Coconut Cupcakes with Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting
Paradise in cupcake form! 🧁 These light, fluffy Coconut Cupcakes with Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting are bliss with every bite. Coconut milk and Coconut Smooth Flavor Paste gives these cupcakes the perfect texture and aroma, while luscious coconut flavored cream cheese frosting makes this recipe truly irresistible.
- Author
- Sloane Papa
- Cook Time
- 16-18 minutes
- Servings
- 15 Cupcakes
- Category
Easy
- Cuisine
Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 180g (1½ cups) Cake flour
- 170g (¾ cup + 1½ tbsp) Granulated sugar
- 2 tsp Baking powder
- ½ tsp Kosher salt
- 76g (5 ½ tbsp) Unsalted butter, room temperature
- 65g (½ cup) Neutral oil *see recipe notes
- 227g (1 cup) Unsweetened canned coconut milk
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 tbsp Coconut Smooth Flavor Paste
- 2 Egg whites
- 113g (8 tbsp) Unsalted butter, room temperature
- 6oz (¾ block) Cream cheese, cold
- 1 tbsp Coconut Smooth Flavor Paste
- 170g (1½ cups) Powdered sugar, sifted
- Coconut flakes, for sprinkling
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°F C). Add cupcake liners to a muffin pan.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
- Cut up the butter into small cubes and add to the dry ingredients. Mix on low speed until it resembles wet sand.
- Add the oil, yogurt, milk, vanilla, and Coconut Smooth Flavor Paste, mixing until just combined.
- Fill the cupcake liners about ⅔ of the way full.
- Bake for 16-18 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Cool completely before decorating with Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter, cream cheese, and Coconut Smooth Flavor Paste on high speed until smooth.
- Slowly add the sifted powdered sugar and mix on low speed until fully combined.
- Once all of the powdered sugar is incorporated, continue beating on low speed until no more lumps or pockets of air remain and the frosting is smooth.
- Decorate the cupcakes with your cream cheese frosting and sprinkle on coconut flakes as desired.