Mini Dark & Stormy Cupcakes

Name: Mini Dark & Stormy Cupcakes
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 48
Ingredients: 1 egg; 1/3 c. sour cream; 1 1/3 c. all-purpose flour; 1 c. granulated sugar; 1/3 c. minced fresh ginger; 3/4 tsp. baking soda; 1/2 tsp. salt; 1/2 c. ginger beer; 1/2 c. unsalted butter; Lime zest, for garnish; 1/2 c. vegetable shortening or unsalted butter; 1 lb. confectioners' sugar; 1/3 c. Gosling's Dark Rum

By Brooke Siem and Leslie FeinbergPublished: Apr 27, 2015

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Prep Time:

30 mins

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30 mins

Prohibition Bakery authors Brooke Siem and Leslie Feinberg share their at-home recipes for achieving the perfect boozy cupcake. This one certainly brings the punch, packed with Gosling's Rum, ginger beer, and lime—it's perfect for dessert or happy hour!

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Ingredients

For cake:

1 egg
1/3 cup sour cream
1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup minced fresh ginger
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup ginger beer
1/2 cup unsalted butter
Lime zest, for garnish

For frosting:

1/2 cup vegetable shortening or unsalted butter
1 lb. confectioners' sugar
1/3 cup Gosling's Dark Rum

Directions

1. Step 1Make Cupcakes: Preheat oven to 325°F and line mini cupcake tins with paper liners. In an electric mixer, beat eggs and sour cream. In another bowl, combine sugar, flour, baking soda and salt. In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, heat ginger beer and unsalted butter until melts. With mixer on, slowly add ginger beer mixture to egg mixture; after combined, slowly add flour mixture to ginger beer mixture, then add minced ginger. Fill 48 mini cupcake cups 2/3 full with batter. Bake until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, 10 minutes; cool completely.
2. Step 2Make Frosting: In an electric mixer, beat shortening or butter with paddle until fluffy. With mixer on low, add the powdered sugar until incorporated. Slowly add Gosling’s Dark Rum and beat until smooth. Transfer to piping bag, and pipe onto the top of each cupcake. Garnish with a touch of lime zest.

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