Recipes

Mojito Cupcake

Cupcakes  Dessert 

• Cake:
• 1 cup softened butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 cups self rising flour
• .25 tsp baking powder
• 4 eggs
• (aka your basic cupcake recipe)
• zest of one lime
• juice of one lime
• 1 shot of rum
• 1 tbsp mint (or chop up a handful of fresh mint)
• Glaze:
• 3 tbsp rum,
• 2 tbsp lime,
• 2 tbsp brown sugar and
• 1 tsp mint
• Frosting:
• 3 tbsp softened butter
• 1.5 cup powdered sugar
• a shot of rum
• 1 tbsp lime juice
• 1 tbsp lime zest
• some chopped up mint
• brown sugar to taste/texture

Cake:

mix it up, then put it in cupcake wrappers in a tin. bake for 20 minutes at 350

Glaze:

while that's going on mix 3 tbsp rum, 2 tbsp lime, 2 tbsp brown sugar and a tsp mint together in a saucepan and simmer it for 5 minutes.

when the cupcakes come out, poke a few holes in the top and then pour a tsp or so of the syrup into the holes. (if you're feeling really wacky, also pour a bit of rum in the holes).

Frosting:

mix it up.

My friends and I had an "iron alcohol party" where everything you brought had to have alchol as an ingredient. After two attempts, i have successfuly made a mojito cupcake that i like.