Alcohol-Free Pina Colada Cupcakes

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Servings: 36
Yield: 36 servings

Description

Pineapple, coconut, and vanilla extracts work together to give these cupcakes a pina flavor colada that lets you enjoy the tropical taste in a booze-free cupcake format.

Ingredients

1 3/4 cups cake flour
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups white sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter, cut into cubes
4 large eggs
1 cup whole milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon coconut extract
1 teaspoon pineapple extract

Directions

1 Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Line 36 muffin cups with paper liners.
2 Combine cake flour, all-purpose flour, white sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large mixing bowl; mix with hand mixer on Low until combined, about 3 minutes; add butter and mix just until butter chunks are coated with flour.
3 Beat 1 egg into the flour mixture at a time, assuring each is integrated fully before introducing the next; beat until the mixture forms a cake batter.
4 Slowly add milk, vanilla extract, coconut extract, and pineapple extract to the batter, beating and intermittently scraping down the sides of the bowl as you mix, until fully integrated; spoon into paper liners to about 2/3 full.
5 Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 17 to 20 minutes.