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.
I would be delighted!!!
OH wow! these look so awesome!!!
can;t wait to try it out 🙂
Wow!! Looks so delicious… mouth watering!! Love the way you’ve frosted your cupcake with butter cream. Lovely post.
Those look amazing… must try them! 🙂
I’ve got to try those caramels for myself. Crossing my fingers!
Looks delicious!
I’ve been wanting to make caramel for ages. It’s been a massive fail the two times I’ve tried, so hopefully this book will help!
Amanda! I think I died and went to pumpkin heaven…….where I met chocolate!! OMG these look and sound amazing!!
Yummm!!! THough it can be sad to see summer go, fall brings all these great aromas and rich flavor combinations.
Wow, those caramels look great! I love pumpkin flavored anything~ It’s such a comforting taste. And I love using pumpkin because I can make it as sweet as I want. While I prefer my pumpkin with raisins, I will have to try some chocolate with it!