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Blackberry Coconut Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 2 ccake flour
- 1 call-purpose flour
- 1 cgranulated sugar
- 1 tbspbaking powder
- 1 tspkosher salt
- 1 csolid coconut oil
- 4 largeeggs
- 1 ccoconut milk
- 2 tspvanilla extract
- 1 ½ tspcoconut extract
- ½ cseedless blackberry jam
approx.
- ½ cunsalted butter
softened), (1 stick
- 8 ozcream cheese
1 block
- ⅛ tspkosher salt
- 3 cpowdered sugar
- 1 tspvanilla extract
- 2 tspseedless blackberry jam
- 1drop violet gel food coloring
- shredded coconut
- fresh blackberries
- powdered sugar
Directions
To make the coconut cupcakes:
- 1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line cupcake pans with grease-proof papers.
- 2
Place the flours, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large mixing bowl and whisk to combine.
- 3
Add the coconut oil, and mix on low speed until the mixture resembles damp sand.
- 4
Add the eggs, one at a time.
- 5
Scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl with a silicone spatula, and add the coconut milk, vanilla, and coconut extract.
- 6
Mix on low speed until incorporated, then turn the speed up to medium-high and beat for about 90 seconds to aerate the batter and develop the cake's structure.
- 7
Fill the cupcake papers about half-full and bake for 15-18 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean and the cake springs back when pressed.
- 8
Cool completely, then use the tip of a sharp knife to cut a well in the center of each cupcake.
- 9
Fill the well with about a teaspoon of blackberry jam, then frost with cream cheese frosting.
To make the cream cheese frosting:
- 1
Place the butter, cream cheese, and salt in a large mixing bowl and beat on medium speed until combined.
- 2
Add the powdered sugar and vanilla and beat until creamy.
- 3
Transfer half of the frosting to a piping bag fitted with a large round tip, and set aside.
- 4
Add the blackberry jam and violet gel food coloring to the remaining frosting and mix until combined.
- 5
Transfer the tinted frosting to a piping bag fitted with a large open star tip.
- 6
Pipe a low swirl of untinted frosting over the surface of the cupcakes, and press shredded coconut into the frosting.
- 7
Pipe a taller swirl of the tinted frosting over the coconut, and top with a fresh blackberry.
- 8
Dust with powdered sugar, for garnish.

Blackberry Coconut Cupcakes
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