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Coconut Cupcakes

Lovely iced cupcakes your kids will love

  • 175g softened unsalted butter
  • 120g caster sugar
  • 2 large eggs, beaten
  • 25g cocoa powder
  • 50g desiccated coconut
  • 150g plain flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 3 tablespoons milk

Frosting:

  • 150g mascarpone
  • 1 tablespoons icing sugar
  • zest of 1 lime
  • 25g desiccated coconut soaked in a little milk

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and line a 12 hole muffin tray with paper cases. Cream together the butter and sugar in the large bowl until pale and light. Add beaten eggs and mix well. Add cocoa powder and coconut.

Mix together theflour and baking powder and fold it to the butter-egg mixture, and mix until smooth. Divide between the paper cases and bake on the middle shelf of the oven for 30 minutes until the cakes are golden and toothpick inserted comes out clean. Remove from the oven and allow to cool.

To make the frosting, mix the mascarpone, icing sugar and lime zest until smooth. Add coconut. When ready, sprad an even layer of the mascarpone mixture over the top of each cake and sprinkle with coconut.