Author Notes
I adapted this recipe from Martha Stewart. I thought it was a fun twist on a classic cake. The playful appeal of a layer cupcake makes for a fun birthday surprise. The thick and gooey coconut pecan frosting needs to cool down significantly so that it will hold form on the cake. —LetMeEatCake
Ingredients
- Cake
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3/4 cup
unsalted butter, room temperature
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2 cups
cake flour
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1 teaspoon
baking soda
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1/2 teaspoon
salt
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1 1/3 cups
sugar
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3
large eggs, room temperature
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1 1/2 teaspoons
vanilla bourbon extract
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1 cup
whole milke
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3 ounces
semisweet chocolate, melted
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2 ounces
bittersweet chocolate, melted
- Coconut Pecan Frosting
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3
large egg yolks
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1
can evaporated milk
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1 1/4 cups
light brown sugar
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3/4 cup
unsalted butter, room temperature, cubed
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1 1/2 teaspoons
vanilla bourbon extract
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1/4 teaspoon
salt
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2 cups
sweetened coconut flakes
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1 1/4 cups
pecans, toasted, chopped
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350 ?. Butter cupcake pan and set aside. Heat chocolate over a double boiler until melted. Set aside to cool.
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Whisk together cake flour, baking soda and salt.
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Using an electric mixer cream together butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Next, add eggs one at a time until fully incorporated. Scrape down sides of mixing bowl and beat in vanilla. Add milk in three batches until fully incorporated. Do not over mix. Then, mix in melted, cooled chocolate.
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Divide batter evenly into cupcake pan, filling each tin 3/4 full. Bake for 20 minutes. Insert a cake tester into cake to make sure it is fully baked. If it come out clean the cake is ready. Set on a wire rack to cool.
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Combine eggs, evaporated milk and brown sugar in a saucepan over medium heat for 2 minutes.
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Add butter and stir constantly until mixture is thick, approximately 15 - 30 minutes. Be sure sure the stir with a wire whisk constantly or eggs in this mixture will cook. Once the mixture is thick enough to nicely coat the whisk you are done.
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Take mixture off heat and stir in vanilla, pecans and coconut. Let cool before frosting on cake. This frosting can be kept in the refrigerator, but thaw to room temperature before use.
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Once cooled, cut cupcakes in half horizontally. Spread frosting generously between the layers of cake and on the top of cake. You are ready to eat!
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