Chocolate Caramel Coconut Cupcake | Tasty Kitchen: A Happy Recipe Community!

Ingredients

• FOR THE CUPCAKES:
• 2 cups Sugar
• 2 cups All-purpose Flour
• ¾ cups Cocoa
• ¼ teaspoons Salt
• 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
• 2 teaspoons Baking Soda
• ½ cups Vegetable Oil
• 2 whole Eggs
• 1 cup Milk
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla
• 1 cup Brewed Coffee
• FOR THE FILLING:
• 52 pieces Caramels
• 1 cup Half-and-half
• FOR THE FROSTING/TOPPING:
• 8 Tablespoons Butter, At Room Temperature
• 3 cups Confectioners Sugar (Sifted)
• 3 Tablespoons Milk
• 1 teaspoon Coconut Flavor
• ½ cups Sweetened Coconut Flakes, Toasted