Coconut Cupcakes With Lime Frosting
- 125 g butter, softened
- 1 cup caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 eggs
- 1 navel orange, zest of, grated
- 1 12 cups flour
- 12 teaspoon baking powder
- 14 teaspoon baking soda
- 12 cup milk
- 1 cup desiccated coconut
- 13 cup marmalade, of your choice
- 23 cup grated fresh coconut
- 2 large egg whites
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons water
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
- 14 teaspoon salt
- To make the cupcakes.
- Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in vanilla.
- Beat eggs in one at a time until mixture is very light, then add zest and mix to combine.
- Sift dry ingredients together and fold gently into butter mixture, alternating with milk.
- Fold in desiccated coconut.
- Place paper cupcake cases in muffin tins and fill to three quarters full.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes at 180 degrees C, testing with a skewer to check that cakes are cooked to the centre.
- Cool on a rack.
- Using a small sharp knife, cut a shallow 4cm diameter cone from the centre top of each cupcake.
- With the back of a teaspoon, spread indentation with marmalade.
- Replace removed cake.
- Frost liberally, making tall peaks.
- Decorate with grated fresh coconut.
- (See below for how to crack a coconut.)
- Keep cakes in a cool, dry place and serve on same day.
- Unfrosted cakes will keep well in an airtight container for 2-3 days.
- To make the frosting.
- In a medium-sized metal bowl set over a saucepan of just-simmering water, gently whisk together frosting ingredients until mixture is quite warm and sugar is dissolved.
- With a hand-held electric mixer on high speed, beat frosting for about 6 minutes, or until thick and fluffy.
- Remove bowl from heat and continue to beat frosting until it is cool, thick and spreadable.
- Frost cakes using a small palette knife or a butter knife to shape generous dollops of frosting into peaks.
- Frosting will keep, in a covered bowl in the fridge, for 2 days.
butter, caster sugar, vanilla, eggs, orange, flour, baking powder, baking soda, milk, coconut, marmalade, coconut, egg whites, sugar, water, freshly squeezed lime juice, salt
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/coconut-cupcakes-with-lime-frosting-275575 (may not work)