Holidays, All Occasion Coconut Cupcakes

the Painted Apron

10 years ago

This is my go to, perfect for everything cupcake

I start with a box of French Vanilla cake mix and add some goodies

an extra egg, coconut oil, buttermilk, sour cream, vanilla instant pudding, vanilla and coconut extract.

They’re great for football parties, green “grass” topped little bites of sweet cake

and of course perfect for St. Patrick’s Day or Easter too~

You can make the coconut any color you like to match the holiday or your theme

Wedding parties and baby showers~dye the coconut blue or pink

And Valentine’s Day of course!

Put the coconut in a ziplock with some drops of food coloring and shake shake shake until you get the color you want

You could do purple, green and yellow for Mardi Gras

Orange for Halloween

or red, white and blue for Memorial Day and 4th of July!

They taste fabulous in any color!

COCONUT CUPCAKES

decorate them to suit the occasion!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword all occasion cupcakes, coconut cupcakes, mini cupcakes, vanilla cupcakes

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 18

Servings 24

Combine ingredients in a mixer, stopping to scrape sides once, until batter is smooth. Scoop into paper lined mini muffin tins. Bake at 350 15-20 minutes until starting to brown, and tester comes out clean. Do not over bake. Makes 24-30 mini cupcakes.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword buttercream icing, coconut icing, cupcake icing, easy icing, frosting

Mix extracts with 2 T of milk and combine powdered sugar with butter and mix well, adding more milk if necessary, until icing is the desired consistency. Spread or pipe icing on cupcakes and sprinkle with coconut
*to dye coconut, place in a ziplock bag and add food coloring. Shake to distribute and add more drops until the color is what you want.