Piña Colada Cupcakes

105 Ratings

56 Comments

Prep 20 min
Total 1 hr 50 min
Servings 24

Pineapple, coconut and rum create a tropical paradise of flavor in frosted easy-mix cupcakes. MORE+ LESS-

By Betty Crocker Kitchens

Updated August 19, 2011

Make with

Betty Crocker Cake Mix

Ingredients

box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ yellow cake mix

1/3

cup vegetable oil

1/4

cup water

teaspoon rum extract

can (8 oz) crushed pineapple in juice, undrained

eggs

teaspoon coconut extract

teaspoon rum extract

container Betty Crocker™ Whipped vanilla frosting

3/4

cup shredded coconut

Steps

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1

Heat oven to 375°F (350°F for dark or nonstick pan). Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups. In large bowl, beat cake mix, oil, water, 1 teaspoon rum extract, the pineapple and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
2

Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
3

Stir coconut extract and 1 teaspoon rum extract into frosting. Spread frosting on cupcakes. Dip tops of frosted cupcakes in coconut. Store loosely covered.

Expert Tips

For very white-on-white cupcakes, use Betty Crocker® Whipped whipped cream frosting instead of the vanilla frosting.
If you have only one pan and a recipe calls for more cupcakes than your pan will make, cover and refrigerate the rest of the batter while baking the first batch. Cool the pan about 15 minutes, then bake the rest of the batter, adding 1 to 2 minutes to the bake time.

Nutrition Information

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cupcake

Calories: 190
Calories from Fat: 70

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 8g; 13%
Saturated Fat 3g 14% Trans Fat 1g
Cholesterol: 25mg; 9%
Sodium: 160mg; 7%
Potassium: 45mg; 1%
Total Carbohydrate: 27g; 9%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 19g
Protein: 1g

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 0%; 0%
Vitamin C: 0%; 0%
Calcium: 4%; 4%
Iron: 2%; 2%

Exchanges:

1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;