Tres Leches Cupcakes

Dunk it, pump it or drizzle it.  Whatever method you use to infuse your  Tres Leche Cupcake (“three milk cupcake) is fine.  Just be sure that one of the three milks is coconut milk. Then finish off this dairy-dream cupcake with some dulce de leche buttercream frosting, a little dusting of chocolate shavings, and you’ll be peeling away the cupcake wrapper faster than a kid with a…uh, cupcake.

Ingredients:

Cupcake:

• ¾ cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 eggs, separated
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 cup evaporated milk
• 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
• 1/2 cup coconut milk
• 1 cup lightly toasted flaked coconut (Mounds or Angel Flake brand), optional for garnishing the frosting

Dulce de Leche Buttercream Frosting:

• 5 large egg whites
• 11/2 cup sugar
• 4 sticks unsalted butter, diced and softened
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1/2-1 cup of dulce de leche, room temperature (click here for a homemade recipe with a step-by-step pictorial instructions)

Instructions:

Cupcake:

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy on medium speed. Add egg yolks one at a time, mixing until combined and all the yellow disappears. Add the vanilla, mix to combine. Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt. Alternately add the dry mixture with the buttermilk to the creamed butter beginning and ending with the flour.

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