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. 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. 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. And cupcake liners. And dancing in my kitchen. And eating pumpkin caramels.
I used an open star tip (2D) to pipe out big clouds of cinnamon frosting. Then I simply went back and added a caramel square to each cupcake.
Those look amazing! I NEED to try that frosting ASAP! XOXO
They look delicious!!! I want!! I want! to eat and eat!
I love the cupcakes you came up with! I’ve had chocolate chip pumpkin muffins, which I love, but never though of combining the two flavors so thoroughly. The frosting and caramels puts it over the top!
As always these look amazing. Can’t wait to get my hands on that book. 🙂
I love that you dance in the kitchen!!
Oh those look delish! You are amazing Amanda!
OMGosh! I want this book! FABO-LEE-SSSS!
I think I just gained 3 pounds looking at the pictures and reading your post. YUMMMMM!
MMmmm – MMmmm – MMmmm – Would love to have Sweet Confections sitting on my kitchen bookshelf !!! Thank you – you are so generous.
Would love to try the pumpkin caramels, I didn’t have any idea that such a thing existed!