Rum And Raisin Cupcakes - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Cupcakes
1/2 cup raisins
3 tablespoons dark rum
1 cup sweet butter, softened
1 cup superfine sugar
2 cups self-rising flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
4 eggs
Syrup
5 tablespoons dark rum
2 tablespoons unpacked light brown sugar

Preparation

Soak raisins in rum for 2-3 hours or overnight to soften them; drain.
Preheat oven to 350\u00b0; 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.