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.
Those looks so yummy!! I recently made homemade caramel too! I sprinkled a little sea salt on top and it turned out better than I expected.
Oh, those cupcakes look lovely, and sound fantastic! And I really want that book!
Those look so good! Perfect for fall!
OMGoodness! These look divine! 🙂 Can’t wait to try your recipe ~ and look for the book to make the caramels…. yummers! 🙂
Must have some now! I cannot wait to try this recipe.
I love pumpkin, but this is taking it to a whole new level of elegance! Must try.
These look delicious! And the pumpkin caramels…WOW!!
Love pumpkins and caramels are my fav candy! Thanks for opportunity to win this book. I would never have attempted to make homemade caramels so if I win those caramel babies will be the first dessert I make!
I love caramels, and I love pumpkin, so these look wonderful. I’ve never made candy before, so this book would be a welcome gift.
People doubt the awesomeness of chocolate + pumpkin, and it is so sad that they do. I became a convert when I made pumpkin muffins with chocolate chips. DEElish.