Coconut Cupcakes

Baked these coconut cupcakes from Martha's website.
'Her' description lead me to believe they would be moist and lovely- I found them quite dry, but tasty, yes.

Flavour would be improved by using a titch less almond essence, as it is very strong and often overpowering.
Also, perhaps for a more coconutty taste, a small dash of coconut essence would help.
I only put about 1/2 the suggested coconut in- for texture, I liked it this way, but they weren't very coconutty.

I made my usual vanilla buttercream frosting, and then also a batch with no vanilla, but a heavy powdering of cocoa, and a drop of choc-rasberry essence.