Piña Colada Cupcakes

Piña Colada Cupcakes

The cocktail themed cupcakes continue! Pineapple, coconut milk, rum... Something summery and refreshing to have post dinner at a friends : )

Ingredients

1 2/3 cups flour

3/4 cup sugar

½ cup blended pineapple (about 2/3 tin of tinned pineapples)

1/2 cup coconut milk*

1/3 cup oil

1 teaspoon vinegar

2-3 drops rum essence (or use real rum and reduce the amount of coconut milk depending how much you add).

*If you can get the kind that ‘accidentally’ comes in a thick cream like consistency it’s better – Aldi tends to have this if you’re in Ireland. Otherwise the normal one is fine, or use coconut cream (but that’s a bit harder to find).

Preheat oven to 180°

1. Blend the pineapple with a little of the pineapple juice in the tin (or use water) until a smoothie like consistency.

2. Mix sugar and flour together. Add coconut milk, oil, blended pineapple and rum essence (or real rum).

3. Add vinegar and mix well. Pour mixture into cupcake cases and bake for 15-20 mins or until toothpick comes out clean. (If you have real rum add a drop or two atop each cupcake to soak it a little bit if you like)

We topped with a little pineapple juice mixed with icing sugar and a segment of pineapple on each cupcake. Alternatively, mixing some of the remaining coconut milk with the pineapple juice and icing sugar would be nice and more creamy.