Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Week 7 of the 12 Weeks of Christmas - Cupcakes

I love cupcakes. Big, small, chocolate, vanilla and everything in between - YUMMM. My favorite cupcake at the moment? Coconut. If you love coconut then this is your cupcake to try...and if you don't like coconut, it make turn you!

The recipe I usually make is the Martha Stewart's Coconut Cupcake with a basic Vanilla/Butter/Confection Sugar/Milk frosting (not the one listed in the recipe).

I decorated this season's coconut cupcake with some Christmas sprinkles and the ol' stand by of toasted coconut.
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The recipe is pretty straight forward, though it does take quite a lot of time to put all the elements together. Here's some pictures along the way :)

Lining the cupcake pans - regular size and mini size - kids LOVE the minis. Remember to bake the minis on a lower temp (~320F) for a shorter amount of time (~15 mins).
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Gather up your ingredients and have the recipe printed out and readily available. I love printouts so I don't feel bad about getting it dirty - 'cause you could always reprint :).
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MUST have a stand mixer for this recipe or your hands are going to be SORE!
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Straight out of the oven. Even without frosting, these cupcakes are DELICIOUS! But you must have frosting, do wait until these cool completely.
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Frost, decorate and ENJOY :)!
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5 comments:

mrsamyevans said...

wow! yum-0. i love coconut and cupcakes, but oddly have never tried to combine the two---thanks for sharing. i'll have to give this one a try!

Unknown said...

coconut cupcakes FTW!

Jessica said...

Those cupcakes look SO good! I just found your blog and I'm your newest follower--hope you'll stop by my blog and follow back if you'd like!
www.homeandholidaykeepsakes.blogspot.com
have a great weekend!

Ami Allison said...

OH!! You had me at coconut! :)

Eleni Psyllaki said...

They seem delicious, I love coconut!
Going to try them for sure =)
Thanks for sharing,
Eleni of My Paradissi

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