It’s Wednesday. It’s summer(ish). And these Pina Colada Cupcakes (recipe below from Baked Perfection) might be just the thing to push us into the weekend. And, good news for me, they’re non-alcoholic. Even better for a mid-week treat!
The cupcakes are soft and smooth and little muffin-like. They are sweet with a little vanilla-coconut flavor.
The frosting is thin. Somewhere between a glaze and a frosting. It’s very sugary. Mostly the flavor is sugar. I’m not sure I’d taste coconut or pineapple if I didn’t know they were in it. It taste more like a glaze of sugar and milk or water.
Note: I added an extra 2/3 cup powdered sugar and my frosting was still too thin to pipe. I used it as more of a glaze.
This is a very sweet cupcake. Very. Sweet. The pineapple and coconut flavors are a little more apparent when they’re together. But it’s still mostly about the sugar. It’s all about the sugar.
Scoring Sheet:
- Cupcake Taste: 4
- Frosting Taste: 3
- Overall Taste: 3.5
- Appearance: 3
- Ease of Making: 4.5
- TOTAL: 18
RECIPE
Pina Colada Cupcakes (recipe from Baked Perfection)
Pina Colada Cupcakes:
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 2/3 cups sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 egg white
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup coconut milk
- 1/2 cup crushed pineapple in juice
Pina Colada Cupcakes:
- 1 stick of butter, softened
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- pinch of salt
- 4 tablespoons pineapple juice
- 2 1/2 tablespoons coconut milk
For directions visit Baked Perfection.
*Tomorrow: Tiramisu Cupcakes*
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