Prune Cupcakes

Remember I baked a Prune Cheesecake three months ago? And this time I used Prune again to bake into Cupcakes for afternoon tea and it was soft and moist with rum added in it that my family really enjoyed very much.

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Here is the recipe

100g Butter - melted
3 Large eggs

175g Plain flour - sifted
1 tsp Baking powder

180g Prunes - cut to small pieces
1 tbsp Rum compound or liqueur
1 tsp Vanilla extract
125g Brown sugar
1 tsp Baking soda
50ml Fresh milk

Methods:

Beat prunes, sugar, rum compound and baking soda till thick and sticky then slowly add in 50ml milk, mix well.
Add in eggs one at a time and mix well.
Then use hand whisk to mix in the sifted flour and baking powder.
Lastly add in melted butter and mix well.
Pour into paper cups about 3/4 full and decorate with a prune (flatten) on top.
Bake in preheated oven at 180C for about 25 mins.
Leave cake to cool and dust some icing sugar or snow powder on top.
Enjoy this Prune Cupcake with a cup of hot coffee.