Pina Colada Cupcakes
These Pina Colada Cupcakes are flooded with pineapple and coconut flavor. And they’re healthy-ish, too!
Apparently I’m on this kick where I make cocktails into desserts…cupcakes to be exact. First, it was Mojito. Now it’s Pina Colada. Strawberry Daiquiri? Caiprinhi? Margarita? Who knows what’s going to be next.
We hit the liquor store on Friday and I can’t help but buy the small bottles to cook and bake with. They’re the perfect size!! Aren’t they? I think so. A swig or two for you and the rest goes into what you’re making. Right? Or is that just me? Hello?
FINALLY got a decent picture of the white squirrel. We were walking Missy and I had my phone on Tuesday. I hit the fitness center after the dog walk and just had everything with me.
Hehe. How cool does that look! He has red eyes, too. Hehe.I am on a quest to make a moist, low fat or fat free cupcake. Yeah, I know. It’s not going to be easy. S said this one was the best one yet, but I’m sure that’s because there’s crushed pineapple in it. I thought, since I can USUALLY make a low fat/nonfat cupcake with a mix, I’d look for a mix recipe. I found one, so the first part is the mix recipe and then rest is the cupcake recipe.
Combine all dry ingredients in a medium mixing bowl.
Combine coconut milk, pineapple juice reserved from draining the crushed pineapple, processed applesauce, egg substitute and vanilla extract in a small mixing bowl. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir until combined.
Stir in the crushed pineapple.Line 16 muffin tins with cupcake liners. Fill each tin 2/3 full with batter.
Bake at 350 for 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Allow to cool in pan 5 minutes and then move to wire racks to cool complete.
Now it’s DRINKING TIME!
Combine the powder sugar, softened margarine and coconut rum in a medium mixing bowl and beat with the whisk attachment until smooth and creamy. Using a star tip, pipe onto cupcakes.
Pina Colada Cupcakes
These Pina Colada Cupcakes are flooded with pineapple and coconut flavor. And they're healthy-ish, too!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup unbleached, all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 1 cup fruit sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup nonfat dry milk
- 1/2 cup coconut milk
- 1/4 cup pineapple juice
- 1/2 cup applesauce, processed
- 3/4 cup egg substitute
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup crushed pineapple, drained juice reserved
- 2 cup powdered sugar
- 5 tablespoon margarine
- 3 tablespoon coconut rum
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Combine flours, sugar, baking powder and dry milk in a large mixing bowl.
- Drain crushed pineapple over a bowl, pressing to squeeze out excess juice. Reserve juice.
- Combine coconut milk, reserved pineapple juice and enough water to make 3/4 cup.
- Process apple sauce in a food processor until smooth. Add to coconut milk mixture along with egg substitute, vanilla extract, and salt.
- Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients with a hand mixer and stir until combined.
- Stir in crushed pineapple.
- Line 16 muffin tins with cupcake liners. Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full with batter and bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool in pans for 5 minutes then move to rack to cool completely.
- Combine powdered sugar, 5 tablespoons margarine, coconut rum and vanilla extract in a medium mixing bowl. Using the whisk attachment, whip until smooth and creamy. Spoon into a pastry bag with a star tip and pipe onto cupcakes.
Mahalo nui loa, Christie! This is an awesome recipe and I can't wait to try it out. I am a cupcake addict and my husband is exponentially more in love with GOOD cupcakes than I am. 🙂 We live on the Big Island of Hawaii and have many sweet, juicy white pineapple plants in our garden. Can't wait to try these out later today.
I am a cupcake addict! Live on the Big Island of Hawaii, raise white pineapples in my garden (sweetest ever variety), and can't thank you enough for this awesome recipe. Mahalo nui loa & a hui hou. (thank you very much and until we meet again) Lei Momi
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Thanks for the recipe.
You're welcome!
Hi Christie,
Putting on my co-host hat & stopping by to personally thank you for sharing with us at the SHOW OFF Weekend Blog Party! Hope to see your recipes at Tasty Tuesday with Anyonita Nibbles again this week!
You're too cute! I will definitely keep you on my regular Tuesday Party list. Thanks for stopping by!
It's always great to see baked good and alcohol :). Thanks for sharing this @ The SHOW OFF Weekend Blog Party 🙂
Jessica
The Wondering Brain
I'll always link up with you Jessica! Thanks for stopping by.
