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Tropical Cupcake with Ginger Cream Cheese Buttercream

September 14, 2014 by ChiChi Dodoo 5 Comments

Crushed pineapple, shredded carrots, coconut and spices, this tropical cupcake has it all. With each bite, you get the tantalizing flavour of the tropics. This tropical cupcake is incredibly spiced and moist and just right for autumn.  The Pièce de résistance of this tropical cupcake, is the swirled ginger cream cheese frosting. The flavour of the ginger in the frosting is just right, not overpowering.

Tropical Cupcake with Ginger Cream Cheese Buttercream (626x682)

It is National cupcake week from 15th September to 27th september and this Tropical Cupcake frosted with ginger cream cheese is my first offering for the cupcake week. And also in celebration of cupcake week the lovely folks at Better Living are launching the Betta Bake A Cupcake Competition, looking for the creative cupcake. Being entered into the  #bettabakeoff competion is my Tropical Cupcake with Ginger Cream Cheese Buttercream . Wish me luck everyone!!!

 

Tropical Cupcake with Ginger Cream Cheese Buttercream

 

The wonderful thing about this recipe is that you don’t even need a mixer, just one mixing bowl and a spatula.

This recipe starts out by measuring out of the ingredients. By all means use measuring cups to measure out ingredients , though a scale will give accurate measurements.

 

 

Tropical Cupcake with Ginger Cream Cheese Buttercream

 

Then the flour, spices, sugar, dessicated coconut baking soda and powder go into the large mixing bowl. Beat in oil, eggs and vanilla extract . Crushed pineapple and shredded carrots are mixed into the batter. It’s that simple. Then bake for 20-25 minutes at 170 degrees celcius.

Cooled and frosted with delicious ginger cream cheese.

Tropical Cupcake with Ginger Cream Cheese Buttercream

And topped with crystallised ginger for that added awesomeness. This Tropical Cupcake frosted Ginger cream cheese is one of my favourite recipes for autumn.

Tropical Cupcake with Ginger Cream Cheese Buttercream

Tropical Cupcake with Ginger Cream Cheese Buttercream


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Tropical Cupcake with Ginger Cream Cheese Buttercream

Prep Time: 35 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Yield: Yield: 12-16 cupcakes

Ingredients

    Tropical Cupcakes
  • 180g (11/2 cup) all purpose or plain flour
  • 180g (1 cup) light brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ginger
  • 1 tespoon nutmeg
  • 11/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 100g (1cup) desicatted coconut3 eggs
  • 120ml (3/4 cup) sunflower oil
  • 80ml (1/3 cup) crushed pineapple
  • 200g (11/4 cup) finely grated carrots
  • Ginger Cream Cheese
  • 60g (1/4 cup) unsalted butter , at room temperature
  • 300g ( 3 cups) icing sugar
  • 230g (8 oz ) cream cheese, at room temperature
  • 2 teaspoons pureed ginger
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract butter

Instructions

Tropical Cupcakes

Preheat oven to 170 degrees celcius.

Sift flour, spices, salt, sugar, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl. Add desiccated coconut

Beat eggs and oil and add to dry ingredients and mix well.

Fold in crushed pineapple and grated carrot until incorporated.

Evenly fill cupcake cases with batter and bake for 20 - 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into centre of cupcake comes out clean

Remove from oven and place on cooling rack and leave to cool completely before frosting.

Ginger Cream Cheese Frosting

Beat butter until light. With the mixer on low speed slowly add icing sugar and beat until well combined.

Add cream cheese to mixture and beat until fluffy. Add pureed ginger and beat in vanilla extract.

Assemble

Pipe the frosting on the cupcakes using a closed star and ateco 866 piping nozzles. Using a circular motion pipe the frosting around the frosting cupcake lifting the nozzle slightly as you around each layer, Pipe the frosting inward and upward, making each circle smaller moving up.

Garnish with crystallized ginger if desired.

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NEWS FLASH!!!!!

I am pleased to announce that the recipe on this post won the Betta Living Cupcake Competion 

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Comments

  1. dina says

    September 16, 2014 at 1:59 pm

    ginger cream cheese frosting sounds amazing!

    Reply
    • Chichi Dodoo says

      September 22, 2014 at 12:55 pm

      It truly is Dina. Thank you for stopping by

      Reply
  2. child of the universe says

    September 20, 2014 at 9:03 am

    Tropical cupcake. How I will love to taste this.
    I’ll need to order some for me. Or try and make one myself.
    Thanks for the idea.
    I love your photos too.
    excellent.

    Reply
    • Chichi Dodoo says

      September 22, 2014 at 12:58 pm

      Thank you for your kind words. By all means place an order, i would love to make them for you.

      Reply
  3. desideratta says

    October 10, 2014 at 6:02 am

    Thank you very much for the cupcakes.
    my colleagues at work loved them. They went in a flash.

    Reply

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