Cocoberry Cupcakes
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Equipment
- large deep saucepan
- Muffin Tin
- cupcake liners
- Electric Mixer
- pastry bag fitted with large star tip
Ingredients
Reduced Coconut Milk
- 2 14 oz cans unsweetened light coconut milk
Cupcakes
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 ½ cups reduced coconut milk (make ahead) see steps below
- 2 ¼ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ stick unsalted butter, room temp
- 1 ⅓ cup cups organic coconut sugar
- 3 large eggs
- seeds scraped from 1 split vanilla bean (or 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract)
Frosting
- 1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 ¼ cup organic powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp reduced light coconut milk (see above), room temperature
- seeds scraped from 1 split vanilla bean (or 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract)
- ⅛ tsp salt
- ¾ cup sweetened flaked coconut, lightly toasted for garnish
- 1 pint organic blueberries
- 1 pint organic raspberries
Instructions
Reduced Coconut Milk: Make ahead
- Bring coconut milk to boil in large deep saucepan over medium-high heat (coconut milk will boil up high in pan).2 14 oz cans unsweetened light coconut milk
- Reduce heat to medium low; boil until reduced to 1 1/2 cups, stirring occasionally, 25 to 30 minutes
- Remove from heat; cool completely.
- Transfer to small bowl. Cover; chill (coconut milk will settle slightly as it cools).
- If the reduced coconut milk has lumps place it into a food processor for about 20 seconds to smooth out the consistency. DO AHEAD: Can be made 2 days ahead. Keep chilled.
Cupcakes
- Position rack in center of oven; preheat to 350°F.
- Line eighteen 1/3-cup muffin cups with paper liners.
- Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in medium bowl.
- Using electric mixer, beat butter and coconut oil in a large bowl until smooth.
- Add coconut sugar; beat on medium-high speed until well blended, about 2 minutes.
- Add 2 eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition and occasionally scraping down sides of bowl.
- Beat in seeds from vanilla bean and remaining egg. Add half of flour mixture; mix on low speed just until blended.
- Add 1 cup reduced coconut milk; mix just until blended.
- Add remaining flour mixture; mix on low speed just until blended.
- Divide batter among muffin cups.
- Bake cupcakes until tops spring back when gently touched and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 20 minutes.
- Transfer cupcakes in pans to rack; cool 10 minutes. Carefully remove cupcakes from pans and cool completely on rack.
Frosting
- Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until smooth.
- Add sugar, ½ cup reduced coconut milk, seeds from vanilla bean, and salt.
- Beat on medium-low speed until blended, scraping down sides of bowl.
- Increase to medium-high and beat until light and fluffy.
- Using pastry bag fitted with large star tip, pipe frosting onto cooled cupcakes.
- Alternatively, top each cupcake with 2 tablespoons frosting.
- Using small offset spatula, swirl frosting over top of cupcakes.
- Place berries in the design of your choice. Sprinkle any uncovered frosting with coconut.
- DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Store in airtight containers; chill. Bring to room temperature before serving.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cupcakeCalories: 217kcalProtein: 2gFat: 10g
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