“These gluten free Mango & Coconut Muffakes are super moist and totally decadent. Just try and eat only one – I dare you!”
I was going to call these mango and coconut “cuffins”…
But, “cuffins” are supposed to be a cross between a cookie and a muffin.
And, clearly, these are more of a cross between a muffin and a cupcake, than a cookie and a muffin.
So, I let my fingers wonder off to Google and they came back with “muffakes”!
The funny thing is, these didn’t start off as cuffins or muffakes or cupcakes or muffins!
These started off as Mango and Coconut Bites! I told myself, if they happened to taste truly decadent, I would call them Mango and Coconut Truffles.
I had it all planned out – but funny thing about plans, sometimes they just don’t pan out.
I started off with some extra sweet mangoes, which I turned into a luscious puree thanks to my blender.
I added melted white chocolate and coconut milk to the puree and let it all mingle on the stove top – then I placed this in the fridge and figured something magical was about to happen.
I checked on the mix after a couple of hours and it showed no signs of setting…so, I gave it another couple of hours, and then another…but like those “toning” sneakers which were popular in 2010, I didn’t get the results I desired.
When my daughter took a taste of the goopy mix, she said it tasted too good not to post. But, it looked downright sad to me.
I added in some protein powder and some ground up coconut flakes and gave the mix another couple of hours – and – guess what?
Nope – no change! Which was surprising to me as usually coconut manages to absorb a ton of moisture.
I was just getting ready to introduce the mix to my trashcan, when my daughter came in and grabbed the bowl from me. “Mom just bake it – you cannot go wrong baking it”!
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And so, I added and egg and some coconut oil and voila – these totally delectable Mango and Coconut Muffakes happened. I topped these muffakes with a Mango and Coconut Icing and had to fight my daughter from trying to eat them for breakfast!
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Well this flavor combination is just too much for words!!
Muffakes?!?! I can’t believe that’s a thing! Well, yours look delightful! I love how you made the icing with mango puree – that is so genius!
Hhaha, muffakes? Love it! This looks so good!
OMG! Shashi these look incredibly delicious!!!
Mmmm – I love a cake-y muffin! This is a delicious combination…my daughters would love as well!
I love the combination as well. I think I will have to plunder my husband’s protein powder to make these. 🙂
haha muffacakes is awesome! The mango and coconut combination is awesome! 🙂
Muffakes? Ha ha, brilliant I love that! What a fantastic looking recipe Shashi. 🙂
Am I the only person who thinks muffake sounds dirty?! hahaha
I would love eating your mistakes!!! or the ones that you thought were mistakes but were actually a muffakes. See this is sort of getting confusing so let me just say that these are awesome and sharing!
I’m so glad you didn’t throw out your mixture. These are a great save. I love the name, muffakes. Mangoes have just appeared in our stores again and it’s so good to see them. I do love the combination of mango and coconut xx
Muffakes is almost as cool as awesmazing.
But seriously, these are fantastic: GREAT JOB!
Hmmm…I’m gonna have nix the muffake term. It just doesn’t do justice to this awesome creation! How about Mango Coconut Awesomeness? Or Coconut Mango Awesomesauce? Or just “Eat me nows”? 🙂 Seriously, though, well done on these bad boys…I wish I had one with my morning coffee right now!
Muffake is a new term for me. Great save Shashi 🙂
Hahaha LOVE the name for these! and I love the story of how they came to be 🙂
Ummm, yes please! <3 I love the name, haha. It sounds a lot better than cuffins, and they look delicious! *-*
Brilliant name for a fabulous recipe! And it looks absolutely delicious!
You have a very smart daughter. Mango season has just begun here. I cut three of them and delivered them to the nursing home for breakfast for John’s dad. (he has to share with everyone)
I think I’d love a mango and coconut muffake!
This is the best thing ever – mango and coconut sounds like a heavenly combination!
haha the almighty google to the rescue!! 🙂 And wow do these sound good! I just love how much mango puree you got in them!
I think these sound quite legal for breakfast, especially for the girl who came up with the brilliant idea!
Wow ! What an amazing combination ! I love the name you gave it too. The end result look super delicious even though it wasn’t the way you wanted it to be at first 😉 I would really love to grab some from the screen if it is possible in reality .
By the way, your daughter seem to be a very smart little girl. Happy for you.
Ba ha ha! I LOVE the name of this!! Your girl is clearly a cooking genius. takes after her mum. Start her blog NOW!
your daughter sounds like a very smart girl!! Glad you didn’t end up throwing it away. Also love that you added protein powder to this recipe!
These are stunning Shashi!!!! Mango and coconut are the perfect combination, and I love how healthy and delicious these are. Yum!
So glad you didn’t throw these out!! Mango and coconut muffcakes sound amazing! (Plus we’re coconut twins today 😉 )
Wow! These muffakes are AH-MAZING, Shashi! Never tried these beauties, but would love to try for sure. Coconut and mango is a KILLER combo. I would love to have 5 or 6 or may be 8 right now! Major drooling! 🙂
Your daughter is one smart lady! These look fabulous, Shashi. And I LOVE the flavour combo of mango and coconut. Isn’t it great when experiments and potential fails turn out fabulous? When in doubt, just keep tinkering 😛
Mango and coconut sounds like the perfect combination in these muffakes! Love your creativity! Pinned!
By saying ‘try and eat only one’, what did you specifically mean, Shashi? One dozen? One tray? I love the story of this creation and the results. If I have any similar situations, I’ll definitely follow your daughter’s advice to bake whatever I’m struggling with. Even if it’s a salad or ice cream:)
I always love cake in muffin form. These looks splendid with mango icing.
Ha ha! I tried those toning sneakers too Shashi. BLEH!!! 🙂 Love these awesome muffakes, and mango is the bomb. Delicious experiment! Have a wonderful week!!! XOXO
muffcakes?I think you should copyright that and make something big! yes, love it. You are so imaginative and creative and i love this combo
I love when things don’t turn out as you planned, but still turn out GREAT! I love the fun little name of these, and coconut and mango definitely play nice in my face! Pinned!
Shashi, you come up with the best recipe names! A cross between a muffin and a cupcake .. muffakes. . love it! and LOVE the flavor combo here! can’t go wrong with mango and coconut!