Coconut Cupcakes with Cake Mix and Pudding
Make these coconut cupcakes with a box of yellow cake mix and coconut pudding. Then top them with easy homemade lime frosting for a spring treat. Perfect for St. Patrick's Day, Easter, or even a Mother's Day brunch dessert.
Ingredients
- 1 yellow cake mix
- ¾ cup water
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 3 large eggs
- 1-3.5- ounce package of coconut crème pudding
- 1 teaspoon coconut extract
Lime Frosting
- 1 ½ sticks salted butter softened
- 1 ½ teaspoons lime extract
- 3 tablespoons milk half and half or heavy cream
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- Crushed lime cookies optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray or line a standard muffin tin.
- Steps 1-2: In a large mixing bowl, whisk pudding and cake mix together. Using a hand or stand mixer, mix in your water, oil, coconut extract and eggs on medium until well incorporated.
- Step 3: Add batter into the muffin tin until each is about 2/3 full. Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool completely before frosting.
Directions for Frosting:
- Steps 4-5: In a large mixing bowl or stand mixer, cream the butter, and beat until light and fluffy. Mix in the lime extract.
- Step 6: Slowly mix in the powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, while adding a tablespoon of the milk, half and half or cream in between each cup. Continue to mix for 1 minute or until creamy.
- Step 7: Prepare piping bag and fill bag with frosting. Frost your cupcakes.
- Step 8: Sprinkle cupcakes with the crushed Coconut Lime Sandwich Cookies. Enjoy!
- Makes 24 cupcakes.
Notes
Experiment with different cake mixes and pudding mixes. Try lemon cake mix with lemon pudding mix. Or try Yellow cake mix with pistachio pudding mix.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 567kcalCarbohydrates: 83gProtein: 4gFat: 25gSaturated Fat: 13gPolyunsaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 81mgSodium: 483mgFiber: 2gSugar: 62g
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