Triple Salted Caramel Cupcakes

by Alyssa

What do you get when you take a delicious cupcake with hints of brown sugar, fill it with rich caramel sauce, frost it with luscious caramel buttercream, and top it with a delicate and crunchy caramel disk? These little beauties. They were amazing.

I found this recipe two days ago and decided that it must be made promptly. After a long day of laying in the sun and working on homework (rough, I know) we headed over to my sister's apartment to bake these little treats.

Light brown sugar gives the cupcakes a nice flavor without being too sweet. The added components definitely contributed enough sweetness!

The caramel buttercream was pretty simple to make. Just watch the caramel on the stove very carefully and make sure that you let it cool enough before adding it to the rest of the frosting.

Here is me holding the finished frosting...it's hard to see in this picture, but I am wearing a cupcake apron! I told you I love baking:)

The caramel rounds are actually very simple to make. You have to work quickly, though - the caramel hardens fast! The original recipe calls for large-crystal sugar to be added to the rounds, but we left that out since we didn't have any on hand. I think they turned out fine without it, but it would be a pretty addition.

A little tip for the caramel filling - don't add too much! A little spoonful is plenty. Simply cut out a little circle of cupcake, drizzle the filling in, and replace the cupcake piece.

Frost your cupcakes however you like. We piped on the frosting from a Ziploc bag with the corner snipped off! That always works great if you don't have a pastry bag or fancy tips on hand.

Here's an inside view of the final product. These were shared with friends and didn't last long! We would definitely make them again for a special occasion.


The recipe is from a fabulous food blog called Sprinkle Bakes. Here is the link:

http://www.sprinklebakes.com/2010/05/triple-salted-caramel-cupcakes.html
 
Happy baking!

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        Our names are Alyssa and Brianna. We recently moved down to Southern California from Seattle, Washington to attend college. Moving out on our own has allowed us to expand our love for all things food, beauty, and fashion. This blog is going to be an outlet for us to share everything we have and will learn with you all. If you love all things girly, you've come to the right place! You can look forward to frequent posts with tutorials for hair and makeup, outfit of the days, recipes, DIYs, and the like. We're really excited to begin this blogging adventure!

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     I'm Alyssa! I'm majoring in Business Administration with a minor in Communications. My dream is to be a wedding planner someday. I love everything to do with weddings, from hearing proposal stories to looking at beautiful gowns to reading wedding blogs. I also love to bake. Cupcake are my absolute favorite, and I'm always trying new recipes. I enjoy cooking as well, but I haven't had as much experience...that will change soon as I start cooking for myself next year though! My other passion is scrapbooking. I've been doing it for several years, and it is the perfect artistic outlet for me, since I am terrible at drawing and painting (unlike Brianna!). Another thing I enjoy is working out! I played basketball for 10 years, and now I stay active by doing yoga, workout videos, running, and intramural basketball at college. Living in SoCal is amazing, and I am so excited to be starting this blog to share with you all the things I love!

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