Recipe courtesy of Sandra Lee

Lemon-Filled Coconut Cupcakes

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  • Level: Easy
  • Total: 2 hr 10 min
  • Prep: 40 min
  • Inactive: 1 hr
  • Cook: 30 min
  • Yield: 24 cupcakes

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 24 (2 1/2-inch) muffin cups with paper liners; set aside.
  2. Spread 1 cup coconut on a baking sheet. Toast for 6 to 8 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely on wire rack.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, coconut milk, oil, and yellow food coloring; beat with an electric mixer on low for 30 seconds. Scrape down the side of bowl. Beat on medium for 2 minutes more. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each about 3/4 of the way full. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near centers comes out clean. Cool cupcakes in muffin cups on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Remove cupcakes from muffin cups and cool completely on wire rack.
  4. For lemon filling:
  5. In a medium bowl, stir together 1/2 cup whipped cream frosting and the lemon curd until combined.
  6. With a sharp knife, make a 1/2-inch slit in the top center of each cooled cupcake. Place lemon filling in a disposable piping bag; snip a small end off one corner of the bag, and pipe filling into cupcakes.
  7. In a medium bowl, stir the coconut extract into the remaining whipped cream frosting and frost the cupcakes.
  8. Toss together the toasted coconut and the remaining 1/2 cup untoasted coconut. Sprinkle the coconut mixture over the frosted cupcakes.