Bananas Foster Cupcakes

• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg freshly
• 2 tablespoons water
• 4 inches bananas ripe, sliced half lengthwise
• 1/2 cup light rum
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar packed
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 bananas recipe for, Foster, bananas mashed, sa
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup brown rice flour or reg flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 3 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• sauce from Bananas Foster

1. Melt butter in a 10-inch heavy skillet over low heat.
2. Add brown sugar, allspice and nutmeg and stir
3. Until sugar dissolves.
4. Add water and bring sauce to simmer.
5. Add bananas and cook for 1 minute on each side, carefully spooning sauce over bananas as they are cooking.
6. Remove bananas from pan to a serving dish.
7. Bring sauce to a simmer and carefully add the rum.
8. If the sauce is very hot, the alcohol will flame on its own.
9. If not, using stick flame, carefully ignite and continue cooking until flame dies out, approximately 1 to 2 minutes.
10. If sauce is too thin, cook for 1 to 2 minutes until it is syrupy in consistency.
11. Immediately spoon the sauce over bananas and serve. Or smash up to make cupcakes!
12. Set the sauce aside for the buttercream.
13. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
14. Beat together butter and both sugars until light and fluffy.
15. Beat in bananas, then eggs, one at a time and beat well after each addition.
16. Add vanilla.
17. Sift together flour, baking powder, soda and salt and add alternately with buttermilk to mixture.
18. Beat just until blended.
19. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
20. Bake for 20 to 22 minutes or until tester comes out clean.
21. Let cool in pan for 5 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
22. Prepare Buttercream Icing:
23. In a standing mixer fitted with a whisk, mix together sugar and butter.
24. Mix on low speed until well blended and then increase speed to medium and beat for another 3 minutes.
25. Add vanilla and sauce and continue to beat on medium speed for 1 minute more.
26. Frost cupcakes with heaps of icing and top with toasted coconut

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Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Bananas-Foster-Cupcakes-1647193 (may not work)