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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!

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. 
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!
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  10. Those 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!

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  20. Yes, 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!!!

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  21. YUUUUUUMMMYYYY,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.

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