Chocolate Coconut Cupcakes
photo by Lalaloula
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
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12 cupcakes
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- 1⁄3 cup cocoa powder
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 cup shortening
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons coconut extract
- 1⁄2 cup shredded coconut
directions
- Preheat over to 350 degrees.
- Mix together the flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt.
- Melt the shortening over low heat. (Once melted, turn the heat off, but leave on stove so it doesn't solidify.).
- In a separate bowl mix together coconut milk, sugar, vanilla and coconut extract. Stir in the melted shortening.
- Add the flour mixture in batches. Mix until smooth.
- Fold in the coconut.
- Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full.
- Bake for 25 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Cool on a wire rack.
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Reviews
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WOW, these muffins are great, great, great! So moist, fluffy and yummy! Mmmm, we could not get enough of them! I made them for my dad's bday and they were gone so fast! At first I thought that maybe 2 ts of extract was too much, because they smelt so very coconutty, but in the end it was perfect!<br/>I made a couple of changes due to what I had on hand: I used half whole spelt flour for the ap, a home-made coconut milk and only 1 ts shortening. Furthermore I reduced the sugar to 1/4 c as I felt that would be enough for our taste. The muffins came out great and I will certainly make them often again. THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing this keeper, hon!<br/>Made and reviewed during Veggie Swap #48 August 2012.
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I seem to be working my way through all the recipes in VCTOTW. This is another great one! I didn't have shortening so I subbed 1/3 cup oil, which is a common amount in their other recipes. The cupcakes are really tasty, a little on the crumbly side though which I'm assuming is due to my sub. Topped with chocolate frosting, they're quite delicious. Thanks WICC!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Wish I Could Cook
East Peoria, Illinois
I'm a recipe junkie and collect way too many cookbooks. But when it's time to actually make something, I quickly turn to the internet... I started avoiding meat more than 20 years ago for environmental reasons. (It takes so many resources and the pollution risks of confinement operations are huge.) I've been vegan for years now and can report that the health benefits are also real. I really don't understand why people insist on eating meat