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Chocolate cupcakes drizzled with salted caramel and topped with a salted caramel buttercream frosting ~
Ingredients –
For the cupcakes –
40g/ 1 1/2oz/ 3 tbsp unsalted butter, at room temperature
135g/ 4 3/4oz/ 1 cup soft brown sugar
1 egg
120g/ 4 1/4oz/ 1 cup plain flour
30g/ 1oz/ 1/4 cup cocoa powder
2 tsp baking powder
pinch salt
100ml/ 3 1/2 fl oz/ 1/2 cup whole milk
For the salted caramel –
35g/ 1 1/4 oz/ 2 tbsp unsalted butter
50g/ 1 3/4oz/ 1/4 cup soft brown sugar
25g / 1oz/ 1 tbsp golden syrup (or corn syrup if you can’t get golden syrup)
50ml/ 1 1/2 fl oz/ 1/4 cup double cream
1 tsp sea salt
For the icing –
225g/ 8oz/ 1 3/4 cup icing sugar/ powdered sugar
55g/ 2oz/ 1/2 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 tbsp whole milk
4 tablespoons salted caramel sauce + extra for drizzling
makes approx 6 cupcakes
To make the cupcakes –
– Preheat the oven to 180°C/ 350°F/ gas mark 4.
– Line a cupcake or muffin tin with cupcakes cases.
– Whisk together the butter, sugar and egg until smooth and creamy.
– Fold in the flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt.
– Gently whisk in the milk until just combined.
– Spoon the mixture into the cupcake cases, filling each case about 3/4 full.
– Bake for about 25 minutes until the cakes are risen and cooked all the way through.
– Cool the cakes on a wire rack before icing.
To make the salted caramel sauce –
– Melt the butter, sugar and syrup on a low heat in a heavy based saucepan. Turn up to a simmer and cook for about 3 minutes. Add the cream and salt and cook for another minute.
– Leave to cool.
To make the frosting –
= Before frosting drizzle a little caramel sauce on to the top of each cake.
– Whisk together the butter, sugar, milk and caramel until smooth and creamy.
– Spoon or pipe a generous amount of frosting onto each cake.
I made this same wonderful, ever-so-popular flavor for a baby shower last weekend. And then I covered the whole cake in roses. See photos on my blog if you’re interested! Beautiful photographs and blog. 🙂
Your cupcakes look incredible! And the double dose of caramel reeled me in!!!! Amazing!!!
Love caramel…I wish I could eat several of these cupcakes. Great piping skills, Rosie!
Those look absolutely delicious!
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They look great! Much better than my frosting job, haha
I’ve been seeing salted caramel every where these days and I gotta say I couldn’t be happier. YUM!
My all time favorite flavor combo! I had to stop myself from licking the screen!
These look amazing too! Salted caramel frosting sounds delicious.
Nazneen
The cupcakes look absolutely delicious..cant wait to try it!!
These look divine and it’s definitely a perfect combo! Your piping is absolutely perfect too. Thanks for coming over and to stay in touch. ♥ Jo
These sound like heaven! Love your site design. 🙂
Great piping on these! 🙂 And lovely flavor combination. I still haven’t tried it, which is just ridiculous. I definitely need to change this!
Now these are beautiful and sound delicious – great recipe!
the frosting here is unbelievable. I love salted caramel and chocolate together so, so much. these sound like complete heaven. I want one for dinner. Or after dinner. Or both!
Your cupcake looks wonderful and the frosting just has blown me away 🙂 Very tempting
I love these cupcakes… so beautiful. Thanks for sharing!
Not only are these beautiful, but they sound delicious. I love salted caramel anything, so I am going to give this recipe a try.
Looks really good! I like that the recipe is for only six cupcakes, perfect for my waist! 🙂
Love the cupcakes! Chocolate and salted caramel are a match made in heaven and yours look fantastic.
Chocolate and salted caramel is a killer combination. These look so good!
Looks amazing!
Yum! My oldest loves salted caramel and his birthday is coming up. Might have to make these!
You know I love this flavor combination. Your cupcakes are lovely.
These look fabulous and so pretty!
These look absolutely delicious, Rosie. I’m utterly crap at frosting and yours looks amazing!
The flavor in these must be amazing! Cannot wait to try it out; one of my favorite things on Earth is salted caramel! They look delicious!
OMGoodness! What gorgeous cupcakes! They look amazing!
These look so amazing!
Oh yum!! I have a thing for salted caramel and these look amazing!!
Yum! These look and sound divine 🙂
I absolutely adore salted caramel so I am more than sure that I would absolutely adore these cupcakes 😀
As I was just given some salted caramel I think I will be making these and cheating with the sauce!
Haha great idea! I really hope you enjoy the cupcakes 🙂