Buttery Cupcakes with Coconut Topping

Name: Buttery Cupcakes with Coconut Topping
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 12 cupcakes
Ingredients: Cupcakes; 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour; 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional); 1/3 cup butter, at room temperature; 1 cup white sugar; 1 large egg; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 3/4 cup milk; Frosting; 1/4 cup butter, room temperature; 1/3 cup packed brown sugar; 2 tablespoons milk; 1 cup flaked coconut; 2/3 cup chopped walnuts; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

"Perfect cupcakes to add to your lunch box. Very buttery with a yummy coconut and walnut topping. These never last more than an hour when I take them for my husbands co-workers. They are great served warm or cool."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 17 ingredients

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Why it works: Vanilla and coconut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,294 recipes. Both carry ethyl caproate, which smells fruity, apple peel. The science ↓

Buttery Cupcakes with Coconut Topping

12 cupcakes

Prep25 min

Cook25 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1160Calories

31 gProtein

56 gFat

133 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Coconut	1/2 cup shredded (40g)	283
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Walnut	1 walnut half (4g)	26
Vanilla	1 tsp extract (4ml)	12
Cinnamon	1 tsp ground (2.6g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Vanilla + coconuttop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,294 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).
Cinnamon + vanillatop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,287 recipes

Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).
Vanilla + milktop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together19,187 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).
Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together81,283 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Cinnamon + coconuttop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together979 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

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