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.
Going to make these right now. They’ll go most wonderfully with the “new baby meal” I’m making. With a few for my monkeys too, of coarse.
These look Amazing! And congrats on your own book too 🙂
That looks devine!
pumpkin and chocolate make an unexpectedly delicious combination!
OH my those look amazing! I love anything pumpkin did my first pumpkin butter last year.
I am so excited for you` and your book!!
Pumpkin Caramels! I am intrigued! I would love to win this book and give them a try. Thank you for offering it.
Oooh, I love pumpkin season!!
Yum Yum in the tum, as my mom used to say. : )
Are you still accepting comments for the giveaway? Always love a new book 🙂
My new favorite thing to cook in the kitchen is now pumpkin. And I’m super curious about the whole pumpkin caramel idea…
I also enjoy dancing in the kitchen.