Mai Tai Cupcakes

July 04, 2015

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Sit back and enjoy the Island breeze with these tropical mai tai cupcakes! These Mai Tai cupcakes are without booze. In doing my research on how to make a Mai Tai I discovered there are many combinations of ingredients. It just depends on where you are and how they choose to make them. Some only had lime with many different alcohols and other had the opposite. I chose orange, pineapple, lime, coconut and a dash of cherries. None of the flavors are strong.

For The Mai Tai Cupcakes:
1 white cake mix, plus the ingredients on the box to make the cake
1/4 cup orange jello powder
1/4 cup island pineapple jello powder
1/3 cup maraschino cherries, chopped
1/3 cup crushed pineapple, drained
5 drops yellow food coloring (optional)
For the Coconut Lime Frosting:
3/4 cup butter, softened
1 lime, zest and juice
1 teaspoon coconut extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 pounds confectioners\' sugar
5 tablespoons water

For the Mai Tai Cupcakes: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line muffin tins with cupcake liners. Mix together the ingredients on the box, separate batter into two medium bowls (2 cups each). In one bowl add the...
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Nutritions

Calories
235

Sodium
72mg
3% DV

Fat
6g
10% DV

Protein
1.0g
2% DV

Carbs
44g
15% DV

Fiber
1.0g
4% DV