Coconut Cupcakes with Milk Chocolate Ganache

At the request of his t’ai chi instructor, Sifu Paul, Woody reconfigured the recipe for The Southern (Manhattan) Coconut Cake from Rose’s Heavenly Cakes in miniature. Instead of topping them with coconut buttercream, they are coated in delicious milk chocolate ganache, but I have also included the buttercream recipe as a variation.