Cupcakes with toasted coconut & almonds

...because sometimes, you need to make 24 cupcakes at the end of the day.

Ingredients:

For the Cake:

Cake flour (or box of cake mix)

1 1/3 cups water

1/3 cup canola oil

3 large eggs

coconut

almonds

For the Icing:

3 3/4 cups confectioners sugar

1/2 cup butter, softened

3-4 tablespoons milk (add for your desired consistency)

1 teaspoon vanilla

3/4 cup cocoa powder

Recipe:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly brown coconut & almonds for 4-7 minutes.

Blend cake mix together and pour into cupcake pans.

Combine in large bowl, with mixer at low speed, confectioners sugar, butter, milk and vanilla. Beat at medium speed 1-2 minutes until creamy. Add cocoa mix and beat until combined. If desired, add more milk until frosting is spreading consistency.

*Makes 24 cupcakes

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Marble cupcakes with chocolate frosting

After a long work week, what's better than the smell of cupcakes and chocolate in a cozy apartment? Since making homemade buttercream icing was so easy, I figured I would give chocolate icing a whirl. Instead of added Hershey's Cocoa or Ghiradelly's cocoa (Hello $17.50!) I added our best-ever hot cocoa to the icing mixture.

I made the marble cupcakes from a marble cake mix by Duncan Heines. Check out the recipe for the chocolate icing below!

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter, softened

1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

Dash salt

3 3/4 cups confectioners sugar

1-2 tablespoons milk (I added more like 1/4 cup, but it all depends on how you like the consistency of your icing)

1 1/2 tsp. cocoa -again we added our best-ever hot cocoa ;0)

Recipe:

Combine butter, cream cheese, vanilla and salt; beat until light and fluffy. Add confectioners sugar slowly, beating on low speed. Stir in 1 tablespoons milk and your cocoa. Beat until fluffy. Add additional tablespoons of milk, if needed. Makes enough for 24 cupcakes or a 2 layer cake.

Enjoy!

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Enjoy!