Everywhere I look on the Internet it is telling me to love my leftovers. I started to feel a little guilty because I'm not sure that I do love my leftovers, in fact all they do is stare back at me and make me feel bad that I haven't used everything up from Christmas.
For these cupcakes I have used a spiced rum that I opened a while back, and one I was kindly sent for review, although I do feel a bit naughty using it in cupcakes. A packet of opened wrinkly raisins, the last banana in the fruit bowl and a blemished apple. Magically I used a satsuma left over from Christmas which I have stored in the fridge using StayFresh Longer bags - the satsuma oranges are still perfectly juicy.
I think I've now redeemed myself and love my leftovers......but only because these lovely cupcakes are full of Caribbean flavours.
The cupcakes are for adults only, both the cake batter and icing contain rum!
Using an ice cream scoop helps with loading the cupcake cases, baking is messy and I find this is the cleanest and easiest method
Kitchen Kit: 12 hole muffin tin lined with cupcake cases
Ingredients:
100g raisins
2 tablespoons spiced rum
150g soft margarine (Stork)
150g soft brown sugar
2 large eggs
175g self-raising flour
1tsp baking powder
1 dessert apple
1 ripe banana
finely grated rind of either a satsuma or orange
For the icing:
150g icing sugar
2 tsp rum
8 tsp fresh satsuma or orange juice
Grated rind of a satsuma or orange
You will need: 12-hole muffin tin lined with cupcake cases
1. Preheat the oven 180ºC.
2. Place the raisins in a bowl and pour the rum over, stir and leave whilst you get on with the cake batter.
3. Add the soft margarine, sugar, eggs, sifted flour, baking powder and orange rind to a large bowl. Whisk for 2 minutes until light and fluffy.
4. Peel and core the apple, chop into small pieces. Peel the banana and cut into small dice. Add to the cake batter along with the raisins and soaking rum, stir to combine.
5. Use an ice cream scoop to add the cake batter to the cupcake cases.
6. Bake for 30 minutes until golden. After 10 minutes remove from the tin and continue cooling on a wire rack.
7. To make the icing: Sift the icing into a bowl, add the rum and enough orange juice to give a coating consistency. Pour the icing over the cupcakes and decorate with grated orange rind.
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| Cupcakes cooling on the cake rack and I'm resisting eating them before they are iced |