Yummy!!! Thanks so much for sharing with Wednesday's Adorned From Above Blog Hop. We can't wait to see what you have for us this week. The party starts at 8:00PM tonight.
Debi and Charly
Thanks for hosting the party! I'll see ya shortly. 🙂
Oh my nom! 🙂 On the list to make, for sure! Thank you so much for linking up with me this week at Tasty Tuesdays! I’ve pinned this & shared it with my followers!
If you do make them, please let me know! I'd love to see how they turned out.
Thanks for hosting the party and for stopping by my wittle blog. 🙂
YUM!!! This looks like a wonderful creation.
Thanks for sharing at Tuesdays with a Twist at Back to the Basics. Hope to see you again tomorrow!
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You're on my list of weekly Partays! 🙂 Thanks for hosting the party!
Oh wow, that is the first albino squirrel I have ever seen. Double WOW, fantastic cupcakes, deeeeelicious 🙂
Thank you and thank you!
Que rico!! Here from the Wondering Brain hop and looking forward to trying this out. Hope to dance w/you soon on my blog- BB2U.
I am following! 😉 Thanks for checking out my wee blog here.
These look amazing!! Thank you so much for sharing them at Crafty Thursday Obsessions. We will be featuring this post this coming Thursday. Hope you check it out & linkup with us again.
Hope you have a great start to the week!
-Stacey
Gluedtomycrafts.blogspot.com
You're on my weekly list of partays! Thanks for hosting AND for stopping by.
YUM… I vote for Strawberry Daquiri next! I love these drink inspired desserts. Thanks for bringing it over to Foodie Friends Friday!
hehehe I was thinking that…or Tequila Sunrise! 😉 Thanks for hosting the party! 🙂
I love making desserts with liquors and liqueurs as well. I think it's wonderful you managed to make your Pina Colada cupcakes low fat as well as so delicious looking! I've pinned this recipe to my cupcakes board.
Also, I have never, ever seen a white squirrel before – thank you for sharing the picture!
I am on a mission! You can ask S. When I'm on a mission, I won't stop until I've succeeded! Glad you liked my recipe and thank you for the pin!
Yummy recipe and I love that it is summery. That squirrel is very cool!
Yes the squirrel is very cool! I haven't seen him since though… Hm…. Thank you for stopping by!
These look delicious! Found you on the ILMP Blog Hop! New follower. Hope you'll follow back!
-Maggie
http://www.maggiethemrs.blogspot.com
Definitely following back! CUTE blog and LOVE your post about Mother's Day. 🙂
These sound amazing! I love the white squirrel, too!
Glad you liked them and thank you for stopping by.
Oh yum!! Perfect for summer! This would be perfect to link-up to my new series – "Create It Thursday." It's live now! http://www.lambertslately.com/2013/05/create-it-thursday-1.html
I linked up and added you to my Thursday party links. Thank you for stopping by!
These would be perfect for the girls weekend I have coming up! Stopped by from the pin it party to pin this! Thank you!
Corey @ http://www.tinysidekick.com
Sweet! Glad you hear you liked these and pinned them. I am following back.
Stopping by from All Things Pretty Linkup party! These look delicious. Makes me want to ruin my diet today 😉
Would love if you come link it up at Crafty Thursday obsessions!
http://gluedtomycrafts.blogspot.com/2013/05/crafty-thursday-obsessions-13.html
Have a great weekend!
-Stacey
I usually do link up every week. 🙂 Thank you for stopping by!
You deliver right? =) Oh my! These look yummy!
I would love for you to share this and link up to my TGIF Link Party! The party is open every Friday and closes at midnight on Wednesday night. Who knows, you just might be featured next week!
I follow back: bloglovin, Facebook, and Twitter. =)
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Hugs, Cathy
Cathy, I do believe I am following back in all respects. I even signed up for the email to remind me to link up…cause my brain IS a sieve. *snort* Thanks for stopping by!
Hee hee…I like to bake and cook with booze too. I would like to sit down with the bowl of frosting. Thanks for linking with See Ya in the Gumbo this week. Oh, and whoa! that squirrel is something else!
Michelle, you crack me up! *whispers* Once I'm done piping the icing on the cupcakes, I squirt the rest in my mouth. But that's just between us girls. 😉
These look so pretty!
Thanks for joining the Link Up this week!
Thanks for hosting it this week! 🙂
That white squirrel is awesome!
I think so, too! Thanks for stopping by.