When I think of St. Patrick’s Day, I think of Ireland.
When I think of Ireland, I think of an Island.
When I think of and Island, I think of Coconuts.
Coconuts?? Well, what do you expect, I was raised on an Island…. I think of coconuts.
So I made some Irish Coconut Mini-Cakes! Special, just for you!
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Archer Farms products in Target makes this wonderful Coconut box mix. I know it calls itself “bread mix”, but there is a cupcake recipe on the back!
I followed the directions on the back only substituting coconut water for the water.
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I used my square cupcake pan and got 8 mini-cakes out of the mix.
FYI – I found it on discount sale at Wal-Mart! What a steal!
Aren’t they cute??
If you are a coconut fan, these are sure to please!
For the frosting, I made a coconut cream-cheese frosting.
Because I had so few mini-cakes to decorate, I made a mini batch of frosting.
4 oz of cream cheese, softened
1 1/5 Tablespoons butter, softened
3/4 cup powered sugar
1 Tablespoon of milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
I just mixed them together with a hand mixer and loaded up my piping bag with half the mixture.
Add 3-5 drops of green food coloring to the other half of the frosting in the bowl and mix to combine.
Place a small amount of shredded coconut in a baggie with 3-5 drops of green food coloring and tint the coconut.
Frost half the mini-cakes with the white frosting. Squeeze out any remaining white in the piping bag and mix into the green mixture. Add the green mixture to the same piping bag and frost the rest of the mini-cakes.
I used a Wilton 1M tip.
On the white frosting, I added the green coconut and on the green frosting, I added green sprinkles.
A little bit of Island Heaven!
I link up at THESE wonderful blog parties!
SheezComeUndone says
March 7, 2012 at 2:26 amI love your square cupcake pan, and the cakes sound delicious and very easy!
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says
March 7, 2012 at 3:04 amPure heaven! These look delicious. π
sip-n-wear says
March 7, 2012 at 2:53 pmOh wow! I love the square pan! The cupcakes look delish~!
Lindy@Itsy Bitsy Paper says
March 7, 2012 at 3:02 pmWow that sure sounds delicious! I hope you will link these up to my St. Patty's Day Project Parade. They turned out great–love the squares.
http://www.itsybitsypaperblog.com/2012/03/st-pattys-day-project-parade-linky.html
Karyn - Pint Sized Baker says
March 7, 2012 at 4:06 pmThanks so much for the invite!! I added this post and have a few more St. Patty's treats lined up to add!
Mindie Hilton says
March 7, 2012 at 3:30 pmWhat pretty little cakes. They sound delish.
Carolyn says
March 7, 2012 at 9:15 pmOh my gosh – your little cakes are adorable and look wonderful. I would love to be on your link party list. My party β The Inspiration Board is up right now and I know my readers would love this. Hope to see you there.
http://carolynshomework.blogspot.com/2012/03/inspiration-board-link-party-40.html
Teena Mary says
March 8, 2012 at 12:40 amOMG! what a cute cake!! Loved your square pan too!! Totally loved it π
HoosierHomemade says
March 8, 2012 at 3:52 pmLove the square cakes! I saw that pan too…now I think I need to buy it!
Thanks for sharing on Cupcake Tuesday!
~Liz
rebecca @ beurrista says
March 9, 2012 at 3:28 amthe cakes look delicious!
Run DMT says
March 9, 2012 at 2:07 pmThose look and sound fabulous! I the mini cupcakes (square cakes) present so nicely. I love that you substituted water with coconut water. That's fabulous. Could you use coconut milk too?
I love all Archer Farms products because there's nothing fake about them They're all natural. I'll have to look for this at my Target.
I host a foodie linky party called Friday Food Fight. I would lvoe for you to link up and share you coconut cakes. Hope to see you in the ring!
http://deniseisrundmt.com/2012/03/09/peanut-butter-delight-pupcakes/
Amy says
March 11, 2012 at 3:40 pmoh wow!!They look so cute & I can imagine how taste they are with coconut!!Thanks for sharing with Midweek Fiesta….
Jenn says
March 12, 2012 at 2:24 amThese look delicious!
Addicted to Recipes says
March 12, 2012 at 3:13 amThese look great! Thanks for sharing. Would love for you to link up: http://iamaddictedtorecipes.blogspot.com/p/link-party.html
Have a great day!
shopannies says
March 12, 2012 at 1:09 pmso super cute and looks so very tasty as well what a great treat come see me at http://shopannies.blogspot.com
Lisa @ Flour Me With Love says
March 12, 2012 at 4:11 pmI love these and that pan! I hope I can find one too. Thanks so much for sharing at Mix it up Monday π
SusieQTpies says
March 13, 2012 at 11:08 amGoodness these look great! I saw this on Southern MOM Cooks St. Patty's Day Link up. I would LOVE and be honored if you came an linked it up to mine. I just posted it today.
Everyone who links up any of their St. Patrick's Day post will get a pin from me on Pinterest! Also if you are on Pinterest, I'll follow you! Join in the fun.
Susie
http://cafescrapper-scrapsoflife.blogspot.com/2012/03/st-patricks-day-blog-hop-link-up.html
Joan@chocolateandmore says
March 13, 2012 at 5:16 pmI want a square pan! I just love how these came out, will have to look for that mix next time I'm at the "big" grocery store.
SusieQTpies says
March 14, 2012 at 2:19 pmSo awesome! Thanks for linking up in my St. Patrick's Day Ideas & Recipe link up! You rock. I just gave you a pin a on Pinterest! Have a super week! Are you on there? I didn't see a link.
Susie
http://cafescrapper-scrapsoflife.blogspot.com/2012/03/st-patricks-day-blog-hop-link-up.html
Sunshine Girl says
March 14, 2012 at 5:58 pmI love anything coconut and these look yummy π
Jocelyn says
March 20, 2012 at 3:03 amYes, they are super cute:-) I love that square pan…in fact I had it in my hands to get it today at Target. I am glad I decided to wait…now I can check walmart to see if I can find it cheaper:-) I love that you made the cupcakes from a bread mix…awesome idea!!! Thank you for sharing on Trick or Treat Tuesday!!!
Triza says
January 31, 2013 at 11:35 amYUUUUUUMMMYYYY,i came through Homework and my eyes stopped onto your cup cake because till nw i have only seen round ones ..but the square one first tym….and i am sure coconut flavored ..wud taste yum.