German Chocolate Cupcakes with Coconut Almond Frosting
On Saturday my dear friend got married in a small outdoor ceremony. She liked the popular idea of doing cupcakes instead of a traditional wedding cake and asked me if I’d bake them for her. Of course I was honored to bake them and to be a part of her special day.
She chose fall colors for the wedding and we thought German chocolate cupcakes would be a perfect fit. I used our family favorite Easy German Chocolate Cake recipe and dressed it up with a sprinkle of toasted coconut and a drizzle of chocolate on top. I baked them in red and gold foil cupcake liners and they really were a perfect fit for the season.
Congratulations Karen and Mark! I wish you a lifetime of happiness together!
German Chocolate Cupcakes with Coconut Almond Frosting
Ingredients
- 1 package German chocolate cake mix
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 3 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Coconut-Almond Frosting
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup evaporated milk
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 1 (7 oz. package) sweetened flaked coconut
- 1 cup sliced almonds
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º. Line cupcake pans with paper liners.
- Mix the cake mix, buttermilk, oil, eggs and vanilla in a large mixing bowl on low speed for one minute until combined. Beat at medium speed for two minutes more.
- Spoon cupcake batter into paper liners until 1/2 to 2/3 full. (I used a medium cookie scoop which makes it easier to fill the cups.) Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean and the cake springs back.
- Remove from oven and cool for 5 minutes. Remove from pans and cool on a wire rack before frosting. Can also be baked in two 9 inch round pans for 30–35 minutes, or 13 x 9 baking dish for 38–42 minute.
Coconut-Almond Frosting
- Combined butter, sugar, evaporated milk and eggs in a saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, for about 12 minutes or until thickened. Add vanilla, coconut and almonds.
- Cool to room temperature before frosting cake. (I again used the medium cookie scoop to portion out the frosting onto the cupcake. One scoop was the perfect amount and the rounded mound made it easy to spread evenly on top.)
Other great fall cupcake recipes you might like:
Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting, Tracey’s Culinary Adventures
Carrot Cake Cupcakes, Simply Recipes
Easy Ghost Cupcakes, Hoosier Homemade
Nice flavor combination, nice display. I envy those who have tried this cupcakes. Waiting for the right occasion to bring this recipe out myself. Thanks for sharing the display idea and the recipe. really a complete package here.
thanks for the post
This presentation of cupcakes look just heavenly…especially with that scrumptious frosting!
Your friends are blessed to have you as a very generous baker ;o)
Ciao for now,
Claudia
Barbara these look great and I am simply going to have to try out that frosting recipe. Thank you for sharing.
These are just so gorgeous and delicious looking! Karen and Mark must have been absolutely thrilled. Well done!
Such a lovely presentation….. makes an exquisitve centerpiece…
Sawadee from Bangkok,
Kris
Dear Barbara,
It was great meeting you at the BLOGHER conference last Friday. I hope you are inspired! Love your site! Happy Cooking! Tricia
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These cupcakes look amazing! Can’t wait to try them.
Barbara, you are such a sweet friend! The cup cake tower looks beautiful, the colors, the wrapers the topping, all of it made for the perfect look. I’m certain the guests and of course the couple really apprecited your effort.
These look like some of the most delicious and beautiful German chocolate cupcakes I’ve seen yet! The bride must have been so happy with them!
You’re so clever mum! And I bet she absolutely loved them! I hear a lot of German chocolate cakes but have never tried one! 🙂 xxx
They look delicious! This is a great flavor for fall and a great idea for a fall wedding.
Your friend is so lucky to have you! These cupcakes are so gorgeous and I bet they tasted awesome. Love the fall palette you gals chose-very elegant presentation. See you in a few hours! xo
How wonderful for the couple to have wedding cupcakes made with love by a friend. They look beautiful.
Oh this is beautiful and absolutely festive! Now I want a cupcake event.
I’m so excited for the day that one of my friends will ask me to bake for their wedding! Hope it’s sooner rather than later 😛
these cupcakes look AMAZING. I love German chocolate cake…especially the frosting. Best part, I think. You did a great job!
