Malibu Pina Colada Cupcakes Recipe 445

Steps:

• Whisk the melted butter and sugar together until noticeably thicker in consistency (about 3 minutes).
• Add the eggs, coconut rum, pineapple juice and coconut cream and whisk again until combined.
• In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt. Add gradually to the butter and rum mixture, mixing each time.
• Pour the cake batter into a jug and then pour into 12 cupcake cases, about ¾ of the way up. Bake for 15-18 minutes at 180°C (350˚F).
• Once the cupcakes are out and have cooled, prepare the topping. Whisk the icing sugar, butter, double cream, coconut rum and pineapple juice together until thick and creamy.
• Using a piping bag or zip top bag with a small corner cut off, pipe the topping onto the cupcakes and decorate with some dessicated coconut, cherries and a straw.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Line cupcake pan. Beat together melted butter, pineapple juice, rum and vanilla. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing until well blended. In a separate bowl, blend flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt. With mixer on low speed, add dry ingredients to wet, gradually. Fold in pineapple and coconut. Fill liners 3/4 of the way. Bake 20-25 minutes until a cake tester comes out clean. For syrup, bring sugar and water to a boil over med-high heat. after 2 minutes, add malibu, vanilla and butter. let cook 3-5 minutes more until syrupy. When cupcakes are cool, combine all ingredients except sugar using a hand mixer. add powdered sugar gradually to each desired sweetness and consistency.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Line 24 muffin cups with foil liners. In a large bowl, whisk eggs, juice, milk, oil and extract until well blended. In another bowl, whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into egg mixture., Fill prepared cups two-thirds full. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 18-20 minutes. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely. , In a large bowl, beat butter until creamy. Beat in coconut milk and rum extract. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until smooth. Spread over cupcakes. If desired, garnish with coconut, cherries and pineapple wedges.

Steps:

• Make the pineapple curd: Whisk the granulated sugar, pineapple juice and salt in a medium saucepan. Whisk in the eggs and egg yolks until combined. Cook over medium heat, whisking constantly and reducing the heat if the mixture starts bubbling too much, until the curd is the consistency of pudding, 7 to 8 minutes (you should have a little over 1 cup).
• Remove from the heat and whisk in the butter and rum (if using). Strain the curd through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, pressing it through with a rubber spatula. Cover with plastic wrap, pressing it directly on the surface, and refrigerate until completely cooled, about 2 hours.
• Meanwhile, make the cupcakes: Preheat the oven to 350˚ F. Line 12 muffin cups with paper or foil liners. Whisk the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Combine the butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar in a large bowl and beat with a mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then beat in the vanilla. With the mixer on medium speed, beat in half of the flour mixture, then the milk, then the remaining flour mixture until combined.
• Divide the batter among the muffin cups, filling them two-thirds of the way. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the centers of the cupcakes comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer to a rack and let cool 10 minutes in the pan, then remove the cupcakes to the rack to cool completely.
• Make the frosting: Combine the butter and confectioner's sugar in a large bowl; beat with a mixer on medium-high speed until smooth and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the coconut extract and milk; beat until smooth.
• Using a paring knife, cut a slit in the top of each cupcake, cutting about three-quarters of the way down. Fill a piping bag with the pineapple curd; pipe the curd into the slit in each cupcake. Fill another piping bag with the frosting and pipe onto the cupcakes (or spread the frosting on the cupcakes). Top with the shredded coconut.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 35 cupcake cups with paper liners.
• Beat sugar, butter, and oil together in a bowl with an electric mixer until creamy and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time. Stir in pineapple, milk, and 1/4 cup brandy.
• Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in another bowl. Add slowly to the sugar mixture, beating with an electric hand mixer to get a light, fluffy batter.
• Spoon batter into the cupcake liners, leaving about 1/8 inch of each liner free (this cake doesn't rise a lot).
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, about 17 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and immediately spoon 1 teaspoon of brandy over the top of each cupcake; let seep into the cake. Let cool completely.
• Beat cream of coconut and cream cheese together with an electric mixer until it is lump-free. Frost cooled cupcakes.