Lord help me.
I’m posting a Sandra Lee-esque recipe.
It’s not that I don’t love baking from scratch; I do. But there are only so many hours in a weekend, especially Easter weekend. Somewhere between spending Saturday at the mall and egg-painting and Sunday at home with family sifting together flour, sugar, and baking soda didn’t seem so important. So I phoned it in. But I made the frosting from scratch, and everyone knows that’s the part that counts.
Coconut Cupcakes
Ingredients(Makes around 16 cupcakes):
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- 2 or 3 eggs*
- 1 cup coconut milk
*Use however many the instructions for the cake mix calls for.
Preheat an oven to 325 degrees.
Mix together the mix, eggs, and coconut milk in a large bowl until well-beaten.
Evenly scoop the batter into lined cupcake tins making sure each paper liner is about 2/3rds full. Bake for 22-25 minutes or until the tops are firm to the touch. Let cool completely before frosting.
Lemon Buttercream
Ingredients:
- 4oz room-temperature butter
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- Zest from one lemon
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
Beat together the butter and 1 cup of powdered sugar. Slowly incorporate the rest of the sugar while beating until all of it is mixed in. Add in the lemon zest and juice and mix until the frosting reaches a uniform consistency.
Spread on cupcakes or over cake. Optional: Roll the tops of the cupcakes in a bowl of shredded coconut.
Like I said, it’s the frosting thought that counts.
Hahaha, love the last line. I think it’s the frosting that counts 😉
And I was totally thinking Sandra Lee (BLECH) when I saw the title.
These look tasty!!
These look amazing, but if you start decorating like Sandra Lee I’m afraid we’ll have to have a talk.
Ah! And i thought for sure that was a delicious cream cheese icing! These still look great though; talk about easy-peasy!
Whatever– these look more Martha Stewart than Sandra Lee!
haha, I totally thought of Sandra Lee when I saw you had tweeted this earlier!
these look way better than anything I’ve seen on Semi-homemade 🙂
“Just say yes to lemon zest.” That is what I thought while reading the frosting recipe. Geez I’m a cheese-ball.
oh my goodness I am loving the look and sound of that lemon buttercream. The lemon cuts through the richness mmm mmmmm 🙂
so ah with this semi-homemade thing are you trying to take over for Sandra Lee?? 😉
I would totally take one of those! I think you need a table scape to go with the semi-homemade idea.
And it’s my half birthday, so thank you 🙂
where is the matching tablescape? cocktail time?
these look great, and yes, it is the frosting that counts! what did you think of the Pamelas?
I’m saving the lemon drop martinis for another post 🙂
Pamela’s was great!
It is tooootally the frosting that counts. 🙂
Evan these look wonderful and so light, airy, fluffy…springlike. Perfect!
Semi homemade…are you channeling your inner Sandra Lee ? 🙂
No cocktail time?? 🙁
Those look like some delicious cupcakes, though!
Oh my…Semi-Homemade. I hate that show. lol. Cocktail time should be on at the beginning so that you can make one in order to watch the show! 😛
These cupcakes sound scrumptious though!
I just got her magazine for the first time! I don’t know if I’ll keep the subscription or not but these look awesome
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These look really good. And I’m just glad you didn’t do a tablescape, because I think you would have had to have a Sandra Lee intervention.
The lemon buttercream frosting sounds perfect with the coconut. I may have to try a similar recipe. Thanks for the idea!
These looks great and lemon buttercream sounds fantastic! Thanks for sharing 🙂
I have been craving cupcakes ALL day. Those look fantastic!
To be honest, being Australian I’ve never seen Sandra Lee’s show, but according to what I’ve heard… isn’t it only a Sandra Lee recipe if you’re totally drunk while making it?
I don’t think I’ve ever tried a Sandra Lee recipe but I also don’t understand the strong dislike of her. I love to make most things from scratch but we all take shortcuts at one point or another.
These cupcakes look wonderful to me. I’d be happy to eat them. 🙂
These look amazing. 100x better than the Kwanza Cake 😉
Aw, don’t hate on Sandra. I think she’s good at what she does; she appeals to a different crowd, that’s all.
You may not believe me, but I’m sipping on cocktail right now…a vodka concoction. Haha!
Thrilled you posted the recipe – and so easy!
🙂 Mandy
As long as you’re not pounding the vodka & making hideous tablescapes a la Sandra, I think you’re good.
Cupcakes look delicious 🙂
You’re hilarious!! I think that’s been established… but apart from hilarious, you’re also a great baker… I love all the treats that you give us! I want to lick that lemon buttercream off my screen, but I’m afraid that my 1 year old will see me and then think it’s okay to lick computer monitors.
I totally cheated and made Pamela’s brownies for my birthday treat. They were freakin fantastic!! 🙂