So I found this recipe back and April and I converted it into a cupcake recipe for my friend Marcia’s birthday. She loves coconut and I am SOOO with her I love it too. I also loved this cake recipe because it uses Swiss Meringue Buttercream, which is my absolute favorite; creamy, and WAAAAY less messy than American (it can be a bit fussy sometimes but it is completely worth it). I also made the cake version of this recipe for my husband’s Father’s Day cake. He had one of the cupcakes from last go round and he has been thinking about it ever since. The ingredients for this one are fairly standard except the Cream of Coconut, this can be found in the liquor aisle next to the Pina Colada mixes. I have used coconut flavor in the stead of coconut extract before and it still tastes fantastic. Coconut Cream Cupcakes Cake Base: •1 large egg plus 5 large egg whites •¾ cup cream of coconut •¼ cup water •1 tsp pure vanilla extract •1 tsp coconut extract •2 ¼ cups cake flour, sifted •1 cup granulated sugar •1 Tbsp baking powder •¾ tsp salt •12 Tbsp unsalted butter, cut into 12 pieces, softened, but still cool Instructions:
Coconut Swiss Meringue Buttercream •4 large egg whites •1 cup granulated sugar •pinch table salt •4 sticks unsalted butter, each stick cut into 6 pieces, softened, but still cool •¼ cup cream of coconut •1 tsp coconut extract •1 1/4 tsp vanilla extract Topper: •1 bag of sweetened toasted coconut
Note: If you want a more illustrated version of Swiss Meringue Buttercream see this post.
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So it has been a bit since I have posted last. The end of the school year caught up to me! We put our house on the market and now I am home pretty much full time with the toddler and preschoolers and lordy lordy! Sending out love to all the stay-at-home Momma’s out there, you truly fight the good fight every day. That said, here are the deets for my favorite buttercream. So I am a HUGE buttercream snob. I wasn’t, but something happened and now I am. My baking prowess has now broken me. I can no longer enjoy subpar buttercream. {Pour one out for my homies} The problem I have with traditional American buttercream is it just tastes like powdered sugar, not always but in particular Vanilla. Plus it is devilishly messy to make! All that powdered sugar just flies and coats everything. So I tried out this Swiss meringue buttercream and it is DIVINE and I rarely make anything else. That said, it’s a HUGE pain to make but damn if it isn’t worth it. So the recipe below is what I use on most of my cakes and I used this one on my birthday cake! So really this could be my birthday cake part 3 posting. That cake was bomb by the way, I highly suggest you give it a go. The Midnight Cakery’s Swiss Meringue Vanilla Buttercream
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