Luau Cupcakes
These Luau Cupcakes are the ultimate in tropical flavors made of pineapple and coconut combined with a creamy pineapple frosting topped with toasted coconut and a piece of pineapple with a cherry on top.
Ingredients
- 1 box vanilla cake mix
- 1 20 oz. can pineapple chunks
- 1 container whipped white frosting
- 2 cups sweetened coconut
- maraschino cherries
Instructions
- Prepare cupcakes according to package directions, replacing the pineapple juice for the water called for in the recipe.
- Bake cupcakes according to package
- Cool cupcakes completely.
- Toast coconut in a frying pan on medium-low heat until golden (be sure coconut is cool before adding it to the frosting or it will make the frosting melt.)
- Frost cupcakes with a spatula with white frosting
- Roll the edges of the cupcakes in the toasted coconut.
- Place a piece of pineapple on top along with a cherry.
Notes
You can make cupcakes from scratch with this recipe and use 1/2 cup pineapple juice with 1/2 cup milk or use some pineapple extract.