Treat Yourself With These Caramel Swirl Cupcakes

These light and airy vanilla cupcakes are pure bliss. They are topped with a decadent caramel and cream cheese icing. Not only do they look amazing they taste fantastic too.

Make a double batch as these cupcakes will definitely be in demand.

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Caramel Cupcake Recipe

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Recipe by Melissa JacobsCourse: DessertCuisine: GlobalDifficulty: Easy

Prep time

20

minutes

Cooking time

20

minutes

Total time

40

minutes

Classic vanilla cupcake recipe with a caramel topping swirl.

Ingredients

• 125 ml butter

• 200 ml sugar

• 2 eggs

• 10 ml baking powder

• 2 ml salt

• 5 ml vanilla essence

• 500 ml flour

• milk

• INGREDIENTS – TOPPING

• 125 ml icing sugar

• 200 ml butter

• 100 ml cream cheese

• 150 ml caramel

Method – cupcakes

• Beat the sugar and butter until its is creamy and turns white.
• Add the eggs and beat lightly.
• Sift the dry ingredients with the mixture.
• Add the milk, vanilla essence and beat gently.
• Scoop equal amounts into a greased muffin pan.
• Bake at 180 degrees for 20 min minutes.
• METHOD – TOPPING
• Mix the butter and cream cheese.
• Sift the icing sugar with the mixture and mix.
• In a piping bag with a nozzle of your choice, layer the icing sugar and caramel.
• Pipe onto the cooled cupcakes.
• Dust with icing sugar.

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