Mini Rum Cakes Recipes

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk milk and pudding mix for 2 minutes; stir in extract. Let stand for 2 minutes or until soft-set. , Place sponge cakes on dessert plates; top with pudding. Garnish with whipped topping and raspberries.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Line muffin pan with paper liners.
• Toast pecan and coconut over medium heat in a dry skillet for 10 minutes stirring occasionally.
• Combine all cake ingredients in a large stainless steel bowl. Beat for 2 minutes on high with electric mixer. Stir in pecans and coconut flake mixture reserving about 1/3 cup for garnishing later.
• Pour batter into prepared cups.
• Bake for 30 minutes or until toothpick comes out of center completely clean.
• Place on a cooling rack. Prick top of cupcakes with toothpick. ALLOW TO COOL COMPLETELY.
• For glaze:.
• Melt butter in saucepan.
• Stir in 1/4 cup of the rum and sugar.
• Boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly until thickened. Remove from heat.
• Stir in remaining 1/4 cup of rum.
• For Frosting:.
• Before starting, place your stainless steel bowl and the arms for mixer into the freezer, for about 5 minutes. The cold bowl and arms form stiffer peaks in your frosting.
• In large bowl, with mixer at medium-low speed, beat sugar, butter, vanilla, and 4 tablespoons rum until blended.
• Increase speed to medium-high; beat until light and fluffy, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula.
• Beat in more rum as needed for desire consistency for frosting.
• To finish cupcakes:.
• Dip tops of cupcakes into Butter Rum Glaze and allow excess to drop off before placing back down. This part can get a bit messy.
• Pipe on dollops of frosting, I usually leave some of the cupcake showing cause the glaze is so shiny and pretty.
• Drizzle a small amount of remaining drizzle over top of frosting. Sprinkle with remaining pecan and coconut.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch tube or Bundt pan. Sprinkle nuts over the bottom of the pan.
• Mix together the cake mix, 1/2 cup dark rum, eggs, 1/2 cup water, oil, and vanilla pudding mix. Pour batter over the nuts in the pan.
• Bake for 1 hour. Cool, and invert cake on a serving plate. Prick the top of the cake.
• To Make The Glaze: Melt the butter in a saucepan. Stir in 1/8 cup water and the 1/2 cup sugar. Boil for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove glaze from heat, and stir in 1/4 cup rum. Drizzle and smooth evenly over the top and sides.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 2 (6-cup) miniature fluted tube cake pans with shortening; lightly flour. In medium bowl, beat cake ingredients except chocolate chips with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes, until smooth. Stir in chocolate chips. Divide batter evenly among pans.
• Bake 18 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes. Carefully invert each pan onto cooling rack; lift pan from cakes. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Place bittersweet chocolate in medium bowl. In 1-quart saucepan, heat whipping cream to simmering; pour over chocolate. Let stand 3 minutes. Stir in 1 tablespoon rum. Spoon glaze over cakes.
• In small resealable freezer plastic bag, place white chocolate; seal bag. Microwave on High about 1 minute or until softened. Gently squeeze bag until chocolate is smooth; cut off tiny corner of bag. Squeeze bag to drizzle chocolate over cakes.