Flavorful Rum Cupcakes with Coconut and Coconut Frosting
Starting from a boxed cake mix, these quick and easy Rum Cupcakes are bursting with coconut flavor and topped with Coconut Frosting to make a delicious dessert. Infused with light rum, these boozy bites are extra tasty and a great edible gift idea.
Servings: 12 cupcakes
Calories: 497kcal
Ingredients
Rum Cupcakes with Coconut
- 1 box vanilla cake mix
- ½ cup rum
- ¾ cup coconut milk
- ½ cup butter
- 3 eggs
- ⅓ cup shredded coconut
- ½ tsp coconut extract
Coconut Frosting
- 1 cup butter
- 1/4 cup vegetable shortening
- 4 cups confectioners sugar also known as powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 Tsp coconut extract
- Shredded coconut toasted
Instructions
Make the Rum Cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Line a cupcake pan with cupcake liners, set aside.
- In a big bowl beat the eggs until fluffy.
- Add coconut milk, coconut extract and rum and set aside.
- In another bowl combine the cake mix with shredded coconut.
- Add butter and mix until it resembles coarse sand.
- Slowly incorporate the whipped eggs, mixing carefully until everything is well incorporated.
- Divide the batter between the cupcake liners and put in the oven.
- Bake for 5 minutes, bring the temperature down to 325 and bake for 15 to 18 minutes more or until done.
- Remove from the oven and let cool them cool completely before decorating.
Make the frosting
- In a large bowl use a hand mixer to whip the butter, vegetable shortening and salt until light and fluffy, around 7 minutes.
- Add half the confectioner’s sugar and whip up until fluffy.
- Add vanilla extract and half the heavy cream and mix until fluffy.
- Repeat the process, alternating between sugar and cream and whip up for 3 more minutes until it’s light and airy.
- Add coconut extract and mix well.
- Frost cupcakes with the coconut flavored frosting and garnish with toasted coconut.
Notes
If you want even more coconut flavor you can try using coconut rum.
These spiked coconut cupcakes are full of flavor but you can leave out the rum if you prefer. Just use the same amount of water in place of the rum.
Or to make them totally non-alcoholic, you can use a rum extract to add that extra flavor.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cupcake | Calories: 497kcal | Carbohydrates: 42g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 34g | Saturated Fat: 21g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 108mg | Sodium: 234mg | Potassium: 69mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 41g | Vitamin A: 842IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 1mg
