coconut cupcakes are yummy

today is my mother's birthday. and also her mother's birthday.

can you imagine!? my mother was born on her mother's 23rd birthday. what a gift.

coconut cake is their favorite. (convenient that they have the same favorite, isn't it?) i've been making the same coconut cake recipe for a few years now, and though i love the cake, i wasn't crazy about the seven-minute-frosting. so today i tried something new: a coconut-cream cheese frosting. it's a bit thinner than i had imagined - not thin enough to be a glaze, but a wee bit thinner than a traditional frosting - but it's creamy and shiny and absolutely delicious. d.e.l.i.c.i.o.u.s.

i'll tell you how i made it. but only if you promise not to say a single word about my arteries. it's frosting, after all. and it's two birthdays rolled into one. ok? ok.

coconut-cream cheese frosting - makes more than enough to frost 18 cupcakes

(adapted from this recipe)

1 8-ounce block of cream cheese, at room temperature

1/2 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature

1.5-2 cups confectioners sugar

1/4 cup unsweetened coconut milk

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

beat the cream cheese and butter together until smooth.

add all but 1/2 cup of the confectioners sugar and beat until smooth.

add the coconut milk and vanilla and the remaining confectioners sugar.

beat until smooth. (there's a pattern here, you see?)

frost the cupcakes, trying not to eat as much of the frosting as i did along the way.

and enjoy.

happy birthday mom and gramz. i'm proud (and also feeling pretty lucky) to be your daughter and granddaughter. i'm wishing you love and joy - and most of all, peace - in the coming year.

Comments

[Kristen]

That is quite the gift for a birthday... to have a new daughter!Happy birthday to your family members. Your cupcakes look tasty!

[erin]

oh! my mom's birthday is the day before her mom's birthday. and my friend suzanne and her daughter share a birthday, too. pretty cool if you ask me.

happy birthday to your mom and grandmother!

[kosenrufu mama]

happy birthday to them! what a wonderful gift!!!

[leslie]

a big happy birthday to your mom. and grandma. and i love coconut, too. and those cupcakes and frosting. look amazing. shoot. it's times like these that tempt me to jump off the macrobiotic train. coconut cake. yummm.

[Ariella]

Yumm...that recipe is definitely worth trying out! I always use the Barefoot Contessa coconut cupcake recipe.http://theunemployedcook.blogspot.com/2006/02/barefoot-contessa-coconut-cupcakes.html

[miss chris]

Oh my, those look delish...

[Tracy]

Wow, on the same day! That's pretty cool. Happy birthday ladies! Lucky that they have such a great daughter and grandaughter as you.

[Liz]

Oh geez... Coconut is one of my all time favorite foods. Now I want some.

[Varenia]

those cupcakes look divine!

[Ellen]

It is a wonderful treat being born on the same day. I was born the day after my mother's birthday and we always have thought that special.

BTW - come and see my new giveaway...

[leslie]

what a gift. the most treasured birthday gift your grandmother ever received, i am sure.the cupcakes look amazing. i could eat that icing straight out of the bowl!love your new header!

[laura]

It's such a simple recipe and yet they look so good!

[Mary Smith]

That looks fun and delicious. I'm excited to find another "mom" blog. I get inspired to see moms doing fun things with their kids.

[Maggi]

ems:thanks for the post, the wishes, and most of all, for being the best daughter a mom could have.

(btw: GREAT cupcakes!!)

even though you didn't hatch on my bday, you are still the best daughter in the world!!

i love you....and the comments are so wonderful.thank you too, blogger community.m