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    Home » Recipes » Dessert » Cakes

    German Chocolate Cupcakes with Coconut Almond Frosting

    Published by Melissa on October 5, 2010 | Updated June 10, 2022 | 52 Comments

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    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.

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    Congratulations Karen and Mark! I wish you a lifetime of happiness together!

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    German Chocolate Cupcakes with Coconut Almond Frosting

    Prep Time10 mins
    Cook Time25 mins
    Total Time35 mins
    Course: Cakes
    Servings: 24 cupcakes
    Author: Barbara Schieving
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    Ingredients

    • 1 package German chocolate cake mix
    • 1 cup buttermilk
    • ½ cup vegetable oil
    • 3 large eggs
    • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

    Coconut-Almond Frosting

    • ½ 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 ½ to ⅔ 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

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    1. marla {family fresh cooking}

      October 07, 2010 at 6:51 am

      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

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    2. Linda V @ Bubble and Sweet

      October 07, 2010 at 4:51 am

      How wonderful for the couple to have wedding cupcakes made with love by a friend. They look beautiful.

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    3. Jamie

      October 07, 2010 at 4:21 am

      Oh this is beautiful and absolutely festive! Now I want a cupcake event.

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    4. Joanne

      October 06, 2010 at 9:58 pm

      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!

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    5. The Southern Cookbook

      October 06, 2010 at 9:20 pm

      Barbara your cupcakes look divine! I bet they taste wonderful as well. Great job.

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    6. Bridgett

      October 06, 2010 at 8:20 pm

      The frosting would win me over in the first bite. These are lovely.

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    7. Anna Johnston

      October 06, 2010 at 7:33 pm

      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.

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    8. marcellina

      October 06, 2010 at 7:12 pm

      These look lovely! I’ll bet your friend was thrilled! Congratulations to the happy couple!

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    9. Evan @swEEts

      October 06, 2010 at 7:07 pm

      What a beautiful presentation for your friend’s wedding! She’s lucky to have a friend thats an amazing baker 🙂 Those cupcakes sound delicious!

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    10. Sarah, Maison Cupcake

      October 06, 2010 at 3:50 pm

      Wow, they look beautiful. That stand is brilliant.

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    11. tiffany ~foodf finery

      October 06, 2010 at 3:43 pm

      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.

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    12. Rocky Mountain Woman

      October 06, 2010 at 3:16 pm

      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!

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    13. pigpigscorner

      October 06, 2010 at 12:42 pm

      aww it’s beautiful! I wanted to serve cupcakes during my wedding too but scraped the idea since we have about 600+ guests =(

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    14. Eliana

      October 06, 2010 at 11:54 am

      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.

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    15. Alison @ Ingredients, Inc

      October 06, 2010 at 11:15 am

      Omg! These are a wow! These are my tip pic in my recipe recap this week so far. Awesome!

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    16. Becky O.

      October 06, 2010 at 10:54 am

      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!

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    17. Jenn

      October 06, 2010 at 10:40 am

      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.

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    18. shabs

      October 06, 2010 at 8:21 am

      Wow….thats a beautiful batch of cupcakesbarbara…loved the liners much….and the frosting is simply superb…..YUM!

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    19. megan @ whatmegansmaking

      October 06, 2010 at 7:44 am

      I don’t even like chocolate cake, but these look absolutely delicious! So cute 🙂

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    20. April

      October 06, 2010 at 6:41 am

      They look perfect!

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