All Recipes Best Recipe Dessert Recipes Cakes Cupcake Recipes

Ingredients

1 ½ cups sifted all-purpose flour 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder ¼ teaspoon salt 1 cup white sugar ½ cup virgin coconut oil 3 tablespoons Key lime juice 1 ½ teaspoons Key lime zest 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 eggs ½ cup milk 1 (4 ounce) package cream cheese, softened ¼ cup virgin coconut oil 1 ½ teaspoons Key lime juice ½ teaspoon Key lime zest 1 ½ cups confectioners' sugar 1 cup sweetened flaked coconut

Nutrition Info

380.5 calories carbohydrate: 48.8 g cholesterol: 42.2 mg fat: 19.8 g fiber: 1.1 g protein: 3.9 g saturatedFat: 15.9 g servingSize: - sodium: 171.3 mg sugar: 35 g transFat: : - unsaturatedFat: : -

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.

1 dozen cupcakes

Coconut oil is the special ingredient in these delicately flavored, tender cupcakes. Garnish with a slice of fresh Key lime if desired.