Pina Colada Cupcakes | Life, Love and Sugar

Are you dreaming of sipping a pina colada on a seashore someplace heat along with your favourite e book? You don’t need to hop on a aircraft to do it! These pina colada cupcakes will transport you proper there the minute you sink your tooth into them.

The pineapple cupcake comes from my full-sized Pineapple Layer Cake, which I like a lot. They’re so moist and tender, and the pineapple taste is plain. I like the little chunks of pineapple. Then, the coconut buttercream is the proper complement. It actually drives residence that tropical really feel. And the ornamental little umbrellas? So darn cute!

I Can’t Get Sufficient Of These Piña Colada Cupcakes

I’m completely obsessive about these cupcakes, and I’m fairly positive you can be, too, after you strive ’em for your self! Right here’s why:

• Huge topical taste. I used an entire (8oz) can of crushed pineapple WITH the juice, and it exhibits. As if that weren’t sufficient, the coconut taste (from coconut cream and extract) actually comes by means of within the buttercream. If that’s not tropical, I don’t know what’s!
• Superior texture. These cupcakes are gentle, fluffy, and splendidly moist. They’re additionally straightforward to make.
• Cute as may be. I embellished these desserts similar to I might a pina colada. The buttercream mimics the whipped cream you may discover on high of this basic beverage. Then the pineapple, maraschino cherry, and mini umbrella on high actually drive residence the island vibes. Excellent for a celebration or event!

What You’ll Want

Time to collect your substances! See all of the substances within the photograph beneath and take a look at my ideas for particular ones beneath. Scroll to the recipe card on the backside of this submit for exact measurements.

How you can Make Piña Colada Cupcakes

Right here’s a fast take a look at make these tropical treats. Be sure you scroll to the recipe card beneath for extra thorough directions.

• Prep. Preheat the oven to 350°F and put together a cupcake pan with cupcake liners.
• Mix the dry substances. Whisk collectively the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• Mix the moist substances. Beat the butter, oil, and sugar on excessive till gentle in coloration and fluffy, after which combine within the eggs, one after the other.
• Put all of it collectively. Combine half of the pineapple into the batter, adopted by half of the dry substances. Combine within the remaining pineapple and vanilla, adopted by the remaining dry substances.

Ideas for Success

Striving for baking perfection? Listed here are some ideas and methods that can allow you to obtain the very best pina colada cupcakes:

• Measure fastidiously. When measuring the flour particularly, use a meals scale or the spoon and degree technique. An excessive amount of (or too little) flour can actually mess with the feel of your cupcakes.
• Don’t skimp on creaming time. Beating collectively the butter, sugar, and oil incorporates air into the batter, serving to you obtain gentle, fluffy cupcakes. So, don’t skip (or skimp) on this step. Cream till the combination has lightened in coloration and has develop into fluffy.
• Don’t over-mix. When you mix the moist and dry substances, combine simply till every little thing is integrated. No extra. Over-mixing may cause the glutens within the flour to overdevelop, leading to robust, overly dense cupcakes.
• Cool utterly. Permit the cupcakes to chill utterly earlier than frosting them. If they’re too heat, the frosting will slide off!
• Get the frosting right. In case your frosting is simply too thick, add slightly extra cream, one teaspoon at a time. Too skinny? Add extra powdered sugar.
• Dry your fruit. Pat your cherries and ornamental pineapple slices dry earlier than including them to the cupcakes. In any other case, their juices will run into the frosting.

How you can Retailer

• Counter/fridge. Seal any leftovers in an hermetic cupcake provider or another hermetic container that’s tall sufficient to accommodate the frosting. They may maintain at room temperature for as much as 2 days with out the fruit topping, then they need to be refrigerated for one more 2-3 days. If you happen to add the fruit topping, they’ll must go within the fridge. They’re greatest served at room temperature.
• Freezer. Seal the cupcakes in an hermetic, freezer-safe container that’s tall sufficient to accommodate the frosting. The fruit topping received’t thaw effectively, so go away it off. You may retailer the cupcakes within the freezer for as much as 3 months. Permit them to thaw within the fridge earlier than having fun with.