How to Make Easy Delicious Cream Cheese Frosting Coconut Cupcakes for a Birthday or Holiday Party

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Ingredients for the Cake

1 box white cake mix
1-1/4 cups milk
1/3 cup coconut oil
4 egg whites
1 teaspoons of vanilla extract
1 teaspoon coconut extract

How to Make the Cake Batter

Heat oven to 350 degrees F
for shiny metal or glass pan 325 F

Mix cake mix, milk, coconut oil, vanilla, coconut extract and egg whites in large bowl with mixer on medium speed or beat vigorously by hand for 2 minutes.

Line a cupcake pan with liners and fill with about 3 tablespoons of batter, deviled evenly among 24 cupcakes. Bake 14–19 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from oven. Let cool, then place on cooling rack. Cool completely before frosting.

Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients

1/2 cup (1 stick) salted butter softened
8 oz bar of cream cheese (brick style) softened
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
4 cups confectioners sugar
Pinch of salt (optional)
1 teaspoon coconut extract (optional)
2 tablespoons of whole milk (optional)

How to Make the Cream Cheese Frosting

Add butter to the bowl of a stand mixer with whisky attachment (or you may use an electric hand mixer) and beat until creamy, (about one minute) then add cream cheese and beat again until it’s well combined and creamy. Stopping at times to scrape down the bowl with a rubber spatula to make sure it’s all combined and smooth.

Add vanilla extract and coconut (if using)

Add about 1 cup at a time of the confectioners sugar and blend on low at first to combine. Continue in batches scraping down bowl in between to make sure all the sugar is incorporated . Starting off on low then higher speed to whip.

Taste frosting to see if it needs extra salt. If so, add salt and mix again. If frosting seems too thick us a tablespoon at a time of the milk, mixing in between to check consistency.

Frost on cooled cupcakes

Tips: (1) Cupcakes can be made and frosted a day or two ahead of time and kept in a covered tin in the refrigerator. (2) Remove an hour before serving so they come to room temperature.