Easiest Way to Make Award-winning Pina Colada Cupcakes

Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, pina colada cupcakes. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Pina Colada Cupcakes is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. Pina Colada Cupcakes is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

Pina Colada Cupcakes are a must try dessert! These are soft, moist, fluffy, and brimming with those classic pina colada flavors we all crave! Dip tops of frosted cupcakes in coconut. These Pina Colada Cupcakes are made with moist and fluffy pineapple cake topped with a delicious coconut frosting!

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have pina colada cupcakes using 16 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Pina Colada Cupcakes:

1. Make ready 1 and 2/3 cups all purpose flour
2. Get 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
3. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
4. Get 1/2 teaspoon salt
5. Take 1/4 cup granulated sugar
6. Take 3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
7. Get 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
8. Make ready 1 large egg, room temperature
9. Take 1/2 cup pineapple juice, 100% juice
10. Prepare 1/2 cup coconut milk
11. Prepare 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
12. Get 3/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
13. Take 3 cups confectioner’s sugar
14. Make ready 1/4 cup heavy cream
15. Make ready 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
16. Take 1/4 teaspoon coconut extract

Use this tropical inspired recipe to bake up a batch of light and fluffy pina colada cupcakes and get transported to warm and sunny beaches in just one bite. These simple pina colada cupcakes will make every day seem like a trip to the tropics! The frosting I use to top the pina colada cupcakes is similar to the coconut frosting I mentioned above. Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl.

Steps to make Pina Colada Cupcakes:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Line muffin pan with cupcake liners
3. Make cupcakes: In a large bowl mix the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt
4. In a medium sized microwave-safe bowl melt the butter
5. Whisk in the granulated sugar, brown sugar and egg
6. Whisk in the pineapple juice, coconut milk and vanilla extract
7. Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Mix until no lumps are left
8. Fill the cupcake liners 2/3 of the way full
9. Bake for 20 minutes, until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean
10. Cool on cooling rack completely before frosting
11. Make the frosting: With an electric mixer or stand mixer beat the softened butter until smooth and creamy
12. Add the confectioner’s sugar, cream, vanilla and coconut extract
13. Beat at high speed for 3-4 minutes
14. Frost cooled cupcakes

The frosting I use to top the pina colada cupcakes is similar to the coconut frosting I mentioned above. Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. These light and fluffy Piña Colada Cupcakes were inspired by our favorite tropical cocktail. To make them, we topped a moist, fluffy pineapple cake with a creamy coconut buttercream frosting. Sweet piña colada cupcakes filled with pineapple and topped with a light and fluffy cream cheese frosting.

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