I haven't been baking all that much lately, not because I haven't wanted to, but because I haven't had a good excuse to. (I know, I know. Who really needs an excuse to bake, right? Well, I do. Go figure.) Anyway, seeing as how it was my Newport Bestie's birthday this past week and I had a big race on Saturday, I couldn't think of a reason not to bake.
Since my friend love, love, loves coconut frosting, I decided to go with a Key Lime Cupcake. I figured the tartness of the cupcake would compliment the sweet richness of the frosting. And guess what? It totally worked! I based my recipe off of one on found on What About Second Breakfast?, a great foodie blog. For the frosting, I used my tried and true adaptation of CakeLove's Coconut Buttercream, which derives it's richness from using a coconut pastry cream as the base. If you haven't tried this unorthodox frosting before, I highly recommend you get to it. It's addictive!See below for the full recipe. Happy Monday!
