Additional Ingredients

80 grams	Unsalted Butter softened
250 grams	Icing Sugar (Silver Spoon)
4 tsp	Milk whole
	Strawberries to decorate

How to make Strawberry Daiquiri Cupcakes

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1. Preheat the oven to 170°C / Gas 3 and place cupcake cases in a mini cupcake or muffin tin.
2. Place the white rum and 30g sugar into a small saucepan and bring to the boil until the liquid has reduced by half, then set aside to cool. Add the chopped strawberries and leave to soak for about 30 minutes.
3. Place the butter, flour, remaining sugar and baking powder into a large bowl and using a hand held or freestanding electric mixer , slowly mix together until it resembles breadcrumbs.
4. Mix together the egg, milk and vanilla extract in a jug then gradually add to the bowl. Mixing thoroughly.
5. Drain the strawberries from the rum & sugar mixture, saving the liquid. Place a few pieces of strawberry into the bottom of each cupcake case then spoon batter on top until the case is 2/3 full.
6. Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes or until the cakes are golden brown and a skewer comes out clean. When the cakes are still warm spoon over about 1 tspn of reserved rum & sugar reduction.
7. To make the frosting mix together the butter and icing sugar until it resembles breadcrumbs in texture, then add the milk and remaining rum reduction and mix on a high speed until the frosting is soft and fluffy.
8. Decorated the cupcakes with frosting using either a piping bag or palette knife and finish with a slice of strawberry.

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