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.
These cupcakes sound wonderful! Love the chocolate/pumpkin combo! Thank you for the giveaway!
I made some Caramel/Spice cupcakes in a jar with Caramel Frosting (made with melted Kraft caramels) this past weekend and all the while, I was craving some chocolate. This recipe sounds like the perfect solution to my craving. I am going to head home after work and see if I can replicate this recipe. I adore the concept of homemade caramels and I would love to give them a try. The homemade ones look DELISH! Now I am smiling while sitting at my desk plotting who I can share these with.
Yummers! Can’t wait to try these. Love your blogs. Please enter me in the draw. Thanks 🙂
Aaaaahhh! This is awesome!
MMMMMMMMM!!!! These are going on the “Need to be made” list!
They look elegantly delicious.
Those cupcakes look amazingly good!! Especially the caramel though!!
Oh my. I wonder if you can make the caramels with fresh pumpkin?
These just look delicious! I just moved to my own apartment from college and your recipes are an inspiration! Not to mention I am obsessed with all things pumpkin, must make these cupcakes 🙂
Looks amazing. Can’t wait to make these tonight!