Lime & Coconut Cupcakes

Lime And Coconut Cupcakes with Pineapple Butter Cream
Recipe compliments from Uncle Lee 

Friendship is sharing a sweet cupcakes

Ingredients
3/4 cup butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup coconut milk
1 tsp grated key lime zest
2 tbsp key lime juice
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
 pinch salt
 1 cup toasted coconut

1/  Preheat oven to 180 deg c. Line 12 muffin cups with cupcake liners.
2/  Sift flour, baking soda and baking powder together.
3/  Beat butter and sugar until light.
4/  Add eggs and beat until well combined.
5/  Add vanilla, coconut milk, lime zest, lime juice, salt and flour mixture. Mix well and add  toasted coconut.
6/  Do not overmix. Spoon into prepared liners.
7/  Bake at 180 deg c until cooked, about 25 minutes. (Toothpick inserted in center will come out clean.)
8/  Remove from oven and let cool on wire racks. 
9/  While waiting for cupcakes to cool, make frosting.

Pineapple Butter Cream
Ingredients
1/2 cup butter, softened
4 cups icing sugar
6 tbsps well drained canned pineapple
1 to 2 tbsp pineapple juice

1/  Sift icing sugar 3 times. 
2/  Beat butter until creamy.
3/  Gradually add icing sugar and beat until smooth.
4/  Blend the pineapple and just enough pineapple juice till very fine.
5/  Add into the butter cream and blend well. Spread on cooled cupcakes.
6/  If desired, top with dried pineapple flower or grilled pineapple and sprinkle some lime zest.

Optional:
1/ Decorate with pineapple flowers, click here to see the step by step method for the pineapple flowers
2/ Top with grilled pineapple. Sliced the pineapple to desire size. Grilled the pineapple slices until golden brown and slightly charred.

Pictures compliments from Uncle Lee in Canada
Uncle Lee thank you very much for the beautiful pictures.

Apple trees from Uncle Lee's garden

Canada red apples

Canada green apples

Bird undecided which to pick......all the ripe apples........ wasted. Uncle, next time I come help you pick apples, I make Apple Butter for you. LOL

Canada summer flowers from Uncle Lee's garden.

Beautiful flowers of assorted colours which I like very much.

Hari Raya gift from my dearest  Kak Queenie

Kak Q, very sorry I accidentally deleted the pictures of the 10 canisters of cookies. After Hari Raya...... 4 canisters left. LOL  Thank you for the beautiful card and the batik sarong which I like very much. You sure know my taste. * hugs to you*

Compliments from Sheoh, thank you very much for the ginseng face mask, will use this weekend. The psylla beads coaster is made by Sheoh's daughter May. A very sweet and talented  little darling. May, aunty Amelia love the coaster very much. Thank you my sweetie pie. *hugs to you*

There is nothing a cupcake and coffee can't solve.

Have a nice weekend and have fun. Cheers!