Name: Ina Garten’s Coconut Cupcakes
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 1/2 sticks (12 tablespoons unsalted butter at room temperature); 1 cup granulated sugar; 3 large eggs (at room temperature); 1 tsp vanilla paste or extract; 1 tsp almond extract; 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour; 1/2 tsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp baking soda; 1/4 tsp salt; 1/2 cup buttermilk (shaken); 3 1/2 ounces half of a 7 ounce bag sweetened coconut; 8 ounce block of cream cheese (at room temperature); 1 stick unsalted butter (at room temperature); 1 tsp almond extract; 3/4 pound confectioner's sugar (sifted); 3 1/2 ounces sweetened shredded coconut (the other half of the 7 ounce bag)