Mini Rum Cakes Food

GOLDEN RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan. Sprinkle chopped nuts evenly over the bottom of the pan.
• In a large bowl, combine cake mix and pudding mix. Mix in the eggs, 1/2 cup water, oil and 1/2 cup rum. Blend well. Pour batter over chopped nuts in the pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. Let sit for 10 minutes in the pan, then turn out onto serving plate. Brush glaze over top and sides. Allow cake to absorb glaze and repeat until all glaze is used.
• To make the glaze: in a saucepan, combine butter, 1/4 cup water and 1 cup sugar. Bring to a boil over medium heat and continue to boil for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in 1/2 cup rum.

MINI CHOCOLATE RUM CAKES

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.

MINI CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY RUM CAKES

Steps:

• 1. Mix together the first 6 ingredients.
• 2. Pour into greased mini Bundt cake pans (or 1 large Bundt cake pan).
• 3. Bake at the 350 for 45 minutes.
• 4. While that is baking simmer your raspberry preserves with the 1/2 cup raspberry rum. You just want it nicely blended and warm.
• 5. When cakes are done, spoon this glaze on top of the cakes. Let sit until cool.
• 6. Then top with powder sugar and raspberry.
• 7. Enjoy!

MINI RUM CAKES

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.

MINI CHRISTMAS CAKES

Steps:

• Place mixed fruit into a very large basin.
• Add rum and mix well.
• Cover with plastic wrap and allow to stand overnight.
• The next day, preheat oven to 150°C (300°F) and arrange oven racks to accommodate muffin tins in the centre section of the oven.
• Place 2 muffin cases into each hole of 2 or 3, 12 hole muffin tins.
• One ingredient at a time, add the beaten eggs, grated apple, treacle and sugar to the fruit mixture, mixing well with a wooden spoon after each addition.
• Add cooled, melted butter and sifted flours and mix thoroughly.
• If you're making these instead of a Christmas cake, make sure to let every member of the family have a stir of the mixture while they make a Christmas wish.
• Spoon the mixture into the muffin cases, filling to almost full.
• Use the back of a spoon to smooth the top of each cake.
• Press a glace cherry into the centre of each cake and, around each cherry, press in 5 almonds to make ‘petals’- pointy end closest to the cherry.
• Bake, in batches if necessary, at 150°C (300°F) for about 40-45 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre of a cake comes out clean.
• When cooked, remove muffin tins from the oven, remove cakes in their papers from muffin tins and cool on racks.
• When cakes are completely cool, store in airtight tins and keep in a cool place or, if you're in a warm climate, store in the refrigerator.
• Alternatively, wrap each cake, still in its paper, tightly in plastic wrap, pack into plastic freezer bags and freeze.
• Cakes will keep for at least a month if stored correctly or longer if frozen.

MINI RUM CAKES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325.
• 2. Mix together cake mix, pudding mix, rum, oil and eggs. Pour batter into prepared tins. Bake at 325 for 25 minutes.
• 3. To make the glaze: Combine the sugar, butter and rum in a saucepan.
• 4. Heat and boil for 3 minutes. Set aside the glaze until the cakes is ready.
• 5. When cakes are finished baking, allow to cool several minutes, then remove from tins.
• 6. Transfer cakes into a wide dish with edges (such as a casserole dish).
• 7. While the cakes are hot, poke holes in the top with a toothpick, then spoon the glaze over them slowly.
• 8. (I like to do half of the glaze, wait a minute, then add the rest).
• 9. After several hours, the cakes will absorb all of the glaze (you can flip them over after about 1 hour, so that they absorb the glaze more evenly).
• 10. Notes: I used some of the batter to make a 8 inch round cake to.
• 11. I sprinkled some chocolate chips on top to give it something extra. This took about 28 minutes to bake.

MINI MANGO CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°.
• Butter and flour muffin cups, 16 2 3/4-inches.
• Mix together flour, baking soda, salt and ginger.
• In a separate bowl, beat butter on high for 2 minutes.
• Add sugar to butter gradually, beating a total of 2 minutes longer.
• Next, add vanilla extract, lemon extract, lemon rind and sour cream together.
• Add sour cream mixture to butter and sugar, beat 1 minute.
• Add 1 egg and beat on medium high for 1 minute then add egg yolks and beat 1 minute longer.
• Scrape down bowl.
• Add flour just until all flour is absorbed.
• Gently, mix in diced mango.
• Fill muffin cups 2/3 full and bake on lower-third level rack for 20 - 23 minutes.
• Allow cakes to cool in tins for 1 minute before carefully removing and placing on rack to cool completely.
• While waiting for cakes to cool prepare whipped cream.
• In a cold bowl add whipping cream, sugar, vanilla extract and dark rum.
• Beat on high until cream thickens.
• Split cakes in half, spread with rum cream and sprinkle toasted coconut on top.

GLAZED ALMOND MINI CAKES

Steps:

• Set an oven rack in the middle position. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease the bottom of an 8-by-12 inch metal baking pan and line the bottom with parchment. Then grease and flour the bottom and sides of the pan. Set aside.
• For the cake: sift together the flour and baking powder. Add the salt and stir to combine.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, add 1 cup of butter and sugar and beat on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Using a rubber spatula, scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl, as needed. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating on medium speed and scraping down the sides of the bowl between additions. Add the vanilla and almond extracts and beat to combine. On low speed, mix in half of the flour mixture, then mix in the milk. Mix in remaining flour mixture until just combined. Transfer the batter to the prepared pan and bake until a tester comes out clean, 18 to 20 minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool slightly, then unmold and cool completely.
• To make the cake filling, using a serrated knife, cut the cake into an 8x8-inch square. Set aside. Crumble the portion of the cake that was removed and reserve 2 1/2 cups. Add the remainder of the cake crumbs to a large mixing bowl along with the remaining 1/4 cup melted butter, jam and almonds. Mix well (your hands are the best tool here) to make a spreadable filling.
• To assemble the cake, use a serrated knife to split the cake crosswise into 2 halves. Arrange both halves so they're facing cut-side up. Brush the cake with about 2/3 of the cooled almond syrup. With a small offset spatula, gently spread the jammy filling over the entire bottom half of the cake and top with the top half of the cake, cut side down. Press gently to adhere. Flip the cake so the flat bottom is now facing up, to create a flat top. Freeze the cake until firm, 1 hour.
• With a serrated knife, cut off the rough sides on the frozen cake and cut into 16 squares. Set the cake on a cooling rack over a parchment-lined baking sheet.
• Coat the cakes 1 at a time by pouring the icing around the edges and letting it drip down to coat the sides, then fill in the top. (Set the bowl over hot water and stir if it begins to thicken before you are done.) Top with sprinkles or non pareils before the icing begins to set.
• Combine the sugar and water in a small saucepan over low heat and cook to dissolve the sugar, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from the heat. Add the almond extract and stir to combine. Cool completely.
• Melt the chocolate chips or candy melts in a double boiler and stir until smooth.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, add the confectioner's sugar, corn syrup, hot water and vanilla. Mix on low speed until smooth. Add the melted chocolate and continue to mix to make a very smooth, pourable icing, about the consistency of molasses. Add food coloring as desired.