Rum And Raisin Cupcakes

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup raisins
• 3 tablespoons dark rum
• 1 cup sweet butter, softened
• 1 cup superfine sugar
• 2 cups self-rising flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 4 eggs
• 5 tablespoons dark rum
• 2 tablespoons unpacked light brown sugar

Recipe

• 1 soak raisins in rum for 2-3 hours or overnight to soften them; drain.
• 2 preheat oven to 350°; place 18 paper baking cups in muffin pans.
• 3 in a large bowl, combine all the cupcake ingredients (butter through eggs) and beat with an electric mixer until smooth and pale, about 2-3 minutes.
• 4 stir in raisins; spoon batter into cups; bake for about 20 minutes.
• 5 while the cupcakes are in the oven, combine the syrup ingredients in a saucepan; over low heat, dissolve the sugar in the rum.
• 6 simmer 5 minutes, then remove from heat.
• 7 remove pan from oven; with a toothpick, prick 5 holes in each cupcake and pour the warm syrup over them.
• 8 then remove the cupcakes and cool on a rack.