[post_ads]Who knows maybe I say that a lot but these would definitely make it to top 5 – along with Chocolate Cupcpakes, Vanilla Bean Cupcakes, Pineapple Upside Down Cupcakes or Pina Colada Cupcakes (they’re just too cute with those little tiny umbrellas), and Carrot Cake Cupcakes (and they carrot decoration is a must :)). Oh but then there’s the strawberry cupcakes, and the cheesecake ones with a salted caramel sauce should definitely be in there somewhere. Because cheesecake is life! Yeah I have a hard time with favorites. I need to share a post with all the cupcake recipes I’ve made in a collection because I’ve shared so many cupcake recipes. You can never have too many to choose from!
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These are simply Heaven in cupcake form. And don’t even get me started on the Coconut Buttercream Frosting! So dreamy. I actually made these a few weeks ago, I got ahead with recipes to share and now I just have to sit here and stare at them and wish so badly I could reach through the screen and grab another. Guess I’ll just have to make them again soon, it’s got to be someones half birthday right??
Yield: 12 cupcakes
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups (198g) cake flour*
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup (113g) unsalted butter, at room temperature
3/4 cups (160g) granulated sugar
1 large egg , at room temperature
2 large egg whites , at room temperature
1 tsp coconut extract
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2/3 cup (155ml) canned coconut milk, at room temperature
1 1/3 cups (115g) shredded unsweetened coconut
Coconut Buttercream Frosting
14 Tbsp butter (198g), at room temperature (preferably 8 Tbsp unsalted 6 Tbsp salted)
3 cups (380g) powdered sugar
1/2 - 1 tsp coconut extract , to taste
2 - 3 Tbsp (45ml) canned coconut milk
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a muffin pan with 12 paper cupcake liners, set aside. Sift cake flour into a medium mixing bowl. Add in baking powder and salt and whisk 20 seconds to evenly distribute.
Mix in another 1/3 of the flour mixture, then mix in remaining 1/2 of the coconut milk (again mixing just until combined after each addition). Finish by mixing in the last 1/3 of the flour mixture. Remove bowl and scrape sides and bottom of bowl with a spatula and fold gently just until evenly incorporated. Divide batter among paper lined muffin cups filling each cup about 2/3 full.
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Bake in preheated oven until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean about 18 - 20 minutes. Cool cupcakes on wire rack. Pour coconut into a small bowl. Once cupcakes are cool frost with coconut frosting, then immediately after frosting each cupcake dip tops in coconut to fully cover. Store cupcakes in an airtight container.For the frosting:
In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment cream butter until pale and fluffy. Add in powdered sugar, coconut extract and 2 Tbsp coconut milk and mix until pale and fluffy, while adding in another 1 Tbsp coconut milk to thin if needed.More from Cooking Classy:
