Coconut cupcakes just were a sea of white in the Martha Stewart book. I remember looking at it and thinking where am I going to get these nice looking almond flakes from? What am I even going to bake the for? I can't just randomly make them and bring them to a meeting...or can I?
I had persuaded a friend of mine, Kevin, who I have made multiple cupcakes for, to drive me down to UC San Diego which is only about 75 or so miles from here. I know that my friends from Berkeley Circle K were going down as well.
I had made these the day of the meeting starting at about 11am and was done with everything at about 2pm. I rushed over to my friend Kevin's place and totally locked my keys into the car. Then we waited for AAA and then we got my keys out and were ready to go to San Diego!
It was pretty fun. I just hung out with my friends until the meeting and then meeting and then afterwards we got Mexican food. SO YUMMY. REAL MEXICAN FOOD.
I had made a couple of changes in this recipe. First I added a little more shredded coconut into the batter. Also, I made a coconut syrup with the leftover coconut milk (since I really had no use for it). I had put this syrup in the middle of the cupcake by cutting a hole and filling that with the syrup. Afterwards, I topped it with the seven minute frosting, but I had made the regular version and 1/6th of the recipe printed. In addition, I topped it with more shredded coconut! It was just a explosion of coconut flavor.
My friends had appreciated and most of them really enjoyed it. I hope to see my San Diego friends more!
WHOA. blurry, but that's okay!The recipe for this month's Cupcake Club is found on pages 28-29 of Martha Stewart's Cupcake book. Thanks to Jennifer from Cinema Cupcakes for choosing this.
ps. I had written this blog post much before the Haiti tragedy had happened. My thoughts are with these people. It is truly a tragedy. I wish I was able to donate as much as other bloggers, but alas, being in college prevents that.
They look great. I love the idea of the coconut syrup that you added as a fillling. Yum!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you were able to share these. I gave mine away too. Now you've made me hungry for Mexican food!
ReplyDeleteI bet the added syrup made the cupcakes! They look great!
ReplyDeleteCoconut syrup??? Wow, I learn something new every single time over here. I love them in the yellow wrappers, so pretty and elegant looking. You can Twitter bake with us any time you want...need to request to follow me as I have a locked site: it is kbgerth We bake and cook together a lot...there are about 10-12 of us.
ReplyDeleteYour cupcake looks delicious! I like the idea of the coconut filling.
ReplyDeleteLove it and loved that you filled them! I also appreciate the shot of those enjoying them!
ReplyDeleteLove the addition of the syrup. I bet that really amped the flavor up. And they look yummy!
ReplyDeleteFilling the cupcakes was a stroke of genius! Nothing like more coconut to go with coconut, right?
ReplyDeleteWhat a neat idea about using the leftover milk to fill it! Great looking cupcakes!
ReplyDeleteYou are so creative!
ReplyDeleteOH my the filling sounds amazing! I so wish that I had thought of that!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea on the coconut syrup! I bet that super moist center taste awesome. Great job as usual!
ReplyDeletewhat a cool idea to put filling in them!! =)
ReplyDeleteHey Nina! Lovely cupcakes! It was a great idea to use the leftover coconut milk to make a syrup to fill these. I loved them and will definitely make them again.
ReplyDeleteYour modifications sound great!
ReplyDeleteI bet your friends truly enjoyed your cupcakes. See you next month!
Coconut syrup sounds delish. Going to have to give that a try soon.
ReplyDeleteDelish NIna! I also thought about some sort of filling, but ran out of time (as well as my laptop)! These look wonderful - so glad you improvised - I loved the flaked coconut inside, can't get enough! Nicely done!
ReplyDeleteI really like the idea of the coconut syrup. What a great idea. And it looks like all your friends loved it! - mary
ReplyDelete((I'm late, going through the mscc blog roll...sorry!)) I'm most interested in the filling. When you bit into it, was it terribly runny and messy? this is somethign i'd definitely try or maybe even make it into a coconut cream filling (oh gaaaw! i'm drooling already jsut thinking about it!) anyways, very creative and good use of your leftovers. :)
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