Salted Caramel Dark Chocolate Cupcakes
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Ingredients
- Salted container of marshmallow fluff
- Dark Chocolate Cupcakes
- 1 cup INGREDIENTS:
- 1 3/4 cup flour
- 3/4 cup half-and-half
- 1 1/2 tsp can of Pet Milk
- 1 1/2 tsp egg
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup jam (any kind, but preferably homemade blackberry with the seeds in and nothing used but sugar and berries to make the jam)
- 1/2 cup pecans (chopped or whole, whichever you prefer)
- 2 tsp grated cheese
- 3/4 to Caramel Dark Chocolate Cupcakes
- Marshmallow heavy cream
- 3/4 cup butter + extra (to butter wax paper)
- 2 cups unsalted butter
- 1-3 tsp the Caramel Sauce
- 1 tsp butter
- 1 (198 g) dark cocoa
- salt Filling:
- For vegetable oil
- 1 cup Chocolate Cupcakes
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 TBSP grated cheese
- 4 TBSP butter
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
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Instructions
- For the Cupcake: Heat oven to 350 F
- Line cupcake pans with cupcake liners
- In a large mixer bowl, stir together dry ingredients
- Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed for three minutes
- Stir in boiling water by hand (batter will be thin)
- (NOTE: I prefer using in between 3/4 cup and 1 cup of boiling water just until it is perfect to my eye
- ) Pour into cupcake pan
- Because they have a tendency to overflow, fill the cupcake liners 2/3 full
- Bake 18-20 min
- Cool 10 min; remove from pan to wire racks
- For the Frosting: Sift powdered sugar and set aside
- In a mixer, beat the butter until soft and fluffy
- You'll have to scape the sides of the bowl several times
- Add the powdered sugar and mix until smooth
- Add the vanilla and heavy cream and beat until smooth
- Beat in the marshmallow fluff until smooth
- For the Caramel Sauce: Mix the brown sugar, half-and-half, butter, and salt in a saucepan over medium-low heat
- Cook while whisking gently for 5 to 7 minutes, until it gets thicker
- Add the vanilla and turn off the heat, cool slightly and pour the sauce into jar
- Assemble Take a Cupcake and pipe icing on top
- Drizzle on Caramel sauce and you can put a pretzel on top
- Enjoy!!
Recipe Notes
My mom loves dark chocolate and I thought marshmallow icing sounds pretty good with a chocolate cupcake. Also while scrolling though Pinterest, I saw the pioneer woman's caramel sauce recipe and I was like put it on a cupcake! So the Salted Carmel Dark Chocolate Cupcake was born.
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