Cute Snowmen Coconut Cupcakes

The best coconut cupcakes topped with cream cheese frosting and snowmen marshmallows. 

Coconut Cupcakes

Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
2 teaspoons coconut extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1/3 cup canola oil
3/4 cup milk

Frosting:
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon coconut extract

2 1/2 cups sweetened flaked coconut
12 snowmen marshmallows (optional)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 12 (regular-sized) muffin cups with paper liners.

In a medium sized mixing bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.

In a large mixing bowl, using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat together butter and sugar until creamy, about 1-2 minutes. Beat in extracts, eggs, and oil, and beat an additional 1 minute, or until well combined.
Reduce mixer speed to low; gradually beat in flour mixture and milk (alternating), until just combined.

Divide the batter into muffin cups, filling full. Bake at 350 degrees F, for 20-25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into cupcakes comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes, before removing cupcakes to a wire rack, to cool completely.

To make the frosting, beat together cream cheese and butter, in a large mixing bowl, using an electric mixer on medium speed, until creamy, about 1 minute. Reduce mixer speed to low and beat in confectioners' sugar, and coconut extract, until just combined. Increase mixer speed to medium, and beat frosting for an additional 2 minutes.

Spread frosting over cupcakes, and dip cupcakes into flaked coconut. Top with a marshmallow!

Yield: 12 regular cupcakes