Tropical Spice Cupcakes

"These delicious and tender cupcakes taste of spice, orange and coconut, and are topped with a creamy orange flavored frosting. Developed for RSC #9.------"
 
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Ready In:
50mins
Ingredients:
22
Yields:
18 cupcakes
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Place 18 cupcake liners in muffin tins.
  • In a medium bowl, add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves. Whisk the mixture lightly until there are no clumps, and the spices are mixed throughout. Set aside.
  • Cream the butter with a mixer for a few minutes until soft and fluffy.
  • Add the sugars and eggs to the butter, and beat until light in color and fluffy in texture (about 5 minutes).
  • Next, add the Grand Marnier and beat until incorporated.
  • Add 1/4 cup juice from the freshly squeezed orange and 1/3 of the flour mixture, and beat until incorporated, scraping the batter down into the bowl as necessary. Add the coconut milk and 1/2 the remaining flour mixture, and beat until blended. Add the buttermilk and the rest of the flour mixture and again beat until incorporated, scraping the bowl as necessary.
  • Measure 2 - 3 tbsp orange zest from the freshly zested orange, and add to the mixture; also add the coconut and mix until blended.
  • Using an ice cream scoop, fill the cupcake liners with one scoop of batter each (filling the liners about 3/4 full).
  • Bake 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean.
  • Remove from the oven and let rest in the muffin pan for 15 minutes.
  • Remove the cupcakes from the muffin tin, and place on a rack to cool thoroughly before frosting.
  • Make frosting: Beat the cream cheese in a medium bowl until creamy.
  • Measure 2 tbsp juice from the freshly squeezed orange and add to the cream cheese.
  • Measure 1 cup of confectioner's sugar and add to the cream cheese mixture. Beat until the ingredients are smooth.
  • Add the coconut milk, the Grand Marnier, and another cup of confectioner's sugar. Beat until smooth.
  • Add another cup of confectioner's sugar and beat until smooth.
  • Add 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar and beat until smooth.
  • At this point, check the consistency. If it is firm enough to spread on the cupcake, it's finished. Add a little more confectioner's sugar (a few tablespoons at a time) if it needs to be firmer.
  • Spread the frosting on the cooled cupcakes.

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Reviews

  1. I also felt that these were more like a muffin than a cupcake, very crumbly. The taste was very interesting, a lot different than any other cupcake/muffin I've had before. I didn't use any kind of liquor in it. I enjoyed them, my husband wasn't too impressed though.
     
  2. We really enjoyed these tasty cupcakes. They were light, tender and beautifully spiced. The icing was thick and flavorful. Resulting in a very nice treat. Thank you for sharing this lovely recipe. Made for Susie's World Tour - Hawaii
     
  3. It tasted very good.I used fresh coconut and it really brought out the coconut flavor.The frsting wasn't that good.You could taste the confectioners sugar more than anything else.
     
  4. My DD's said they thought they were eating muffins not a cupcake. I thought it was an ok spice cake. The frosting was way too sweet, so I added more cream chees, some butter and a pinch of salt, which helped a little. I foung the texture to be very gooey, especially before adding the extras.
     
  5. Very nice cupcake - although I found the texture more like a muffin (delicious no matter what). The orange flavour was pronounced and I think a little more spice may have been appropriate (1 tsp ginger?). I did feel the addition of the Grand Marnier was superfluous in both the cupcake and frosting as it was so unobtrusive to the point of being 'not there'. The amount should either be upped so that there is an element of flavour provided by the liqueur, or it could just as well be completely left out. We ate them all up in 2 days. Good luck with your recipe, chef!
     
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