Coconut Lime Cupcakes

Recipe By: Calphalon Team  -  Originally Published: 10/21/2011

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Refreshing anytime, and especially in spring and summer months. These cupcakes are loaded with lime flavor and coconut. They will complement many foods of tropical, Latin, Mexican and Asian cuisine, and so much more. The recipe is easy to follow, and your cupcakes will look like you spent way more time than you actually did!

  • Servings: Yield 12 - 16
  • Prep Time: Less than 30 Minutes
  • Cook Time: Less than 30 Minutes
  • Level: Beginner
  • Course: Dessert

Ingredients

Cupcakes
1 large egg
4 oz. unsalted butter, softened
1-1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 Tbsp. lime zest
1 tsp. baking soda
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup light coconut milk

Icing
3 cups powdered sugar, sifted
2 Tbsp. fresh lime juice
2 Tbsp. buttermilk
4 Tbsp. unsalted butter, softened
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. lime zest
1/8 tsp. salt

Topping
3 cups shredded coconut

 

Directions

Preheat oven to 350ºF. 

Cupcakes
Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper or foil liners.

Combine all the cupcake ingredients in a bowl and mix with an electric mixer until smooth. Add approximately 1/2 cup of batter to each cup. Bake until risen and golden brown (approx. 20-25 minutes). To test for doneness, insert a wooden pick into the middle of a cupcake. Cupcakes are done if the wooden pick comes out clean.

Remove the cupcakes from the oven and from the tin. Transfer them to cooling rack. Allow to cool completely.

Icing
Combine all icing ingredients in a mixing bowl. Using an electric mixer, blend ingredients until they are completely combined and creamy. Using a small spreader, apply a generous amount of icing to each cupcake. Gently press some coconut shred onto the frosting of each cupcake.

If you have extra batter
Place 3-4 paper cup liners in the muffin tin cups.  Fill each of the lined cups with approximately a 1/2 cup of batter. Add 2 Tbsp. of water to each empty cup and bake at 350ºF. Monitor the baking of these cakes, and test for doneness as in the previous batch.

Alternate Icing: Top off your cupcakes with our delicious Lime Butter Cream with Coconut.