Plum and coconut muffins

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Ingredients

2	Eggs
½ tsp	Coconut essence
2 ½ cups	Self raising flour
½ cup	Yoghurt
½ cup	Milk
½ cup	Desiccated coconut
1 cup	Plum, diced with stones removed (Main)
¼ cup	Shredded coconut, to sprinkle
90 g	Butter, softened
1 cup	Caster sugar

Directions

1. Heat oven to 180 degC. Grease 12 standard muffin pans or line with paper cases.
2. Beat butter and sugar in a bowl until pale and fluffy. Beat in eggs, coconut essence and yoghurt.
3. Stir in flour, then milk and finally desiccated coconut, stirring just enough to combine. Gently fold in plums.
4. Spoon mixture into prepared muffin pans.
5. Sprinkle surface with thread coconut and bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until firm and golden brown.

Tip: When plums are out of season, it's possible to substitute other fruit, such as diced apples, pears or frozen berries for the plums in this recipe.