Coconut Cupcakes with Almond Cream Frosting

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The complexity of this coconut cupcake recipe, with almond and vanilla enhancing the coconut flavor, makes for a very rich flavor.

Prep
23 min
Cook
33 min
Servings
Difficulty
Medium

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.
  2. 2 Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. Whisk to combine.
  3. 3 Beat sugar and butter together using an electric mixer in a large mixing bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Pour in vanilla extract, almond extract, and coconut extract; mix well. Add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk, mixing until incorporated. Fold in coconut.
  4. 4 Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each 2/3 full.
  5. 5 Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 15 to 17 minutes. Remove from the oven and transfer to wire racks to cool completely, about 30 minutes.
  6. 6 Beat cream cheese and shortening together using an electric mixer in a mixing bowl until creamy. Slowly add powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, until creamy. Mix in vanilla extract and almond extract.
  7. 7 Pipe frosting onto cooled cupcakes. Top each with shredded coconut.

Nutrition per serving

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