Coconut Cupcakes with Vanilla Mascarpone Frosting

This colorful cupcakes went to a two years old baby girl for her birthday party :) And they had to match a great theme of the party which was The Masha and the Bear :) It was really great fun to bake for this occasion! 

The cupcakes were not only very funny but also veeeery tasty! The moist, flavorful and aromatic muffin made a perfect match with the delicate, vanilla mascarpone frosting :) Just delicious!!

Ingredients:

For the muffins:

makes approx 12-15 muffins

• 1 1/2 cup of flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• pinch of salt
• 3/4 cup of sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup of milk
• 120g butter, very soft
• 100g desiccated coconut

For the frosting:

• 250g cream cheese (I used mascarpone)
• 1/2 cup powder sugar
• 16 gr vanilla sugar
• 150g butter, soft
• Food coloring. I've used red mixed with a bit of blue, and green but you can use whatever color you like :)

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 180°C and place 12-14 paper cases into muffin tins. 

For the muffins: Beat butter with sugar and a pinch of salt, add eggs, milk and whisk all together. Add flour, baking powder and coconut and whist until combined. Remember that the mixture doesn’t have to be perfectly pale :) Evenly divide the mixture between the paper cases. Remember to fill the cases only 2/3 of their height because they like to grow :) Bake approximately 25 minutes and leave to cool down. 

For the frosting: With a mixer, beat together cream cheese and butter when it combines add sugars and beat until combined and smooth. Divide the frosting in 2 parts adding to each of them a different color, mix until combined. Frost the cooled cupcakes as desired. I piped them with a piping bag using Wilton's 1M tip. 

Ready to be delivered :-)

 And that is how they matched the great Masha and the Bear party that was designed by Perfect Packages