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Coconut Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

Delicious whole wheat cupcake highlighted with coconut milk, cream cheese, vanilla and coconut extracts, and dark chocolate. Topped with a coconut frosting.
Ingredients -
 

Cupcakes:
1 cup Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
1 cup All-Purpose Flour
1/2 cup Coconut Milk Powder, sifted
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1-1/4 cups Unsalted Butter, room temperature
3 ounces Cream Cheese, room temperature
1-1/2 cups Sugar
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
3/4 teaspoon Coconut Extract
5 Large Eggs
2 tablespoons Whole Milk
1 3/4 cups Dark Chocolate Chips

Frosting:
1/2 cup Unsalted Butter, room temperature
1/2 cup Coconut Milk Powder, sifted
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1/2 teaspoon coconut Extract
5 cups Powdered Sugar
4 tablespoons Whole Milk
Flaked Sweetened Coconut

 
Preparation:
 
Cupcakes:

1. To make cupcakes, preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

2. Line 20 standard muffin cups with paper liners.

3. In a medium bowl, sift the pastry flour, all-purpose flour, coconut milk powder, baking powder and salt.

4. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the butter and cream cheese together until smooth.

5. Gradually beat in the sugar, then vanilla extract and coconut extract.

6. Beat in the dry ingredients.

7. Add the eggs one at a time.

8. Beat until blended after each egg addition.

9. Beat in the milk.

10. Stir in the chocolate chips.

11. Spoon 1/3 cup batter into each paper liner.

12. Bake the cupcakes for about 22 minutes, until tester inserted comes out clean.

13. Let the cupcakes cool for 10 minutes then turn them onto a rack to let cool.

Frosting:

1. In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat the butter, coconut milk powder, and salt until smooth.

2. Beat in the vanilla and coconut extracts.

3. Beat in enough powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, to form very thick frosting.

4. Beat in the whole milk, 1 tablespoon at a time, until the frosting is thin enough to spread.

5. Spread frosting on the cooled cupcakes.

6. Sprinkle with flaked coconut.

 



Cupcake Tips
Coconut
Whole coconuts are available fresh and can be shredded using a cheese grater or food processor. Dried coconut is available shredded or flaked, sweetened or unsweetened.

Cupcake Tips
Toasted Coconut
Toasted coconut radically changes the flavor of cupcakes. You can buy toasted coconut or take flaked coconut and toast it yourself.