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Coconut Lime Cupcakes

4/26/15

Make these Coconut Lime Cupcakes instead of the usual vanilla or chocolate for a tropical twist!

Hi friends! I have been baking up a storm lately. One of my baking obsessions are cupcakes! I’m not just talking about regular chocolate and vanilla cupcakes either. This past month I’ve been playing around with  so many different cupcakes ideas. I’ve made everything from peach cobbler cupcakes to banana pudding cupcakes ( I shared photos on my instagram, and I will be sharing the recipes SOON). I guess you can say that I like “unique” cupcakes 🙂 .

In this post I’m going to share one of my recent creations- Coconut Lime Cupcakes!

The lime and toasted coconut garnish on these Coconut Lime Cupcakes adds a touch of pizzazz!

These coconut lime cupcakes are simply unbelievable! They are so light, fluffy, and flavorful. You simply can’t go wrong with these cupcakes! They have such a nice tropical taste, and they are perfect for ANY occasion.

These Coconut Lime Cupcakes are light, fluffy, and full of flavor!

I used cake flour for these cupcakes, instead of regular all purpose flour. The cake flour really makes a huge difference. I have made these cupcakes using with all purpose flour before, and they were still delicious. However, the cupcakes made with cake flour were more light and fluffy.

Also, instead of using regular milk, I used coconut milk. The thick and flavorful coconut milk makes a super creamy batter!

I didn’t add any coconut extract, but if you want to add more coconut flavor to your cupcakes, I suggest doing so. 🙂

The cream cheese frosting on these coconut lime cupcakes is decadent!

As far as frosting,  I made a Lime Cream Cheese Frosting. It paired amazingly with the cupcakes! If you’re not a fan of cream cheese frosting, feel free to use or make a vanilla butter cream!

For garnishing, I simply used toasted sweetened coconut flakes and lime wedges. The garnishing is completely optional, so feel free to skip out on that part… Unless you want pretty cupcakes 😛

Watch my video tutorial for these cupcakes

coconut lime cupcakes
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Coconut Lime Cupcakes by iheartrecipes.com

These Coconut Lime Cupcakes are light, fluffy, and flavorful with a tropical twist! The cream cheese frosting is decadent. Great for any occasion! 
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Coconut Lime Cupcakes
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Author I Heart Recipes

Ingredients

  • 2 cups cake flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup softened butter unsalted & at room temperature
  • 2 medium sized eggs at room temperature
  • 4 tbsp lime juice
  • 1 tsp lime zest finely ground
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 cup canned coconut milk

Frosting:

  • 1 stick unsalted butter softened
  • 8 oz cream cheese softened
  • 2 tbsp lime juice
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 5 cups confectioners sugar you may add more or less.

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 325 F.
  • In a medium sized bowl combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Sift or whisk together until well combined.
  • In a separate cream the sugar and butter together, then add each egg in the bowl - but one at a time, and mix in.
  • Mix the wet ingredients until everything is nice and creamy, then add in the lime juice, vanilla extract, and lime zest.
  • Alternate adding the dry ingredients and the coconut milk into the bowl of wet ingredients.
  • Once the batter is nice and smooth, fill your baking cups, but only pour about 1/4 cup of batter into each baking cup.
  • Bake the cupcakes in the oven, on 325 F, for about 20 minutes.
  • Remove the cupcakes from the oven, and let them cool in the cupcake pan for about 5 minutes, then remove them, and place them on a cooling rack.
  • While the cupcakes are cooling, make the frosting.
  • Place 1 stick of unsalted softened butter, and 8 oz of softened cream cheese into a medium sized mixing bowl.
  • Cream the two ingredients together.
  • Sprinkle in about 5 cups of confectioners sugar( you can add more if you'd like), and mix.
  • Next, pour in two tbsp of lime juice, and 2 tsp of vanilla extract. Mix until the frosting it's nice and creamy.
  • Once the cupcakes are cool, frost the cupcakes however you desire.
  • I used lime pieces and toasted coconut to garnish the cupcakes, but that is completely optional.
  • Enjoy!

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Comments

  1. mrs jess says

    June 23, 2015 at 3:15 am

    hi rosie !
    love your videos and your recipes are easy to follow but i think i went wrong somewhere with this recipe 🙁 my cupcakes were really dence , fluffy but really thick ? what did i do wrong ?

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      June 30, 2015 at 5:05 pm

      I’m not sure what you did wrong hun 🙁

      Reply
  2. Sumaiya says

    July 6, 2015 at 6:52 am

    Soooo excited to try these! I love your videos ❤️

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      July 7, 2015 at 6:23 pm

      Thank you! Enjoy!

      Reply
  3. Cecilia says

    September 25, 2015 at 3:30 am

    Could you give the measures in metric or imperial please? Not sure what sticks convert to?
    Your recipes sound delicious.
    Thank you Cx

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      September 25, 2015 at 9:07 am

      A stick of butter is 8 tbsp

      Reply
  4. Cecilia says

    September 26, 2015 at 2:42 pm

    Thank you
    Cx

    Reply
  5. Kristi says

    August 5, 2016 at 10:36 am

    How many cupcakes does this recipe yield?

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      August 5, 2016 at 8:16 pm

      I think I made 2 dozens.

      Reply

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