Pico Cupcakes
May 4, 2008
What is a pico cupcake you might be wondering? Well, it is simply my term for a pineapple-coconut combination! I am still waiting for spring to fully arrive here in Portland, and this cupcake made me think I was someplace sunny (for the three or four seconds it took me to eat one!). I must admit, fresh pineapple as opposed to canned would have made a much prettier treat (and tastier too), but I shop on budget…Anyway, these are adapted from the Golden Vanilla Cupcakes from the one and only Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World. I made a few changes: (1) instead of 1 cup of soymilk, I used a 1/2 cup of soymilk and a 1/2 cup of pineapple juice, and omitted the apple cider vinegar; (2) I added a 1/2 cup of crushed pineapple to the cupcake batter; (3) I added a 1/2 cup of unsweetened shredded coconut to the Vegan Fluffy Buttercream Frosting recipe; and (4) I substituted light coconut milk for the soymilk in the frosting. It would have been nice to add some coconut extract as well, but I didn’t have any on hand. These are not frosted fancy at all, but I did garnish them with a wee pineapple slice!
May 4, 2008 at 6:06 am
What a delicious combination!!
I’m still waiting for spring too. Here’s to crossing our fingers that it comes soon!
May 4, 2008 at 6:24 am
Ahh, so THAT’S what a pico cupcake is… a pineapple & coconut variety! Love it! Looks wonderful :0)
May 4, 2008 at 6:56 am
Pico! What a cute name!
Oh, and Lymbyc Systym is absolute neatness!! I really really want to see this show, actually…
May 4, 2008 at 11:42 am
Great name, perfect cupcake. Yum! I bet it DID help you feel, if just for a brief moment, as if spring was really fully here!
They look so good!
May 4, 2008 at 11:49 am
I like the clever name/combo you gave these beauties.
May 4, 2008 at 1:47 pm
i like the name you came up with, too. what a perfect little cuppie for the summertime!
May 4, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Like a pina colada in cupcake form! Brilliant!
May 5, 2008 at 7:26 am
thats a great combo!
May 6, 2008 at 6:52 am
What a great idea for a different flavor combo! I wish I could send you some spring weather.. ours is almost over, I think summer is about to arrive in H-town.
May 6, 2008 at 10:23 am
Yum, just like pina colada- All it needs is a dash of rum!
May 6, 2008 at 11:52 am
Whew, I’m glad it’s not a “pico de gallo” cupcake! Pineapple coconut cupcakes sound wonderful.
May 7, 2008 at 1:33 am
I love the combination of pineapple and coconut, too! This sounds so yummy.