anything involving coconut, bet these were delicious! Your zig zagging looks brilliant too, well done.

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        August 17, 2014 at 2:52 pm

        Thanks, I wasn’t quite sure what it was supposed to look like as I missed that part of the show, but Google came to the rescue!

        Reply
    8. Kirsty Hijacked By Twins says

      August 15, 2014 at 9:28 am

      I LOVE florentines! They have to be my favourite biscuit! Yours look and sounds absolutely scrummy πŸ™‚ thank you for sharing and linking up with #BakeoftheWeek x

      Reply

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