Coconut Cupcakes With Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 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
• 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 flaked coconut
• 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature (do not use nonfat)
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature (1 stick)
• 2 ounces chocolate, melted
• 1/2 lime, juice of
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 1/2 cups sweetened flaked coconut (for topping)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 line a regular sized muffin tin with cupcake papers.
• 3 sift flour, baking powder and salt together in a bowl.
• 4 in a measuring cup combine egg whites, coconut milk and extracts.
• 5 cream together sugar and butter with an electric mixer on medium speed.
• 6 blend until butter lightens in color and texture, 4 minutes.
• 7 alternately add dry and wet ingredients, starting and ending with dry, in 3 additions.
• 8 fold in coconut using a rubber spatula.
• 9 scoop batter into prepared tin, filling each about 3/4 full.
• 10 bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 25-30 minutes.
• 11 cool in the pan 5 minutes; remove completely.
• 12 for frosting, beat cream cheese and butter with an electric mixer until smooth.
• 13 add melted chocolate and lime juice; beat to blend.
• 14 add powdered sugar and beat until smooth (it will be gooey).
• 15 spread 3 tbsp frosting on each cupcake.
• 16 top cupcakes with coconut.