Carrie’s Luscious Lemony Coconut Cream Cupcakes

Sometimes you indulge in a dessert that truly makes your tastebuds tingle. Not only is it one of the tastiest treats you’ll ever enjoy but it’s also one of the easiest treats to make as well. The secret is using a cake mix as the base and then adding a couple delectable ingredients. It turns an ordinary yellow cake mix into something truly delectable and extraordinarily decadent.

What I love about this decadently delicious dessert is how easy it is to make. That means you can easily whip up these cupcakes any time the mood strikes, and after you taste these, you will be making these often! You may not be the chocoholic you have always thought you were. These cupcakes are insanely good!!!

Start by preheating the oven to 350°F.

Mix cake batter according to package directions.

Line cupcake pan with paper cupcake liners and fill each cup with cake batter. You want nice big cupcakes so you can easily add a filling after they are baked so be sure to fill each cup about ¾ full.

TIP: Pour cake batter into a large plastic bag. Snip off one corner so you can easily pour cake batter into each cup with little to no mess.

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Bake cupcakes for 25-30 minutes. Since we are making larger cupcakes and filling each cup ¾ full they will take a bit longer to bake than what is listed on the cake mix box. Cupcakes are done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. It took a full 30 minutes before my cupcakes were baked through. Cool cupcakes.

Once cupcakes are cooled, use a teaspoon to scoop out a 1 inch hole from the center of each cupcake.

Fill each hole with a teaspoon of lemon curd.

Replace center into each cupcake.

Don’t worry if they don’t look perfect, the frosting will hide everything and make them look awesome!

Now it’s time to make the frosting. In a large mixing bowl, combine the stick of softened butter and softened block of cream cheese.

Whip on high until light and fluffy.

Add the vanilla extract and lemon juice.

Turn mixer speed down to low and slowly add powdered sugar until combined with butter/cream cheese mixture.

Frost each cupcake with a generous amount of frosting.

Place shredded sweetened coconut in a flat dish.  Dip each frosted cupcake into the shredded coconut.

You can easily leave off the coconut for all those coconut haters out there, but it’s a lovely addition that really enhances the entire flavor profile of each bite. I seriously have my doubts that we can be friends if you are a coconut hater, just saying…LOL.

Look how pretty they are! And wait till you try them…oh my goodness they are so very yummy!!!

Try not to eat all the cupcakes by yourself! After your first one you will be sorely tempted to eat another, and another, and another…Don’t say I didn’t warn you!

Thank you Carrie for bringing these for dessert and sharing the recipe. Hands down, it has become one of my all time favorite desserts!!!

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