Coconut cherry cupcakes

The results are very marvelous..my hubby loves them.. tastalicious...never thought that cupcakes can be irresistible..
Ok guys... this is my first try for coconut cherry cupcakes.. I wish i went for cherry picking last week darn!!! So just forget the plain looking cupcakes..and please concentrate with its taste..as I mention before..it's damn tastalicious!!!

Cupcakes
125gm butter, softened
1 cup caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 eggs
1/2 dessicated coconut
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup fresh cherries , pitted and chopped --- I have to skip this
1 1/4 cups self-raising flour, shifted
extra cherries to decorate

pink icing
1 1/2 cups icing sugar
juice of 1 lemon
a few drops of red food colouring
1-2 tbsp boiling water



1. Heat oven 170C .
2. Beat butter until white + creamy ..add sugar + vanilla and eggs (one at a time)
3. Stir in coconut + milk and cherries...then flour make sure ingredients turn into smooth batter.
4. Spoon into paper casings, 3/4 full. Bake for 20-25 mins
5. Make the icing
6. Top the cupcakes with icing n cherries.

This is the cuppy cakes.. from the book...

These are my humble cuppy cakes..without toppings

Really wish I can ice the cuppy but unfortunately, the icing sugar kinda taste wierd..so my hubby reckon i should just leave them in their original..the taste that counts...
and I wish I have the self raising flour.. I got mine mixture of the plain flour and baking powder..and the cherries too..
too many ingredients left out and it's for me to improvise..LOL