Out Of This World Cupcakes Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Butter and flour a 12-cup muffin pan, or use paper liners. In a large bowl, combine the flour baking powder, and 3/4 teaspoon salt.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, 1 at a time then beat in the vanilla extract. With mixer on low, beat in the flour mixture in 2 parts, alternating with milk.
• Divide the batter among the prepared muffin cups. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center of a cupcake comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Let cool in the pan for 5 minutes. Remove the cupcakes from the pan and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Using a paring knife, cut a 1-inch-deep piece from the top of each cupcake. Save the cut pieces. Fill each hole with 1 teaspoon of cajeta and replace the cut out pieces. Frost the cupcakes with Mexican Vanilla Buttercream Frosting.
• Using an electric mixer on low speed, beat the butter and sugar until smooth. Add the salt, vanilla extract and crema. Increase the speed to high and beat until fluffy, about 3 minutes, adding extra Mexican crema, as needed, to make the frosting spreadable.

Steps:

• CAKE:.
• Prepare and bake cake according to directions on box for a 9x13 pan using the water, oil, and eggs in the boxed mix.
• Let sit for about 5-10 minutes and then pierce the top of the cake with a fork.
• TOPPING:.
• Pour the undrained pineapple over the baked layer.
• Mix the milk, pudding mix, and vanilla in a medium mixing bowl.
• In another medium mixing bowl beat the cream cheese at high speed till light and fluffy.
• Add the pudding mixture to this beating till smooth.
• Spread over the prepared layers.
• Top with whipped topping.
• Sprinkle with the coconut and pecans.
• Chill covered for several hours.