- 12
Ingredients
- Cupcakes:
- 3/4 cup + 1 tablespoon (184g) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3/4 cup + 1 tablespoon (162g) caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups + 1 1/2 tablespoons (225g) all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3 tablespoons unsweetened desiccated coconut
- Whipped white chocolate icing:
- 500 g white chocolate, chopped
- 1 cup (240ml) heavy cream*
- 140 g unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2 cups flaked coconut
Preparation
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F; line twelve ½ cup capacity muffin pans with paper cases.
Place the butter, sugar and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well. Sift the flour and baking powder over the butter mixture, add the coconut and combine. Line twelve ½ cup capacity muffin pans with paper cases. Spoon in the prepared pan and bake for 35 minutes or until cooked with tested with a skewer. Cool completely on wire racks.
To make the whipped chocolate icing, place the chocolate, cream and butter in a small saucepan over low heat. Stir until melted and smooth. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool completely. Once cool, beat with a hand-held electric mixer until thick and fluffy. Ice the cool cupcakes and top them with the flaked coconut.
* as my icing wouldn’t whip, I refrigerated it for 30 minutes then beat it again with the mixer – I recommend using less cream and less butter
Makes 12 – I halved the recipe above and got 7 cupcakes (using 1/3 cup capacity pans)