Easy Coconut Cupcakes with Coconut Buttercream Frosting

Name: Easy Coconut Cupcakes with Coconut Buttercream Frosting
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 50 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 15.25 ounce White Cake Mix; 1/2 cup Unsalted butter (melted); 4 Eggs (using the egg white only); 1 13.5 ounce Coconut milk; 1 cup Sweetened flaked coconut; 3 cups Powdered sugar; 1 cup Unsalted butter (room temperature); 2-3 tablespoons Whole milk; 2 tablespoons Light corn syrup; 1 teaspoon Coconut extract; 1 cup sweetened flaked coconut

Instructions

Prep:30minCook:20min

For coconut lovers, this simple Coconut Cupcake recipe with Coconut Buttercream Frosting starts with a box cake mix but bakes up like a gourmet cupcake. You get three times the coconut because we add it to the batter; the frosting is coconut flavored, with a coconut sprinkle on top.

Updated at: Sun, 16 Feb 2025 17:32:51 GMT