Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Flaked Coconut Cupcakes

 
 
I don't even like coconut that much but I love these cupcakes.  The frosting is the most banging-est frosting ever! This is one of my Cuisine At Home recipes that has only been slightly tweaked!

 
 

 
 
 
 
Flaked Coconut Cupcakes
Adapted from Cuisine At Home

What you need:
  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon table salt
  • 3 large egg whites
  • 3/4 cup coconut milk or 3/4 cup whole milk (not sweetened coconut milk)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature (1 stick)
  • 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut

 
For the frosting:
  • 4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature (do not use nonfat)
  • 1/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature (1 stick)
  • 1 teaspoon coconut extract
  • 2 ounces white chocolate, melted (30 seconds in the microwave)
  • Zest of 1 lime
  • Juice of 1 lime
  • 1-2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 cup sweetened flaked coconut (for topping) 
What to do:
  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a regular sized muffin tin with cupcake papers
  • Sift flour, baking powder and salt together in a bowl
  • In a measuring cup combine egg whites, coconut milk and extracts
  • Cream together sugar and butter with an electric mixer on medium speed.  Blend until butter lightens in color and texture
  • Alternately add dry and wet ingredients, starting and ending with dry, in 3 additions
  • Fold in coconut using a rubber spatula.  Scoop batter into prepared tin, filling each about 3/4 full
  • Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 25-30 minutes
  • Cool in the pan 5 minutes; remove completely
 
For the frosting:
  • Beat cream cheese and butter with an electric mixer until smooth
  • Add melted white chocolate, lime juice and coconut extract,  beat to blend
  • Add powdered sugar and beat until smooth (it will be gooey).
  • Spread 3 Tbsp frosting on each cupcake
  • Top cupcakes with coconut

 
 

Originally posted March 2011
 

2 comments:

  1. I have a cupcake blog called My Year of Cupcakes. I featured your Flaked Coconut Cupcake recipe on day 72. Here's the link if you wanna take a look: http://myyearofcupcakes.com/2013/10/11/day-72-flaked-coconut-cupcakes/
    Thanks for the great recipe!

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