You'll beloved these Salted Caramel Cupcakes amongst Caramel Buttercream Frosting what's non to love?
I accept a confession ... these Salted Caramel Cupcakes accept been sitting inward my 'queue' for quite a while, exactly waiting (oh together with therefore patiently!) for me to acquire or together with therefore to sharing them amongst you. I real made these beauties, along amongst super-fun Neapolitan Cupcakes, this summertime ...
... for a bridal shower a friend of mine was hosting.When my friend asked if I'd brand cupcakes for the event, of course I said yes! I mean, an excuse to bake?? I'm all over that. Especially when I acquire the fun of baking together with creating without my thighs taking the hitting for it. Oh, those pesky thighs. They look to love to absorb carbohydrate together with butter.
And my friend gave me consummate creative license to pick out the cupcake flavors. I asked her ... similar a 1000000 times, I swear ... are y'all sure y'all don't assist what flavors I make? She genuinely didn't care. I beloved beingness handed wide-open creative license similar that!
So I directly turned to these Salted Caramel Cupcakes past times From Calculus to Cupcakes that had caught my eye. Salted Caramel Cupcakes pretty drool-worthy, if I exercise tell together with therefore myself.
So I learned, the difficult way, to allow the caramel cool earlier combining it amongst the frosting base. Guess I should accept known that, huh?
Second batch ... amongst my learnings applied ... came out great. And these footling beauties became the belle of the ball. {Well, aside from the bride-to-be of course!}
Salted Caramel Cupcakes amongst Caramel Buttercream Frosting
Source: Adapted from Southern Living, equally posted by From Calculus to Cupcakes
(Printable recipe)
IngredientsSource: Adapted from Southern Living, equally posted by From Calculus to Cupcakes
(Printable recipe)
- 1/2 c. (1 stick) butter, softened
- 4 oz. cream cheese, softened
- 1 1/4 c. granulated carbohydrate
- 3/4 c. dark dark-brown sugar
- 1 T. canola oil
- 4 eggs
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 3 c. all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 c. buttermilk
- Caramel Buttercream Frosting {recipe below}
- Line 24 muffin cups amongst newspaper cupcake liners. Set aside.
- Using an electrical mixer, cream together butter, cream cheese, sugar, dark-brown sugar, together with stone oil until lite together with fluffy, most 3-4 minutes. Add eggs ane at a time, mixing good afterwards each addition. Add vanilla, baking powder, baking soda, together with salt; mix until good combined.
- Beginning together with ending amongst flour, add together flour alternately amongst buttermilk, mixing betwixt each addition.
- Distribute batter evenly betwixt the muffin cups. Bake at 350 degrees for 18-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted inward the pump comes out clean.
- Cool completely on a wire rack. Frost amongst Salted Caramel Buttercream {recipe below}. Garnish amongst a piece of caramel candy, together with sprinkle amongst a flake of bounding main salt.
Salted Caramel Buttercream Frosting
Ingredients- 1/2 c. (1 stick) butter, softened
- 3 oz. cream cheese, softened
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 lb. confectioners' sugar
- 4 T. milk, divided
- 15 caramel candies, unwrapped (I used Kraft caramels)
- Additional sliced caramels (for garnish)
- Sea salt
- Using an electrical mixer, trounce together the butter, cream cheese, together with vanilla until lite together with fluffy, most 3-4 minutes. Add confectioners' carbohydrate together with three tablespoons of the milk; trounce until good combined together with smooth, most ii minutes. Cover together with refrigerate.
- Meanwhile, melt the caramel candies along amongst the remaining 1 tablespoon of milk inward the microwave at xxx 2d intervals until caramels are completely melted. Set aside to cool until the caramel is cooled but yet soft together with pliable.*
- Once the caramel is cooled, mix into the frosting until good combined.
*Setting the caramel aside to cool is important! I discovered the hard way that mixing hot melted caramel into butter-based frosting does NOT plough out well. Also, I had to utilization the electrical mixer to thoroughly mix inward the caramel - exactly folding or stirring didn't work. You may desire to refrigerate the frosting for xxx minutes or together with therefore prior to frosting the cupcakes to allow it ready a flake afterwards mixing inward the caramel.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
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