Barbara your cupcakes look divine! I bet they taste wonderful as well. Great job.
The frosting would win me over in the first bite. These are lovely.
I too love cupcakes, I’ve seen so many variations but they just look so elegant & can bend to any occasion. Your presentation is wonderful Barbara.
These look lovely! I’ll bet your friend was thrilled! Congratulations to the happy couple!
What a beautiful presentation for your friend’s wedding! She’s lucky to have a friend thats an amazing baker 🙂 Those cupcakes sound delicious!
Wow, they look beautiful. That stand is brilliant.
they turned out beautiful! you found a great stand to present them on too! i love it… they really are nice barbara. you are a great friend.
Those are so beautiful! I love love German Chocolate Cake, so I need to probably make these sometime in the next little while because they will haunt me until I do!
I helped a friend with the food for her wedding last weekend too. We put up a chocolate fountain with fruit and rice krispie treats to dunk in it. There was this adorable little boy who found a cup on the buffet table and stood by the fountain filling up his cup with chocolate!
aww it’s beautiful! I wanted to serve cupcakes during my wedding too but scraped the idea since we have about 600+ guests =(
WOW – these look perfect Barbara. I love anything coconut so I know I couldn’t be trusted around a batch of these. And what a wonderful friend you are for making them for the wedding.
Omg! These are a wow! These are my tip pic in my recipe recap this week so far. Awesome!
My mom’s favorite cake is German Chocolate. I’ll have to try this recipe. How wonderful to make these for friends. They look gorgeous and sound delicious. I’d love to feature them on Utah Loves Cupcakes soon!
You weren’t kidding—these are gorgeous. I was surprised you never mentioned the fact that Dodger snagged three of these before you could chase him out of the kitchen. I think that’s hilarious.
Wow….thats a beautiful batch of cupcakesbarbara…loved the liners much….and the frosting is simply superb…..YUM!
I don’t even like chocolate cake, but these look absolutely delicious! So cute 🙂
They look perfect!
Love the tiered cupcake stand, Barbara! And those cupcakes look marvelous. Such a clever idea for the bridal cake. It was lovely of you to bake them and how flattering that the bride asked! She knows what a super creative chef you are!
My goodness, those look positively delicious. Chocolate and coconut are just a match made in heaven 🙂
*kisses* HH
Gorgeous cupcakes with lovely presentation. A beautiful, personal gesture. I wish your friends all the best.
very good this cupcakes.adorable blog.and the photos are beatutiful.thanks for the recipe
Wow, those cupcakes are so gorgeous! The frosting must be just heavenly!
These look scrumptious. I love cupcakes. I’m sure all the wedding guests loved them.
Coconut almond frosting must tastes delicious !
What a lovely presentation. I love the red and yellow cupcake liners.
What a gorgeous presentation Barbara! And they sound absolutely delicious!
Oh my….that’s a lot of cupcakes. And what a beautiful display!
What a pretty cupcake! 2 more days!
Bellissima idea le cupcakes come torta nuziale… e poi la tua presentazione è stata bellissima come anche l’abinamento cioccolato e cocco, mi piace molto !! complimenti!
Ciao
I love german chocolate cake. That looks so good.
Oh! how sweet of you to bake this wonderful cupcakes for her ceremony! And so apt for the occasion too! Lovely!
These are my husband’s favorite cupcakes or cake. The tower is beautiful. You outdid yourself this time Barbara. Have a fun week.
These cupcakes are so elegant, how lovely for a wedding! Congratulations to the newlyweds!
I really like the idea of having cupcakes in place of a wedding cake. These German Chocolate Cupcakes are very pretty in their foil wrappers and they look very inviting! Sounds like a very fun wedding to me 🙂
I love this combination of flavors. Printing the recipe now. Thanks for sharing and the cupcake tower looks so cute.
I love the frosting – I mean, I love cake too, but the frosting……mmmmm.
This is by far my favorite flavor combination! Yum!