RUM AND RAISIN CUPCAKES

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Make and share this Rum and Raisin Cupcakes recipe from Food.com.

Provided by ratherbeswimmin

Categories Dessert

Time 50m

Yield 1 1/2 dozen cupcakes

Number Of Ingredients 9

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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

Steps:

Soak raisins in rum for 2-3 hours or overnight to soften them; drain.
Preheat oven to 350°; place 18 paper baking cups in muffin pans.
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.
Stir in raisins; spoon batter into cups; bake for about 20 minutes.
While the cupcakes are in the oven, combine the syrup ingredients in a saucepan; over low heat, dissolve the sugar in the rum.
Simmer 5 minutes, then remove from heat.
Remove pan from oven; with a toothpick, prick 5 holes in each cupcake and pour the warm syrup over them.
Then remove the cupcakes and cool on a rack.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 4160.6, Fat 206.8, SaturatedFat 123.2, Cholesterol 1334, Sodium 3862.9, Carbohydrate 472.6, Fiber 9.4, Sugar 271.5, Protein 54