Coconut recipe collection

Light sponge cake baked in a casserole dish, then soaked with a hot rum sugar syrup and topped with toasted almonds or coconut. This boozy, syrup-drenched dessert is even better the next day.

Fresh grated carrots, toasted walnuts, coconut, and crushed pineapple pack this cinnamon-spiced bundt cake. Cream cheese icing and grated carrot garnish finish it off.

Filo shrimp puffs with spiced shrimp, coconut, ginger, and turmeric wrapped in flaky filo pastry triangles and baked golden. A crispy, aromatic appetizer with Southeast Asian flair.

Fish and shrimp in sweet and sour sauce with pineapple, ginger, and soy, served over homemade coconut rice. A complete seafood dinner with bright Asian-inspired flavors.

Gift cake: a birthday sheet cake decorated to look like a wrapped present, with coconut "paper," strawberry preserves filling, and a gumdrop bow. Perfect kid's party centerpiece.

Glazed lemon squares with a Bisquick shortbread base, a tangy lemon-coconut custard filling, and a sweet lemon glaze on top. A bright, citrusy bar cookie with three distinct layers.

Thai green chicken curry with eggplant simmered in coconut milk and green curry paste, finished with Thai basil, cilantro, and red chilies.

Grilled Hawaiian fish draped in a silky basil-coconut curry sauce with lemongrass, ginger, kaffir lime leaves, and homemade red curry paste. Island-meets-Thai fusion, fresh and fragrant.

Thin, crispy maple cookies made with real maple syrup and maple extract, rolled and cut into shapes. Top with coconut, cream cheese, buttercream, or sandwich with jam.

Melting moments cookies sandwich tender coconut shortbreads with orange buttercream and dip half in chocolate. Buttery, citrusy, and chocolate-finished sandwich cookies for tea or holiday plates.

Self-crusting coconut pie that mixes in one bowl, pours into the pan, and forms its own crust as it bakes. Eggs, milk, butter, and coconut create a custardy slice with a tender brown bottom. The recipe makes two pies.

Moqueca de Peixe is a Bahian fish stew with cod, fresh coconut milk, dendê palm oil, cilantro, and tomato. Authentic Brazilian flavor in 1 hour, served with rice and Farofa.

Mother's Holiday Cherry Squares (Christmas) recipe

Wartime impossible pie from South London with one batter that splits into crust, custard, and filling as it bakes. Use it sweet with coconut and vanilla, or savoury with canned tuna or salmon and frozen vegetables. Pantry magic.

Thai mung bean pastries (khanom thuay) with a sweet mung bean flour base topped with coconut-rice flour cream and toasted yellow mung beans. A colorful, no-bake Thai dessert.

Raspberry paradise pie with a chewy oat-walnut meringue shell holding thickened raspberries, topped with whipped cream and coconut. A gluten-free pie with a built-in granola crust that's crisp on top, chewy at the edges.