COCONUT CUPCAKES RECIPE

Ingredients:


Fine Wheat Flour (Maida) - 6 cups
Baking Powder - 2 tsp
Sodium Bicarbonate (Khaane Wala Soda) - 1 tsp
Salt - 1 tsp
Sugar - 4 cups
unsalted Butter - 1 1/2 cup
Eggs - 6 big sized
Almond Essence - 3 tsp
Vanilla Essence - 3 tsp
Butter Milk (Mattha / Chhaach) - 2 cups
Coconut (Khopra/Narial)- 5 1/2 cups

For Icing
Cream Cheese (Hung Curd) - 900 gms
unsalted Butter - 1 1/2 cup
Vanilla Essence - 2 tsp
Almond Essence - 1 tsp
Icing Sugar, sifted - 1Kg 400 gms


Preparations:

* First preheat the oven at 160 degrees.
* Grease a tin and place pape cases on it.
* Mix flour, baking powder, soda and salt.
* Beat and cream suagar and butter.
* Add eggs one at a time.
* Now mix the essences.
* Next add the flour alternatively with the buttermilk.
* Mix half of the grated coconut.
* Fill the paper cases with the mixture.
* Bake them for 25 - 30 minutes or till they are golden in color.
* For icing beat the cream cheese, butter, sugar and the essence till smooth and creamy.
* Place a layer of this icing on the bakes cupcakes and sprinkle some coconut on them.