Vanilla Coconut Cupcakes

Yeah, I know. It's been a looooong time since my last post. I used to have a job that wasn't so busy all day. Then I was unemployed for a year. Now I'm back at work full time and I'm super-busy for 8+ hours/day. It has seriously put a damper on my blogging. It hasn't, however, put a damper on my baking. My coworkers love cupcakes and they have been keeping my kitchen very busy.

It was my coworker Jessica's birthday a week ago and she requested some coconut cupcakes. Actually, I'm pretty sure she requested birthday cupcakes from me literally on my 1st day at work. She's never made it a secret around the office that she loves cupcakes and she even gave me a great cupcake magazine one day with dozens of tasty recipes and decorating ideas that I can't wait to try out.

For the coconut cupcakes, I used the mayo cake recipe, topped with cream cheese frosting. I added a 14 oz bag of sweetened flake coconut, pouring half into the batter and dunking the tops of the frosted cupcakes into the rest to coat the top of the frosting. The result was absolutely divine and I will definitely be making these again!

Happy birthday, Jessica!