Coconut Cupcakes With Lime Buttercream Frosting
From cooking light. These amazing cupcakes taste like they came straight from a bakery! The recipe calls for potato starch but i haven't been able to locate any. Instead, i substituted it with corn starch and it still tasted delicious. These are only 196 calories per cupcake!!
Steps
Preheat oven to 350 degrees farenheit.
Place 2 muffin cup liners in each of 12 muffin cups.
Coat liners with cooking spray.
To measure flour , weigh or lightly spoon it into measuring cup and level with knife.
Combine flour , potato starch , baking powder , and salt in a small bowl and whisk.
Combine 3 / 4 cup sugar and 2 tbsp softened butter in a large bowl and beat with mixer at medium speed until blended.
Blend until the consistency is similar to damp sand.
One at a time , add egg and beat well then add egg white and beat well.
Add flour mixture and milk alternately , beginning and ending with flour mixture.
Fold in coconut and vanilla.
Spoon cupcake batter evenly into the prepared muffin cups.
Bake at 350f for 18 minutes or until surface springs back up when lightly touched in center.
Prepare frosting.
To do so , combine 3 tbsp of softened butter , half-and-half , grated lime rind , and lime juice in a medium bowl.
Beat with a mixer at medium speed until smooth.
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Ingredients
cooking spray, flour, potato starch, baking powder, salt, sugar, butter, egg, egg white, skim milk, sweetened flaked coconut, vanilla extract, half-and-half, lime rind, fresh lime juice, powdered sugar