MMMMM----   Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Chocolate Cupcakes With Flaming Strawberries
 Categories: Cakes, Chocolate, Fruits
      Yield: 20 Cupcakes

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    3/4 c  Unsweetened cocoa powder
  1 1/2 c  A-P flour
  1 1/2 c  Sugar
  1 1/2 ts Baking soda
    3/4 ts Baking powder
    3/4 ts Salt
      2 lg Eggs
    3/4 c  Water; hot
    3/4 c  Heavy cream
      3 tb Neutral oil
      2 ts Vanilla extract

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    1/2 lb Butter; softened
      4 c  Confectioners' sugar
      4 tb Unsweetened cocoa powder;
           - sifted

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     20    Strawberries (1 per cupcake)
           Bacardi 151 rum

  Cupcakes:

  Set oven @ 350 F/175 C.

  Line muffin tin with cupcake papers and set aside.

  Sift together cocoa, flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and
  salt into a large bowl. Add eggs, water, heavy cream, oil, and
  vanilla. Mix with a hand held mixer until smooth.

  Divide batter among muffin cups, filling each half full. Bake for
  20 minutes. Let cool before frosting.

  Frosting:

  In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with whisk attachment, cream
  together sugar, cocoa, and butter; beginning on low speed then
  increase to high. Beat until fluffy and lightened in color.
  Transfer mixture to a piping bag fitted with a decorative tip.
  Frost cupcakes.

  Strawberries:

  Hollow the strawberries carefully. If you pierce the side of the
  strawberry accidentally, start with a new one. Since you'll be
  setting the liquor aflame, it is important that the strawberry is
  leak-proof.

  Set one strawberry atop each frosted cupcake. Fill strawberries
  with liquor just before lighting. If you need to light them all at
  once, (say, for a party) use a turkey baster to quickly fill all
  the strawberries and a grill lighter in lieu of matches.

  Recipe FROM: https://www.sprinklebakes.com

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