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Title: Coconut Chocolate Chip Cupcakes
Categories: Desserts, Cakes, Chocolate
Yield: 20 Servings

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1 c Whole wheat pastry flour
1 c All-purpose flour
1/2 c Coconut milk powder;
- sifted, then measured
1 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Salt
1 1/4 c Unsalted butter;
- room temperature
3 oz Cream cheese;
- room temperature
1 1/2 c Sugar
1/2 ts Vanilla extract
4 dr Coconut flavoring -OR-
3/4 ts Coconut extract
5 lg Eggs
2 tb Whole milk
1 3/4 c Bittersweet chocolate chips

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1/2 c Unsalted butter;
- room temperature
1/2 c Coconut milk powder;
- sifted, then measured
1/4 ts Salt
1/2 ts Vanilla extract
3 dr Coconut flavoring -OR-
1/2 ts Coconut extract
5 c Powdered sugar
4 tb Whole milk; or more
Flaked sweetened coconut
- (optional)

Cupcakes:

Preheat oven to 350?F/175?C. Line 20 standard (1/3-cup) muffin
cups with paper liners. Sift first 5 ingredients into medium bowl.
Using electric mixer, beat butter and cream cheese in large bowl
until smooth. Gradually beat in sugar, then vanilla extract and
coconut flavoring. Beat in dry ingredients. Batter will be stiff.
Add eggs 1 at a time, beat to blend after each addition.

Beat in milk, then stir in chocolate chips. Spoon scant 1/3 cup
batter into each paper liner. Bake cup cakes until tester inserted
into centers comes out clean, about 22 minutes. Let cool
10 minutes, then turn cup cakes out of pan and cool on rack.

Frosting:

Using electric mixer, beat butter, coconut milk powder, and salt in
large bowl until smooth. Beat in vanilla extract and coconut
flavoring. Beat in enough powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, to form
very thick frosting. Beat in milk, 1 tb at a time, until frosting
is thin enough to spread.

Spread frosting on cupcakes. Sprinkle with flaked coconut, if
desired.

Do Ahead:

Can be made 1 day ahead. Store cup cakes airtight at room
temperature.

Tip:

Coconut milk powder is simply evaporated unsweetened coconut milk.
In these cup cakes, it adds subtle flavor and luscious texture.
Look for it at specialty foods stores, Asian markets, and online at
kingarthurflour.com and amazon.com.

Recipe by Susan Reid

Recipe FROM: Bon Appetit, Feb 2008

Formatted by: Dave Drum, Mar 04, 2008

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