Best Coconut Lime Cupcakes Recipes

KEY LIME COCONUT CUPCAKES WITH WHITE CHOCOLATE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar on high speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. With the mixer on low speed, add the eggs, 1 at a time, scraping down the bowl after each addition. Add the vanilla extract, key lime zest and juice and mix well. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In 5 parts total, alternately add the dry ingredients and the buttermilk to the batter, beginning and ending with the dry. Mix until just combined. Fold the coconut into the cupcake batter.
• Line a muffin pan with paper liners and fill each liner almost to the top with batter. A spring loaded 1/4 cup ice cream scoop works great for this and ensures the cupcakes are all the same size. Bake for 25 minutes or until the tops begin to brown and a toothpick comes out clean. Remove cupcakes from oven and allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes and then transfer cupcakes to a baking rack to cool completely.
• While the cupcakes are cooling you can make the frosting. In a small heat proof bowl set over a pot of simmering water, carefully and slowly melt the white chocolate. Remove from heat and let cool until just slightly warm. Meanwhile, in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter until light and fluffy. With the mixer on low, gradually add the powdered sugar until well combined. Add the salt, vanilla extract, key lime juice, and sour cream and mix until very smooth. Add the melted white chocolate and mix just until incorporated.
• Frost the cupcakes and garnish with a bit of grated key lime zest. Enjoy!
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KEY LIME-COCONUT CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin.
• Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
• Beat white sugar and 1/2 cup coconut oil in a large bowl using an electric mixer until light and airy, 3 to 4 minutes. Add 3 tablespoons Key lime juice, 1 1/2 teaspoons Key lime zest, and vanilla extract. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Reduce mixer speed to low. Beat in 1/3 of the flour mixture at a time, alternating with 1/2 the milk and ending with the last 1/3 of the flour mixture. Mix until just combined; do not overmix. Pour batter into the muffin cups until about 2/3-full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely, about 20 minutes.
• Beat cream cheese and 1/4 cup coconut oil together in a bowl using an electric mixer until creamy and well combined. Mix in 1 1/2 teaspoons Key lime juice and 1/2 teaspoon Key lime zest. Gradually stir in confectioners' sugar. Frost cooled cupcakes.
• Heat a nonstick skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir the flaked coconut until lightly toasted, about 4 minutes. Remove from pan to cool, about 5 minutes. Top frosted cupcakes with the coconut, pressing in lightly.

KEY LIME PIE CUPCAKES WITH COCONUT MERINGUE

Steps:

• Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 350°F Line 24 cupcake cups with paper liners. Set the pans aside.
• Prepare the cupcake batter:.
• With a citrus zester or fine grater, zest the lime and reserve one teaspoon. Cut the lime in half and squeeze the juice over a strainer into a small bowl; you should have two tablespoons. Set aside.
• Separate three of the eggs, place the whites in a large clean mixing bowl and the yolks in another mixing bowl.
• Add the remaining egg, cake mix, pudding mix, water, oil, coconut flavoring and lime zest and juice to the yolks. Blend with an electric mixer on low speed for 30 seconds. Stop the machine and scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Increase the mixer speed to medium and beat 2 minutes more, scraping down the sides again if needed. The batter should look well blended.
• Spoon or scoop 1/4 cup batter into each lined cupcake cup, filling it two thirds of the way full. Place the pans in the oven.
• Bake the cupcakes until they are lightly golden and spring back when lightly pressed with your finger, 18 to 22 minutes. Remove the pans from the oven and place them on wire racks to cool for five minutes. Increase the oven heat to 450°F.
• Run a dinner knife around the edges of the cupcake liners, lift the cupcakes up from the bottoms of the cups using the end of the knife, and pick them out of the cups carefully with your fingertips. Place them on a wire rack to cool for 15 minutes before filling.
• Meanwhile, prepare the filling: Place the sweetened condensed milk and Key lime juice in a small bowl and stir to combine. Spoon the mixture into a pastry bag fitted with a medium tip. Press the tip 1/4 inch into the top center of each cooked cupcake and squeeze the bag to release about 1 tablespoon filling into the cupcake. Scrape off any excess filling with a rubber spatula. Place the cooled cupcakes nearly side by side on a baking sheet.
• Prepare the meringue:.
• Add the cream of tartar to the reserved egg whites and beat with an electric mixer on high speed until frothy, 45 seconds.
• Add the coconut flavoring and one tablespoon of the sugar. Continue beating on high, adding one tablespoon sugar at a time, until the whites form stiff peaks (if you pull the beaters from the meringue, the meringue should extend from the beaters in straight stiff peaks).
• Spoon two tablespoons meringue onto the top of each cupcake and swirl to spread it just to the edges with a short metal spatula or a spoon. Place the pan in the oven. Bake until the meringue is light nutty brown in color, five to six minutes.
• Run a dinner knife around the edges of the cupcake liners, lift the cupcakes up from the bottoms of the cups using the end of the knife, and pick them out of the cups carefully with your fingers. Serve at once, or allow the cupcakes to cool 10 minutes, then serve.

