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 so yummy!!!
Those look awesome. My initial reaction was “eh, not chocolate.” But then I read the post and they **are** chocolate. Which makes me want those cupcakes and a steaming hot mug of apple cider. Even though I live in Florida and it’s 83 degrees outside…
Yum! Thanks for your delicious blog!
Wow! Those look fantastic!
I adore cupcakes. I think I will be trying these out for my church’s annual Thanksgiving dinner. Exciting!!
Thank you!! 🙂
I love love love cinnamon buttercream!
Holy Cow – those look good!
These look delish! I love making candy and would love to win this book.
Oh, I would absolutely love that book! And the cupcakes look amazing!
Those sound absolutely amazing!! Perfect dessert for this time of year.