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Salted Caramel Cupcakes
These irresistible homemade salted caramel cupcakes are soaked in silky caramel sauce, frosted with fluffy caramel buttercream, and finished with flaked sea salt.
👥 18 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 45 min⏳ Prep: 25 min🔥 Cook: 20 min👤 Shelly📖 cookiesandcups
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- saucepan
- oven
- bowl
- whisk
- mixing bowl
- knife
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Caramel Sauce:
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In a large saucepan over medium heat, melt butter and light and dark brown sugars, and milk together. Bring to a boil.
butter12 Tablespoonsbutter, room temperature4 Tablespoonscup whole milk3/4milk2 Tablespoons
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Let mixture boil for ⏱️ 3 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.
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Cupcakes:
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Preheat oven to 350°F.
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Line muffin tin with cupcake liners.
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In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Whisk together.
salt1 tspSea salt for topping
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In mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar over medium speed for ⏱️ 3 minutes. Add eggs and vanilla and continue beating until combined, scraping the sides of the bowl when necessary.
butter12 Tablespoonsbutter, room temperature4 Tablespoonseggs3vanilla2 teaspoons
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Add the flour and the milk, beating on low speed until ingredients are just combined.
cup whole milk3/4milk2 Tablespoons
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Fill each liner about 3/4 full, about 1/4 cup batter.
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Bake approximately ⏱️ 20 minutes until the centers are set.
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Transfer to wire rack and let cool for ⏱️ 10 minutes.
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Caramel Buttercream:
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While cupcakes are cooling, make your frosting. Combine butter, powdered sugar, 3/4 cup prepared (and cooled) caramel sauce, and milk in a mixing bowl. Beat ingredients together about ⏱️ 2 minutes until creamy.
butter12 Tablespoonsbutter, room temperature4 Tablespoonspowdered sugar3 cupscup whole milk3/4milk2 Tablespoons
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Assembling the Cupcakes:
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After cupcakes have cooled for about ⏱️ 10 minutes, pierce tops of cupcakes with a sharp knife or skewer about 10 times. Pour about 1 tablespoon of caramel sauce on top of each cupcake, allowing it to absorb into the holes.
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Let the cupcakes finish cooling completely and then frost with about 2 tablespoons of frosting on each. Lightly sprinkle your cupcakes with (coarse or flaked) sea salt.
salt1 tspSea salt for topping
Nutrition Facts
calories
497 calories
fat Content
19.5 g
fiber Content
0.3 g
sugar Content
69.5 g
sodium Content
337.3 mg
protein Content
3.4 g
trans Fat Content
0 g
cholesterol Content
80.6 mg
carbohydrate Content
79.8 g
saturated Fat Content
11.8 g
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