Surprise your mom on mother’s day with a homemade something: make her a simple breakfast in bed, pamper her with a special 3-course lunch or bake her favourite cake. This easy shortcrust tart, from Big Fat Baker, should bring some inspiration to those who plan to bake their own mother’s day treat. The dulce de leche coconut mélange is to die for, so do not skimp on the filling here. I baked the recipe in smaller pans I was recently gifted for my birthday and the individual tarts turned out really cute and “divine”, in my mom’s own words!
DULCE DE LECHE COCONUT TART
Ingredients:
For the Tart Crust
2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 cup caster sugar
1/8 teaspoon kitchen salt
1 cup butter, chilled and cubed
1 egg + 1 yolk, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the Filling
500g dulce de leche
3 cups shredded coconut
2 eggs, room temperature
1/3 cup caster sugar
1/3 cup whipping cream
Method:
- In a large bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, sugar and salt for the crust. Drop in the cubed butter.
- Mix together until it resembles coarse crumbs. Add the egg, yolk and vanilla. Mix until it holds together.
- Dump everything onto a nonstick surface and knead until it forms a soft dough. Wrap tart crust in plastic.
- Keep in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease your tart pan.
- For the filling, combine coconut, eggs, sugar and cream. Take out the crust and press it into your tart pan.
- Spread the dulce de leche in an even layer over the tart crust then top it with the coconut cream mixture.
- Bake the tart for about 35-50 minutes, or until the coconut mixture is set and the crust is nicely browned.
- Allow it to cool to room temperature before cutting. Keeps in the fridge for up to 3 days. Makes 12 pieces.
Dulce de Leche & Coconut
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May 25, 2014 at 8:04 am
thehungrymum
oh.My.Goodness – this looks superb 🙂
May 25, 2014 at 6:05 pm
prerrnamirchi
thnx 🙂
May 27, 2014 at 2:45 am
noori
Hi prerrna
The recipe looks so tempted n easy to prepare . would u b able to suggest me for substitute of confiture De last. Because here I haven’t seen it in the stores
Thank u
Regards
Noori:)
June 1, 2014 at 3:05 am
prerrnamirchi
hi noori u can make confiture de leche or dulce de leche from condensed milk. You can make it the David Lebovitz way by baking the condensed milk in a hot water bath [http://www.davidlebovitz.com/2005/11/dulce-de-lechec/] or the stove top method [http://purplefoodie.com/dulce-de-leche-holy-yum/] 🙂
June 1, 2014 at 2:07 pm
noori
Thks perinatal.
That will really help. So easy:)
June 1, 2014 at 2:10 pm
noori
Oops sorry perrna for mistyped ur name. U know with the touch screen fone it’s so sensitive.
June 1, 2014 at 5:52 pm
prerrnamirchi
Perinatal!!! MegaLOL