Creme Of Coconut Cupcakes

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) box coconut cake mix, sifted
• 3 eggs
• 1/4 cup oil
• 1 cup water
• 1 (8 ounce) container extra creamy whipped topping
• 1 (12 ounce) can creme coconut
• 1/2 cup grated coconut
• 18 maraschino cherries, without the stems

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• 2 to make cupcakes, combine sifted cake mix and eggs in a medium mixing bowl.
• 3 add oil and water.
• 4 cream this mixture on a medium speed for 2 minutes.
• 5 place baking cups into cupcake pans; bake twelve cupcakes at a time.
• 6 pour about 1/2 cup of mixture into baking cup lined muffin pan.
• 7 place cupcake pans on center rack in the oven and bake mixture for about 28 minutes.
• 8 let cupcakes cool for about 90 minutes.
• 9 repeat above steps until all cake mixture is used.
• 10 to prepare icing, fold together whipped topping, creme of coconut and grated coconut into a medium mixing bowl to form a creamy icing.
• 11 freeze for 20 minutes.
• 12 top each cupcake with a generous spoonful of icing.
• 13 place a cherry in the center of each cupcake.
• 14 keep cupcakes refrigerated until ready to eat.