Name: Piña Colada Cupcakes
Ingredients: 1 stick butter, melted; 1/3 cup pineapple juice; 2 tbsp rum; 1 tsp vanilla; 3 eggs; 1 1/2 cup flour; 1 cup sugar; 1 tsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp baking soda; 1/4 tsp salt; 1/3 cup pineapple, crushed; 1/3 cup shredded coconut; Malibu Syrup; 1/2 cup sugar; 1/4 cup water; 2 tbsp Malibu; 1 tsp vanilla; 1 tsp butter; Lime-Cream Cheese Frosting; 1 stick butter; 8 oz cream cheese; 2 cup powdered sugar; 1 lime, zested and juiced; 1 tsp Malibu or vanilla

Piña Colada Cupcakes. Pina Colada Cupcakes are a must try dessert! These are soft, moist, fluffy, and brimming with those classic pina colada flavors we all crave! Pineapple, coconut and rum create a tropical paradise of flavor in frosted easy-mix cupcakes.

Today's recipe was inspired by one of my favorite "activities." The DESIGN YOUR OWN CUPCAKE competition has now ended. Sweet piña colada cupcakes filled with pineapple and topped with a light and fluffy cream cheese frosting. There's a little bit of summer in each bite! You can cook Piña Colada Cupcakes using 24 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Piña Colada Cupcakes

It's 1 stick of butter, melted.
You need 1/3 cup of pineapple juice.
It's 2 tbsp of rum.
Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla.
It's 3 of eggs.
It's 1 1/2 cup of flour.
Prepare 1 cup of sugar.
It's 1 tsp of baking powder.
It's 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
It's 1/4 tsp of salt.
You need 1/3 cup of pineapple, crushed.
Prepare 1/3 cup of shredded coconut.
It's of Malibu Syrup.
You need 1/2 cup of sugar.
Prepare 1/4 cup of water.
It's 2 tbsp of Malibu.
It's 1 tsp of vanilla.
You need 1 tsp of butter.
Prepare of Lime-Cream Cheese Frosting.
It's 1 stick of butter.
You need 8 oz of cream cheese.
Prepare 2 cup of powdered sugar.
It's 1 of lime, zested and juiced.
It's 1 tsp of Malibu or vanilla.

Keto Piña Colada Cheesecake Cupcakes Recipe - This piña cheesecake cupcakes recipe is like keto mini cheesecake with pineapple and coconut flavor! I LOVE Pina Coladas (boring virgin ones) and anything cocnut related and you have made me a very happy girl. Use this tropical inspired recipe to bake up a batch of light and fluffy pina colada cupcakes and get transported to warm and sunny beaches in just one bite. Everyone's favorite beach cocktail in cupcake form!

Piña Colada Cupcakes instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Line cupcake pan with liners or spray a 13x9 inch pan with cooking spray..
Beat together the butter, pineapple juice, rum, and vanilla. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing until well blended..
In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt..
With a mixer on low speed, gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet. Fold in the pineapple and coconut..
Fill cupcake liners 3/4 of the way full, or pour all of the batter into the greased 13x9 inch pan. Bake for 20-25 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean..
While still warm, top the cooked cupcakes with the Malibu syrup. When cool, frost with the lime-cream cheese frosting..
To make the Malibu Syrup: bring sugar and water to a boil. After 2 minutes, add Malibu, vanilla, and butter. Let cool 3-5 minutes until syrupy..
To make the Lime-Cream Cheese Frosting: combine all ingredients except powdered sugar using a hand mixer. Add the powdered sugar gradually to desired sweetness and consistency..

Pineapple and coconut cupcakes frosted and decorated with coconut flakes, pineapple, a cherry and a little umbrella. These piña colada cupcakes are perfect cupcake versions of the drink - complete with coconut, pineapple, and rum. If you love piña coladas, these are the cupcakes for you! Line a cupcake tin with cupcake liners. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, add the flour, baking powder, caster sugar and salt.