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Coconut Cupcakes with Seven-Minute Frosting and Coconut Flakes

Coconut Cupcakes with Seven-Minute Frosting and Coconut Flakes

These coconut-topped sweeties make eating dessert feel like a tropical vacation.

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  • Yield Makes 21

Ingredients

    • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
    • 2 teaspoons baking powder
    • 1/2 teaspoon salt
    • 1/2 cup packed sweetened shredded coconut
    • 6 ounces (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
    • 1 1/3 cups sugar
    • 2 large eggs, plus 2 large egg whites
    • 3/4 cup unsweetened coconut milk
    • 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
    • Seven-Minute Frosting (http://www.marthastewart.com/283494/seven-minute-frosting)
    • 1 1/3 cups large-flake unsweetened coconut

Directions

  1. Make cupcakes as directed in Basic Cupcake How-To, adding sweetened coconut to dry ingredients, and using coconut milk and vanilla for wet ingredients. Once cupcakes are cool, mound frosting on tops. Sprinkle with unsweetened coconut. Serve immediately.

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