Apple Cider Cupcakes & Salted Caramel Buttercream

Robert
Robert @cook_3787120

Apple Cider Cupcakes & Salted Caramel Buttercream

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Ingredients

  1. cupcakes
  2. 2eggs
  3. 1 2/3 cupall purpose flour
  4. 1 cupapple cider
  5. 2/3 cupsugar
  6. 1/2 cupbutter, softened
  7. 2 tspbaking powder
  8. 1 tspcinnamon
  9. 1/2 tspsalt
  10. 1 tspvanilla extract
  11. frosting
  12. 1/2 cupbutter softened
  13. 1/2 cupshortening
  14. 1/2 bagKraft caramels, melted with 2 tbsp water
  15. 1 tspsalt
  16. 4 cuppowdered sugar
  17. 1 tbspmilk for thinning if needed (or 2 tbsp)

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    For cupcakes: Whisk together all ingredients.

  2. 2

    Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full and bake at 350º for 19 minutes.

  3. 3

    For buttercream: In a stand mixer, cream together the butter and shortening.

  4. 4

    Add the powdered sugar and the caramel alternately (add the salt in with the caramel), mixing after each addition.

  5. 5

    Add milk, by the tbsp. as needed for thinning

  6. 6

    *The caramel is a little tricky just in that it needs to be the right temperature-- warm enough that it's still liquid and can blend into the buttercream, but not so hot that it melts the butter making everything too thin. Evaluate the buttercream at about 4 tbsp of caramel-- if it's getting way too thin, stop adding caramel or add more powdered sugar. I found that 6 Tbsp. was perfect for my batch.

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Comments (2)

WuzDum
WuzDum @cook_3014821
Can you tell how just to make the caramel right as lovely as your cupcakes. Im making vanilla cupcake with butter cream icing with caramel drizzle on top. For my boyfriend birthday.

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