COCONUT-LIME CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 36 cupcake cups with paper liners.
• Beat sugar and butter together in the bowl of an electric stand mixer until fluffy, about 10 minutes. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, adding coconut extract and vanilla extract with the last egg.
• Combine flour, 1 tablespoon plus 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, and nutmeg in another bowl. Beat into the egg mixture until thoroughly combined; beat in buttermilk and lime juice. Stir in coconut and lime zest.
• Fill each of the prepared cupcake cups with about 1/4 cup of batter using a large cookie scoop.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool before serving.

COCONUT CUPCAKES WITH KEY LIME FROSTING

Steps:

• In a small bowl blend eggs, coconut oil and agave nectar with a hand mixer.
• Pulse in coconut flour, salt and baking soda.
• Allow batter to sit and thicken just a bit.
• Line a cupcake tin with unbleached baking cups.
• Spoon ¼ cup cupcake batter into each cupcake liner.
• Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes.
• Remove cupcakes from oven and allow to cool for 20 minutes.
• Frost with Key Lime Icing and serve.

COCONUT-LIME CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Grease 12-cup muffin pan or line with baking cups.
• In large bowl, beat butter and sugar at medium speed 5 to 6 minutes or until light and fluffy.
• Beat in egg, 1 tablespoon lime peel and 1 teaspoon lime juice.
• In medium bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• At low speed, beat sour cream into butter mixture alternately with flour mixture.
• Spoon batter into muffin pan, filling two-thirds full.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool on wire rack 10 minutes.
• Remove from pan; cool completely.
• In large bowl, beat all frosting ingredients at medium speed until stiff-peaks form.
• Spread each cupcake with frosting; sprinkle with coconut.
• Refrigerate until ready to serve.

COCONUT CUPCAKES WITH LIME BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Farenheit. Place 2 muffin cup liners in each of 12 muffin cups. Coat liners with cooking spray.
• To measure flour, weigh or lightly spoon it into measuring cup and level with knife. Combine flour, potato starch, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl and whisk.
• Combine 3/4 cup sugar and 2 tbsp softened butter in a large bowl and beat with mixer at medium speed until blended. Blend until the consistency is similar to damp sand.
• One at a time, add egg and beat well then add egg white and beat well.
• Add flour mixture and milk alternately, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Fold in coconut and vanilla.
• Spoon cupcake batter evenly into the prepared muffin cups. Bake at 350F for 18 minutes or until surface springs back up when lightly touched in center.
• Prepare frosting. To do so, combine 3 tbsp of softened butter, half-and-half, grated lime rind, and lime juice in a medium bowl. Beat with a mixer at medium speed until smooth. Gradually add powdered sugar and beat until smooth.
• Spread approximately 2 1/2 tsp of frosting onto each cupcake.

COCONUT RUM AND LIME CUPCAKES

Steps:

• For the cupcakes: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F and line muffin pans with paper liners.
• In a medium bowl, sift the cake flour, granulated sugar, baking soda and salt.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the oil, buttermilk, coconut milk, vanilla and eggs. Mix until all the ingredients are fully combined, about 1 minute. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix only until all the ingredients are barely incorporated. Fold in the shredded coconut. Fill the liners about three-quarters of the way full and bake, 17 to 19 minutes.
• Let the cupcakes cool slightly before removing them from the pan and transferring to a cooling rack.
• For the lime curd: In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter and granulated sugar until light and fluffy. Slowly add the eggs and yolks, and then beat until combined. Add the lime juice. The mixture WILL look curdled. Do not fear, it will smooth out as the butter melts when you cook the mixture.
• In a stainless steel saucepan, cook the mixture over low heat until it smooths out. Increase the heat to medium and cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture is thick, 10 to 12 minutes. Do not let it boil. Remove the curd from the heat and stir in the lime zest. Put the curd in a clean bowl and wrap it tightly. Place in the fridge until cool, about 1 hour.
• For the frosting: In electric mixing bowl with paddle attachment, beat the butter until fluffy and pale in color. Add the powdered sugar gradually and beat until fully combined. Drizzle in the coconut milk and rum. Add more powdered sugar or coconut rum to adjust the consistency of the frosting.
• Core out the center of the cupcakes, fill with lime curd and frost with coconut rum frosting.

