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Coconut Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting

The barefoot contessa's delicious recipe!!

Steps

Heat oven to 350.
Sift the dry ingredients together into a medium mixing bowl , and set the bowl aside.
Break eggs into a small bowl , and set aside.
With an electric mixer , cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy , 3 to 5 minutes.
With the mixer running , carefully pour in eggs and vanilla and almond extracts.
Mix in the flour mixture and buttermilk by alternating between 1 cup flour and 1 / 2 cup buttermilk.
Be sure to start and end with the flour mixture.
Add half the coconut , and mix until just incorporated.
Line a cupcake tin with paper liners.
Fill each cup with batter.
The batter should nearly reach the tops of the cupcake cups.
Bake until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean , 25 to 30 minutes.
Remove cupcakes from the oven , and allow them to cool briefly in the tin before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely , about 45 minutes.
Generously ice them with cream cheese frosting , and sprinkle with remaining coconut.
Frosting:.

Ingredients

cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, eggs, unsalted butter, sugar, pure vanilla extract, almond extract, buttermilk, sweetened flaked coconut, cream cheese', confectioners' sugar"]"