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Jamaican Rum Cake

Stef — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 02:38:26 +0000

Go on an island vacation in your own home with this Jamaican rum cake! It may look like a pound cake, but it’s super light and airy. It’s soaked in a buttery rum syrup that gives it an epic rum taste!

This cake actually gets better as it ages! I liked it the best three days after I made it.

Ingredients

This recipe uses mostly pantry staples.

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Genuine Tiramisu Cupcakes

Stef — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 02:44:04 +0000

These tiramisu cupcakes are the real thing in cupcake form! The cakes themselves taste just like ladyfingers and they’re soaked in a mixture of espresso and rum. Then, they are gloriously topped with mascarpone custard, whipped cream, and chocolate.

I achieve the perfect topping to cake ratio by baking extra short cupcakes, leaving lots of room for the mascarpone custard and whipped cream.

This recipe takes time and effort, but it’s totally worth it. If you don’t have as much time, try using vanilla cupcakes and tiramisu frosting (that combination is still fantastic, but less authentic).

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Pumpkin Spice Cake

Stef — Sun, 15 Nov 2020 21:48:46 +0000

This Pumpkin Spice Cake is moist and loaded with pumpkin pie spices and a few ingredients that make it amazing! It’s easy to bake and a fall favorite, especially when topped with my apple butter caramel icing.

Like my pumpkin cupcakes, this delicious dessert is one of the many reasons that I look forward to fall baking! It’s ideal for a festive treat in October or November!

With a homemade pumpkin spice cake mix, this Pumpkin Bundt Cake is loaded with your favorite fall flavors!

Ingredients and Equipment

This recipe is made with pumpkin pie spices – cinnamon, ginger, allspice, and nutmeg.

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Piña Colada Cupcakes

Stef — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 19:50:00 +0000

Piña Colada Cupcakes are perfect cupcake versions of the drink – complete with coconut, pineapple, and rum. If you love piña coladas, these cocktail cupcakes are for you!

These boozy cupcakes aren’t just moist; their insides are almost wet due to the juicy pineapple bites scattered throughout the cake. They are so close to the piña colada drink that eating them can make you feel like you are taking a mini tropical getaway.

These tasty pineapple cupcakes come complete with a boozy cream cheese frosting. Perfect for the summer time, you’ll love these easy cocktail cupcakes!

How to Make Piña Colada Cupcakes

To give these cupcakes their signature flavor, you’ll start with mixing the liquid ingredients together. The important ones are the rum, coconut milk, and pineapple juice.
You can use any rum that you like, and there is no need to go out and buy anything special. But, if you happen to have Malibu coconut rum [paid link] or pineapple rum on hand, I would highly recommend those flavors.
- Tip: Don’t buy pineapple juice for this recipe. You’ll need crushed pineapple later in the recipe, so buy a can of crushed pineapple in juice and use the juice from the can.

Using coconut milk in the batter of these pineapple cupcakes gives them a distinct piña colada flavor.

You will next alternately add the liquid mixture and dry ingredients to butter, sugar, and eggs. If you are new to prepping the basic cupcake ingredients, be sure to read my post on how to make cupcakes to get you started.

The process of making these pineapple cupcakes is just like making most other cupcake recipes. Once you get the basics down, you can make a wide variety of desserts just like these boozy cupcakes!

Lastly, the pineapple cupcakes get even more flavor by folding in desiccated coconut (also known as baker’s coconut) and crushed pineapple.

Adding crushed pineapple ensures that these cocktail cupcakes are bursting with fresh flavor and have a tender, moist interior.

Fill the cupcake liners 3/4 full and bake for about 25 minutes.
Note that pineapple cupcakes like this don’t dome. They aren’t a light and fluffy cupcake that rise a lot. Rather, they are more moist and dense and packed with flavor!

Frosting for Piña Colada Cupcakes

You can’t go wrong with basic Cream Cheese Frosting. Everyone loves it!
But, like I do with my Margarita Cupcakes, I like to put the flavor of the drink in the cupcake frosting. So, I love adding a splash of Malibu rum to the frosting to create a coconut buttercream instead of using vanilla extract. You can also use coconut extract to accentuate the coconut flavor.
Top the cupcakes with cocktail cherries (also called Maraschino cherries), cocktail umbrellas [paid link], and paper straws for the perfect presentation. Another way to decorate is to press some sweetened shredded coconut or toasted coconut flakes into the frosting.

Piña colada cocktail cupcakes are your new favorite summer dessert. Pair these pineapple cupcakes with a sweet and refreshing beverage and enjoy!

FAQs

Can you make these without alcohol?

If you don’t want any alcohol in these cupcakes, replace the rum with more pineapple juice and optionally use a teaspoon of rum extract. You can use rum extract in the frosting or just stick with a basic cream cheese frosting – leaving off the rum flavor entirely.

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Tiramisu Frosting — Fluffy and Irresistible

Stef — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 15:28:42 +0000

This tiramisu frosting could dress up even the most drab of cupcakes. It’s a Swiss meringue buttercream frosting recipe, which means that it’s silky smooth and not overly sweet. However, this tiramisu frosting trades some of the butter for mascarpone cheese and is finished with rum, espresso, vanilla, and a dusting of cocoa powder.

It gives an old world, Italian flavor that can marry well with a wide range of cakes, cupcakes, cookies, scones–or whatever!

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Hurricane Rum Balls Are a Must at Your Mardi Gras Party

Stef — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 22:21:33 +0000

These hurricane rum balls are not like the rum balls that you find on Grandma’s Christmas dessert spread. They are meant to be taken with you on a Mardi Gras float, brought to a Mardi Gras parade, or served alongside King Cake at a Mardi Gras party. These hurricane rum balls pack a serious rum punch and are decidedly NOT kid friendly.

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