These are Pumpkin Chocolate cupcakes with Cinnamon Buttercream and Pumpkin Caramels on top!
Having never have made caramels before, the process seemed daunting.
But I got this new book, Sweet Confections by Nina Wanat and knew I wanted to try. Â Her directions are easy to follow and the photography was done by the amazing Todd and Diane of White on Rice.
The pictures are enough to make you drop everything and run to the store for supplies.
These tasted amazing. Â Ah-mazing.
I remembered I had some of these fun fee-standing cupcake liners and I literally danced over to my supply closet to retrieve them.
Um, I like baking. Â And cupcake liners. Â And dancing in my kitchen. Â And eating pumpkin caramels.
I used an open star tip (2D) to pipe out big clouds of cinnamon frosting. Â Then I simply went back and added a caramel square to each cupcake.
I must get that recipe for pumpkin caramels!!! I LOVE all things pumpkin and I have never had a pumpkin caramel!! Yum!!
Can’t wait to try these. I love pumpkin AND chocolate…can’t think of a better way to have both 🙂
These look so yummy! I know what I’m baking this weekend. 🙂
This is great! a recently made caramels, but I make like 80 and they are far too much, so now I know what can I do with them!
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I am a baking and pastry student at Johnson & Wales and have yet to make caramels. Def on my to do list!
I must try these cupcakes. They look delish. Thanks so much for your blog. I love reading it. My heart speeds up a little every time i see a new post.
They look wonderful! My sister sent me your entry for the Rose Cake and I made it for my 50th birthday! It was so much fun! Thank you for posting!
Oooh, those look divine!!
I love your cupcakes. I love your liners. I love the pretty swirl of the buttercream. But most of all, I love that you dance around your kitchen when baking. I like to know I’m not dancing alone!
Love the candies! Adorable on top of cupcakes, what a cute idea 🙂