MOIST COCONUT-LIME CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 12-cup cupcake tin with paper liners.
• Prepare cupcakes: Sift cake flour, baking powder, and salt together in a medium bowl. Whisk coconut milk and egg whites together in second bowl.
• Combine sugar and lime zest in the bowl of a stand mixer; rub together with your fingers until sugar is moist and fragrant. Add butter and beat with a paddle attachment on medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in lime juice and coconut extract. Add 1/3 of the flour mixture, beating on medium speed. Mix in 1/2 of the milk-egg mixture, then beat in 1/2 of the remaining dry ingredients until incorporated. Mix in the remaining milk-egg mixture, followed by the last of the dry ingredients. Continue beating the mixture for another few minutes to ensure it is thoroughly mixed and well aerated.
• Divide the batter evenly between the prepared liners, filling each about 3/4 full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the cupcakes are well risen and springy to the touch and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 18 to 22 minutes. Allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then transfer the cupcakes to a wire rack to cool completely, another 20 minutes.
• While the cupcakes are cooling, combine chilled cream, sugar, and coconut extract for whipped cream in a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Whisk on high speed just until stiff peaks form. Whip in lime zest until combined. Transfer to a piping bag with a fitted tip.
• Pipe the whipped cream on top of the cooled cupcakes.

KEY LIME COCONUT POKE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Prepare cake batter and bake as directed for cupcakes. Cool in pans 10 min. Pierce tops with skewer.
• Add boiling water to gelatin mix; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Spoon over cupcakes. Refrigerate 30 min. Remove from pans.
• Spread cupcakes with frosting. Sprinkle with coconut; top with lime wedges.

COCONUT-LIME CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400*F Line cupcake pan with liners and set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk eggs and sugar. Add oil, zest, juice, coconut extract and coconut milk. Add salt, baking soda & baking powder and mix well. Add flour and mix until combined. Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full and bake for 14 minutes. Allow cupcakes to cool completely. ------------------------- Hollow out center and fill with pre-made lime curd. Place cupcake nub back on to cover filling hole. ------------------------- Using a hand mixer beat cream cheese & butter. Add coconut extract and mix. Add powdered sugar 1/2 cup at a time, beating well after each addition. Frost cupcakes and top with toasted coconut.

LIME-FILLED COCONUT CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Make the Key Lime curd: In a small, heavy-bottomed saucepan, whisk together the eggs, egg yolk and sugar for one minute. Whisk in the Key Lime juice until well combined. Place the mixture over medium-low heat and whisk constantly until thickened, about 10-12 minutes. Remove from heat and whisk in the butter, one chunk at a time until melted and incorporated. Pour the mixture through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl. Let cool slightly. Press a piece of plastic wrap onto the curd and place in the refrigerator overnight. Make the cupcakes: Line 28-30 muffin cups with liners. Preheat oven to 350. With an electric mixer, mix all of the ingredients on low speed until combined. Scrape down the sides and bottom of bowl. Increase speed to medium-high and beat for 2 minutes. Scoop into cupcake liners and bake 18-20 minutes, or until the cupcakes spring back when touched lightly with a finger. Cool in the pan 10 minutes, then remove and cool completely on wire racks. Make the frosting: In a bowl of an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese until softened and fluffy. Add 5 cups of powdered sugar and the milk. Beat on low until combined, then on medium until smooth and creamy. If the frosting is too thin for spreading, add the remaining cup of powdered sugar. Set aside.Fit a pastry bag with a medium-size tip, such as a Wilton 4B star, and fill with the lime curd. Press the tip into the cooled cupcakes and squeeze. You'll see the cupcakes plump up...that's what you want. Stop squeezing, remove the tip and repeat for the rest of the cupcakes. {The lime curd will fill about 16-18 cupcakes; I like to leave some unfilled for people who are afraid of "curd."} Top each cupcake with a generous amount of frosting and smooth with an offset spatula. Sprinkle on the coconut. Serve immediately, or store the cupcakes in the refrigerator and let them sit at room temperature for several minutes before serving.

COCONUT LIME CUPCAKES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350.
• 2. Spray two muffin pans with non-stick spray or use cupcake liners.
• 3. Beat margarine and sugar until well blended.
• 4. Add egg, beat well. Add lime juice, vanilla and coconut emulsion.
• 5. In a separate bowl, sift flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda together.
• 6. Slowly beat in sour cream and flour alternately into butter mixture.
• 7. Spoon into muffin tins, about 2/3 full.
• 8. Bake about 20 to 25 minutes. Cupcakes are done when they spring back to the touch and are slightly golden brown on top.
• 9. Cool before frosting.
• 10. While cupcakes are cooling, put sugar, Karo and water in medium boiler on stove. Cook on medium-high, stirring constantly until boiling. Boil until mixture spins a thread when poured from a spoon. Turn off heat, add mini-marshmallows, don't stir. Meanwhile beat egg whites until peaks form. Pour hot syrup over egg whites beating on high constantly. Be careful! Syrup is very hot! Beat for another two minutes. Add pinch of salt and vanilla and stir. If frosting looks too runny, put in fridge to cool before frosting cupcakes.
• 11. Frost cupcakes, add a pinch of coconut-walnut topping to each one. (I always process the walnuts and coconut in a mini chopper before toasting)