Bananas Foster Cupcakes with Cinnamon Rum Frosting

Today, Chris and I decided that we should spend our Sunday afternoon baking. I adore the sport, and therefore the idea of a baking date was music to my culinary ears. Cupcakes are my specialty, but I always have trouble brainstorming flavor combinations. This is where Mr. English really shines. He came up with the idea that we should make a Bananas Foster cupcake with a rum buttercream frosting. I threw a recipe together using a few good ones that I saw online, and we quickly got to work. The end product was, not to toot our own horn or anything, but pretty awesome. Here is the final recipe we came up with!

BANANAS FOSTER CUPCAKE
(Makes about 24)


3/4 cup butter
1/4 tsp cinnamon
2 ripe, mashed bananas
2Tbsp spiced rum (or more to your taste)
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 1/2 cup flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
3 large eggs
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup sour cream


CINNAMON RUM FROSTING


1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup butter
2 tsp vanilla extract
4 cups confectioner sugar
3 Tbsp spiced rum
2-3 Tbsp cinnamon


INSTRUCTIONS:


1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Mix together dry ingredients
3. Add in wet ingredients
4. Mix until smooth (It will be lumpy, due to the bananas. Just make sure everything else is mixed)
5. Put cupcake liners in cupcake pan (If you don't have liners, grease the inside of the pan very well instead)
6. Pour mix into each liner until just pat full
7. Bake for 15-17 minutes
8. Set on cooling rack, when they are cooled, make frosting and frost those bad boys
9. EAT AND ENJOY! (Let me know what worked for you guys, and what didn't!)


As a finishing touch, Chris caramelized some banana slices with brown sugar and we topped the cupcakes off. This is, of course optional.

This, along with some bangin' chicken that Chris made (and will hopefully also appear in a future post!)
made up this week's Sunday night dinner. So make them, and let me know what you guys think!