Chocolate Bunny Tail Cupcakes | Donna Hay

Ingredients

• 1¼ cups (185g) self-raising (self-rising) flour
• ½ cup (50g) cocoa
• ¾ cup (165g) caster sugar (superfine)
• ½ cup (120g) firmly packed brown sugar
• 125g unsalted butter, softened
• 2 eggs
• ⅔ cup (160ml) milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• shredded coconut, for sprinkling
• ⅓ cup (80ml) water
• ½ teaspoon cream of tartar or 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 2 cups (440g) caster (superfine) sugar
• 150ml egg whites (about 4 eggs)