Friday, November 6, 2009

COCONUT CUPCAKES

COCONUT CUPCAKES
Ingredients 


  • 6 cups Fine Wheat Flour (Maida)
  • 2 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1 tsp Sodium Bicarbonate (Khaane Wala Soda)
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 4 cups Sugar
  • 1 1/2 cup unsalted Butter
  • 6 big sized Eggs
  • 3 tsp Almond Essence
  • 3 tsp Vanilla Essence
  • 2 cups Butter Milk (Mattha / Chhaach)
  • 5 1/2 cups Coconut (Khopra/Narial)  
 For Icing
  • 900 gms Cream Cheese (Hung Curd)
  • 1 1/2 cup unsalted Butter
  • 2 tsp Vanilla Essence
  • 1 tsp Almond Essence 1Kg 400 gms Icing Sugar, sifted  
How to make coconut cupcakes:
  • First preheat the oven at 160 degrees.
  • Grease a tin and place pape cases on it.
  • Mix flour, baking powder, soda and salt.
  • Beat and cream suagar and butter.
  • Add eggs one at a time.
  • Now mix the essences.
  • Next add the flour alternatively with the buttermilk.
  • Mix half of the grated coconut.
  • Fill the paper cases with the mixture.
  • Bake them for 25 - 30 minutes or till they are golden in color.
  • For icing beat the cream cheese, butter, sugar and the essence till smooth and creamy.
  • Place a layer of this icing on the bakes cupcakes and sprinkle some coconut on them.