Piña Colada Cupcake

Do you need a tropical cupcake escape from the winter?  Or are you just looking for a summer fun cupcake with the fresh taste of down south?  Either way, this cupcake won't disappoint!  To make this cupcake cocktail you'll need...

• White Cake Mix (plus ingredients to make the cake...usually eggs, oil, and water)
• Pineapple Juice (replace the amount water it calls for)
• Store bought White Icing
• 2 Tablespoons of Coconut Rum (you can use more or less...it's up to you)
• Butter (room temperate...around 1/2 cup....but it's up to you)
• Icing Sugar (optional)
• Garnish Ideas: Mini Straw, Drink Umbrella or Green Lime Icing

On to the recipe...

Step 1: For the most part, follow the direction of your White Cake Mix - preheat your oven and add in your eggs and oil, but replace the water with Pineapple Juice.  I know the cake mix tells you to only use the egg white, but there really is no need to take the extra effort to separate the eggs.  Just throw all three eggs in; yolks and whites!

Step 2: Mix all the ingredients together until the batter is smooth.  Spoon the batter into your cupcake liners and bake as directed on package. Once done, cool completely before icing 

Step 3: It's time to add some tropical kick to your icing. Mix together your vanilla icing, butter and Coconut Rum on high until smooth. Give it a taste and if it's too buttery for your liking or needs to be thickened, add some icing sugar.  Or, more importantly, if it's not coconutty enough for you, add more Coconut Rum!  Once you're happy with the taste and consistency it's time to ice your cupcakes! .

Step 4: Layer on as much or as little of your icing as you'd like using your preferred icing method.  To garnish your cupcake you can cut a straw down to size, top it with a drink umbrella OR, you can do what I did and top it with a little green coloured lime icing.  I happened to have some left over from my Cosmo Cupcake, but you could easily take a 1/2 a cup of your icing (before you add the Coconut Rum) and add some lime juice and zest plus some green gel food colouring. And you're done!

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Rum and Coke Cupcake

Already a classic combo in the drink world, I decided to make it a cupcake classic too.  This is a tasty, cola infused cupcake that I decided to make with a white cake mix base, but you can use a vanilla or chocolate base instead if you want!  To make my version all you'll need is...

• White Cake Mix (plus ingredients to make the cake...usually eggs, oil, and water)
• Cola (replace the amount water it calls for)
• Store bought Chocolate Icing
• 2 Tablespoons of Rum (you can use more of less...it's up to you)
• Butter (room temperate...around 1/2 cup....but it's up to you)
• Icing Sugar (optional)
• Garnish Ideas: Mini Straw or Cola Candy

On to the recipe...

Step 1: For the most part, follow the direction of your White Cake Mix - preheat your oven and add in your eggs and oil, but replace the water with your choice of Cola.  Also, I usually just throw all three whole eggs in and don't separating as directed on the package. Also, your cake mix won't turn black, so don't worry when you see that it's still white..

Step 2: Mix all the ingredients together until the batter is smooth.  Spoon the batter into your cupcake liners and bake as directed on package. Once done, cool completely before icing 

Step 3: And now it's time to add some kick to your icing. Mix together your vanilla icing, butter and Rum on high until smooth. Feel free to use any type of Rum that's in your cupboard or liquor cabinet. Give it a taste and if it's too buttery for your taste or needs to be thickened, add some icing sugar.  Once you're happy with the taste and consistency it's time to ice your cupcakes! .

Step 4: Layer on as much or as little of your icing as you'd like.  To garnish your cupcake try cutting a straw down to size or top it off with a cola candy.

Happy Faking!

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