Surfin Rum Cupcakes

If you love rum you will love these cupcakes. I used my grandmas rum cake recipe. I wasn't sure if I could make cupcakes from it but it worked great. I wouldn't use muffin papers, just spray the pan and it should come out great. The butter cream is light and fluffy which compliments the powerful cake.

Ingredients 
1c chopped pecans
1 box yellow cake mix
1 pkg vanilla instant pudding pie filling
4 eggs
1/2c cold water
1/2c oil
1/2c 80proof Meyers Dark Rum 



Glaze
1/4lb butter
1/4c water
1c sugar
1/2c rum

Rum Butter Cream
1 1/2c butter
1tbsp vanilla
2tbsp rum
2c powdered sugar

Method
Grease and flour, (or use baking  spray with flour) muffin pan. Sprinkle nuts over bottoms. Mix all the rest of the ingredients. Pour on top of the nuts. Bake at 325° for 1 hour. 
Glaze
Melt butter in pan add sugar and water boil for 5 min stirring constantly. Remove from heat mix in rum. While the cakes are warm brush and spoon glaze evenly on tops until all is used. Use a knife to get the cupcakes out of the pan. .Let them cool completely before frosting. 
To make frosting
Cream butter and sugar, add vanilla and rum beat until creamy. Pipe onto cakes.