Coconut Lime Cupcakes are a deliciously smooth vanilla cupcake infused with coconut and zesty lime. A smooth and quick lime frosting completes the dessert. A taste of your own personal tropical paradise!
Hello, Friends! I’m so excited to be helping my friend Jamie from Love Bakes Good Cakes celebrate her 2nd Blogiversary!! I’ve joined together with a fabulous group of bloggers to put together a Cupcake Party! How fun is that!? And best of all….we’re inviting you to join in the fun! Feel free to add your cupcakes to the end of this post, and then take a look at some others. I have no doubt you’ll LOVE what you see!
Coconut Lime Cupcakes
Speaking of love….I LOVE these cupcakes. Not only because they’re delicious, but because they remind me of one of the best weeks of my life: my honeymoon! It was nearly 10 years ago now….but I seriously remember it like it was yesterday. We went to Sanibel Island in Florida, stayed in Jorden’s aunt’s condo, spent lots of time at the beach, rode our bikes everywhere we went, ate lots and lots of crab legs, stayed up late playing cards and drinking pina coladas, and sampled key lime pie everywhere we went!
Yep…that’s right. Key lime pie! I don’t think either of us had ever tried it before, and we suddenly became obsessed with finding the BEST key lime pie on the island! We had it with lunch, we had it with dinner….I’m pretty sure we even got a piece here or there to take home for a late night snack. And honestly, I never got tired of it!
To this day, I still love key lime pie. In fact, I love key lime everything! Martinis, cookies, meltaways, fudge….you name it, and I’m IN! I even like key lime pie gum…(have you tried it?)….although it doesn’t quite compare to the real thing. With warm weather around the corner, I find myself thinking more and more about lime goodness! I am so ready for a taste of the tropics….!
Coconut Lime Cupcakes – A taste of the tropics
So here we have it. Coconut-Lime Cupcakes with Lime Cream Cheese Frosting. Part St. Patrick’s Day, part tropical paradise. ALL amazingly delicious! Sure, I’d rather be eating them on Sanibel Island….but at this point in my life that would be asking for too much. I’ll keep my expectations realistic….and my taste buds happy!
Coconut-Lime Cupcakes
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 1 1/4 c. all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/4 tsp. baking soda
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1 c. sugar
- 1/2 c. canola oil
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/2 c. sour cream
- 1/2 c. toasted coconut
- zest of 1 lime
Frosting
- 1 8 oz. package cream cheese
- 1 3 oz. package Lime Jello
- 1 stick unsalted butter
- 2 Tbsp. heavy whipping cream
- 3 c. powdered sugar
Instructions
Cupcakes
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Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.
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In a large mixing bowl, beat egg, yolk, and sugar until thickened, about 2 minutes.
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Mix in oil and vanilla until well blended.
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Mix in sour cream until no white streaks remain.
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Add flour mixture and blend until batter is smooth.
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Stir in toasted coconut and lime zest.
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Pour into 12 muffin tins lined with cupcake liners.
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Bake at 350 degrees for 23 minutes.
Frosting
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Soften cream cheese and butter.
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Combine cream cheese, butter, Jello, and heavy cream in medium mixing bowl and beat until smooth and thoroughly blended.
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Add powdered sugar and beat 2 minutes.
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*Frosting stores well in refrigerator
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Joanne/WineLady Cooks says
Hi Cathy, I love this cupcake, coconut and lime I love and it makes me think of the tropics. A good thing in all this crazy wintery weather we are having. Stopping by from the Cupcake Party. Pinning and sharing.
Cathy Trochelman says
Thanks so much, Diane! I was definitely going to a tropical feel….I think we all need it right about now!!
Kelly says
These cupcakes look fantastic Cathy! I adore key lime pie and making them into cupcakes sounds amazing and totally making me think of warm tropical weather 🙂
Cathy Trochelman says
Thanks, Kelly! There’s just something about lime that makes you think of warm weather….this has seriously been the longest winter and little treats like this help! Hope you are having a great weekend 🙂
Jen @ Yummy Healthy Easy says
These coconut lime cupcakes look and sound AH-MAZING, Cathy. My favorite things together! Your honeymoon sounds like a blast. SO crazy how fast time flies, right?! Ten years go by in a blink of an eye! Pinning these now, yum!
Cathy Trochelman says
Thanks, Jen! It is a delicious flavor combo! Yes, our honeymoon was awesome and I just hope we can go back there some day!! I bet it would feel like it was yesterday 🙂
Jamie @ Love Bakes Good Cakes says
I adore Key Lime Pie too 🙂 These cupcakes look like the perfect escape, Cathy! I love this flavor combo!! Thank you so much for celebrating with me!! 🙂 {Hugs!!}
Cathy Trochelman says
Thanks, Jamie! Definitely an escape….which I am looking for anywhere I can find one right now 🙂 So happy to celebrate 2 years with you, my friend!
Julie @ Julie's Eats & Treats says
Your honeymoon sounds like it was amazing! I love how we associate events with food 🙂 These cupcakes look delicious!
Beth @ The First Year Blog says
Cathy, I am loving these flavors! You are so great!
Kelly @ Mostly Homemade Mom says
Ok I’m SO loving the sound of that lime jello frosting!! And the toasted coconut, oh man – yum!
Cate @ Chez CateyLou says
Aw, such great memories, your honeymoon sounds amazing! and these cupcakes look amazing!! Lime and coconut are so delicious together. And the colors are so perfect for St. Patrick’s Day. Pinning!
plasterers bristol says
Oh boy these sound really good. look forward to giving these ago on the weekend. Thanks for sharing.
Simon
Farhan Zahid says
These cupcakes look fantastic Cathy! I adore key lime pie and making them into cupcakes sounds amazing and totally making me think of warm tropical weather 🙂