Here. Let me show you.
Start by separating some eggs. Put the yolks in one bowl…
Then put the whites in the bowl of a mixer and beat them until they’re stiff. Transfer them to a separate bowl and set them aside, then clean the bowl to start on the batter (or use a second mixing bowl if you have one.)
The batter starts with softened butter and sugar.
Add a little oil, the beat this together until totally combined.
Add the yolks to the bowl…
Along with some vanilla. Then beat it together some more.
Then measure a good cup of the coconut…
Add it to the bowl…
And mix it till it’s all combined.
For the dry ingredients, combine flour, baking powder, and baking soda in a bowl…
And mix it together.
Now just alternate adding the dry ingredients…
With some buttermilk…
Until it’s all mixed together.
Give the bowl a scrape and mix it again to make sure everything’s incorporated.
Then remove the whisk attachment…
Dump in the egg whites…
And gently fold them in…
Until you have a beautiful, light, gorgeous, golden batter!
Line a muffin pan with paper liners…
Fill them 3/4 full with batter…
And bake them for about 13-14 minutes, or until nice and golden and gorgeous.
Now, because I couldn’t make up my mind, I did a mix of regular-sized cupcakes…
And mini ones.
“It’s a woman’s prerogative to bake a variety of cupcake sizes.” —Confucius
Let the cupcakes cool completely, then whip up the ridonkulously delicious frosting: Add some softened butter and cream cheese to the mixer…
Then whip them together until totally combined.
Then beat in a whole bunch of sifted powdered sugar, which I am not showing because I am an airhead and neglected to take a photo of that process. But here’s what it looks like after all the powdered sugar is added!
Add vanilla…
Some coconut…
And some finely chopped pecans.
Then mix it all together until it looks like this. Goodness gracious. Delicious!
To make the frosting operation go faster, I used a scoop to put a dollop of icing on each cupcake…
Then I used an offset spatula…
To spread it over the surface.
I kept going until all the big ones were done…
Then I got started on the little ones!
You can use a piping bag if you’d like…but the coconut and nuts make it a pretty imperfect process, and wouldn’t you rather just smear it and be done?
For a final flourish, sprinkle on some more chopped pecans.
Done!
Here are the babies.
And here are the mamas.
These are totally dreamy! Perfect for a wedding shower, a birthday party…or, in my case, breakfast.
Here’s the handy dandy printable!