Coconut Rum Raisin Cupcakes Food

RUM RAISIN MACAROONS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Whisk the egg whites, sugar, raisins, dark rum, salt and vanilla in a large bowl until combined; fold in the coconut.
• Scoop heaping tablespoonfuls of the coconut mixture about 1 inch apart onto the baking sheet. Use your fingers to form into pyramids. Bake until golden brown around the edges, 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes on the baking sheet, then transfer to a rack to cool completely.

RUM-RAISIN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Use 1 tablespoon butter to grease an 8-inch tube pan. Place remaining butter in a small saucepan and cook on medium until melted and starting to turn nut-brown. Remove from heat, let sit a few minutes, then pour into a glass measuring cup, leaving any dark sediment in bottom of pan. Set butter aside. Place raisins in a bowl and pour 2/3 cup rum over raisins. Sift flour, cinnamon, baking powder and salt into another bowl.
• Beat eggs until light. Beat in sugar and continue beating, about 5 minutes, until very light and creamy. Drain raisins, reserving rum. Add flour mixture to egg mixture alternately with drained rum. Fold in brown butter, leaving any sediment in bottom of cup. Fold in raisins. Spread in pan and bake 40 minutes until lightly browned and tester comes out clean. Spoon remaining 3 tablespoons rum over cake. Cool. Remove from pan. Pile whipped cream in center and serve.

RUM AND RAISIN CUPCAKES

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.

RAISIN CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Set oven to 325 degrees F.
• Line 16 standard-size muffin cups.
• In a saucepan, bring raisins and rum just to a simmer over medium heat; remove from heat.
• In a small bowl combine the flour with baking powder and cinnamon.
• In another bowl beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs and vanilla, beat well.
• Alternately stir in flour mixture and milk into butter mixture beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• Drain raisins and discard soaking liquid, then stir raisins into batter.
• Spoon batter into prepared muffin pan filling three-quarters full.
• Bake cupcakes about 20 minutes or until lightly browned and cupcakes test done.
• Cool then transfer to a rack.

RUM "SOPPED" COCONUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
• Line a hotel pan with parchment paper and coat with vegetable spray. Whip the eggs and sugar in a bowl of an electric mixer, until fluffy, 2 times the volume.
• Add the salt and quickly fold in the flour until incorporated. Pour the batter into the parchment paper-lined pan and bake until a skewer comes out dry.
• Let the cake cool and remove the cake from the pan and gently remove the parchment paper. Trim off the top crust to enable the sopping milk to absorb more easily.
• In a large bowl, combine the sweetened condensed milk, coconut milk, rum, vanilla extract, and almond extract. Put the cake back in the pan and pour the sopping milk over the cake. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours before serving. Top with unsweetened whipped cream.

RUM RAISIN POUND CAKE WITH COCONUT GLAZE

Steps:

• Combine the raisins and rum in a small bowl and soak for several hours or overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour a 12-cup Bundt pan or ring pan.
• Combine the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.
• Beat the butter in the bowl of an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the sugar. Beat until fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Beat in the eggs 2 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the vanilla and beat on low to combine. With a rubber spatula, gently fold in the flour mixture. Fold in the raisins with their soaking liquid.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake until the top is golden and a cake tester or toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, about 1 hour.
• While the cake is baking, make the glaze: Whisk the confectioners' sugar and coconut milk together in a small bowl until there are no lumps; add more coconut milk or sugar to reach the consistency of school glue.
• Cool the cake in the pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Remove the cake from the pan and place on the rack. While the cake is still warm, drizzle the coconut glaze over the top and sprinkle with the shredded coconut.

COCONUT RUM-RAISIN BUNDT CAKE WITH RUM-CARAMEL GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter a 12-cup Bundt pan; dust with flour, tapping out excess. Soak raisins in 1/2 cup rum.
• Whisk together flour, salt, and baking powder; set aside. Put butter and brown sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; cream on medium speed until smooth. Mix in eggs, one at a time. Add vanilla. On low speed, mix in flour mixture in three additions, alternating with two additions of 6 tablespoons cream each (12 total). Mix in raisin mixture and coconut. Transfer batter to prepared pan; smooth top.
• Bake, rotating about halfway through, until a cake tester comes out clean, about 1 hour 55 minutes. Let cool in pan on a wire rack 20 minutes. Run a thin knife around sides of cake; unmold. Let cool.
• Heat granulated sugar and 1/4 cup water in a small saucepan over medium heat, gently stirring occasionally, until sugar is dissolved and syrup is clear. Cook, without stirring, until syrup comes to a boil, washing down sides of pan with a wet pastry brush to prevent crystals from forming. Let boil, gently swirling, until medium amber. Remove from heat. Carefully pour in remaining 1/4 cup rum and 2 tablespoons cream. Let cool, stirring, until thickened. Drizzle over cake.

COCONUT, RUM & RAISIN RICE PUDDING

Steps:

• For the rum & raisin syrup, tip all the ingredients into a large saucepan and heat gently over a low heat for 5 mins, or until the sugar has dissolved and created a syrup and the raisins have plumped up. Tip into a bowl, cover and set aside.
• In the same saucepan (there's no need to clean it) melt the butter over a medium heat until sizzling, then scatter over the rice and toast in the hot butter until the butter is just starting to brown. Stir in the sugar, then pour over the coconut milk, cream and vanilla. Bring to a simmer and continue to cook gently for 40-45 mins until the rice is tender, adding a splash more cream if it becomes too thick.
• To serve hot, stir a third of the rum & raisin syrup through the pudding and spoon the rest over the top. To serve cold, leave the pudding to cool, then chill in the fridge to firm up so that you can serve it in scoops with the rum & raisin syrup spooned over.

COCONUT RUM-RAISIN CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Brush standard muffin tins with butter; dust with flour, tapping out excess. In a bowl, pour rum over raisins, and let soak. In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
• With an electric mixer on medium-high speed, cream butter and brown sugar until pale and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until each is incorporated, scraping down sides of bowl as needed. Beat in vanilla. Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture in three batches, alternating with two additions of heavy cream, and beating until combined after each. Mix in raisin mixture and coconut.
• Divide batter evenly among prepared cups, filling each three-quarters full. Bake, rotating tins halfway through, until a cake tester inserted in centers comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Transfer tins to wire racks to cool 20 minutes. Run a small offset spatula or knife around edges; turn out cupcakes onto racks and let cool completely. Cupcakes can be stored up to 3 days at room temperature in airtight containers.
• To serve, set cupcakes on dessert plates, and spoon glaze over each. Alternatively, finish by placing cupcakes on a wire rack set over a baking sheet; spoon glaze over cupcakes, and let set. Cupcakes are best eaten the day they are glazed; keep at room temperature until ready to serve.
• Heat sugar and the water in a heavy saucepan over medium, stirring occasionally, until sugar is dissolved and syrup is clear. Stop stirring, and cook until syrup comes to a boil, washing down sides of pan with a wet pastry brush to prevent crystals from forming. Continue to boil, gently swirling occasionally to color evenly, until mixture is medium amber. Remove from heat. Carefully stir in rum and cream (the mixture will spatter) with a wooden spoon until smooth. Let cool, stirring occasionally, until thickened, about 5 to 10 minutes.