Peanut Butter Caramel Cupcakes
How to make delicious peanut butter cupcakes filled with homemade caramel sauce and caramel cream cheese frosting! Yum!
Caramel comes first!
I´m a sucker for salted caramel.. anything with the combo sweet & salty and I just can´t get enough of it.. This time I used my delicious and tasty homemade caramel sauce and paired it with a salty peanut butter cupcake 😉
If you like the combo of peanut butter and caramel, these cupcakes are for you!
Ingredients
- Makes 36 cupcakes (2 tablespoons of batter/ liner)
- 50g butter without salt at room temperature
- 200ml full cream (heated for 15 seconds in the microwave)
- 1 cup of white sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 1 cup peanut butter at room temperature
- 113g butter without salt at room temperature
- 2 cups of brown sugar
- 2 ½ cups of sifted flour
- 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 2 L eggs at room temperature
- 1 ½ cups of low fat milk (not fat free)
- 2 x 250g butter without salt at room temperature
- 2 heaped tablespoons of full cream cheese
- 4 heaped tablespoons of homemade caramel sauce (as above)
- pinch of salt
- 2 ½ – 3 cups of sifted icing sugar (depending on taste)
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Instructions
- Heat sugar on medium temperature in a heavy bottom sauce pan until the sugar has melted and it has a rich amber colour, turn off the heat and slowly add the cream (be extremely careful as the sugar mixture can splash at this time), now add the butter and vanilla. Take off the stove and let cool at room temperature.
- Pre-heat your oven at 175ºC and prepare your cupcake tray with your liners. Sift your dry ingredients together and leave to one side. Mix together on medium to high speed your butter, peanut butter and brown sugar (this step takes about 10 minutes because brown sugar needs longer time to reach the consistency needed for the cupcakes). Add your eggs 1 by 1 and then your vanilla essence. Now add your dry ingredients and milk alternatively. Don´t overmix the batter! Scoop 2 x tablespoons of the batter into each cupcake liner and bake for 20-22 minutes. Let cool for aprox. 10 minutes on a cooling rack and remove from the cupcake tray. Cool completely before frosting.
- Sift your icing sugar and salt together. Cream your butter and cream cheese together with your paddle attachment (not whisk). Slowly add your icing sugar mixture and when well combined, add your caramel sauce. Ensure the mixture is creamy and well blended. Frost your cooled cupcakes (I used a large open star tip with a “ice cream swirl” motion, topped it with more caramel sauce and lastly but surely not the least, some delicious chocolate M&M´s in different colours.. YUM!!
Full of flavor!
I absolutelty love the flavor of these cupcakes, they are simply too good to resist! I will definitely be making this recipe again!!
To make the cute little flag toppers, all you need is some toothpicks, your favourite coloured/patterned washi-tape & a good pair of scissors.. it couldn´t be easier 🙂
I´m heading to a friend´s birthday party so I need to say goodbye but I promise to share a new recipe very soon!
I´m not sure if you agree but I suffer from withdrawel symptoms if I don´t bake or make something at least every 2 to 3 days (really). I absolutely love spending time in my kitchen 🙂
Happy baking guys!
Johlene
xoxo
Danguole says
That frosting looks so dreamy and smooth!
Johlene Orton says
It was yummy beievvvvvvvvvve me..lol
Ashley @ Wishes and Dishes says
Love the caramel drizzled on top…and the color the M and M’s give these! Delicious!
Johlene Orton says
These were really yummy… love this peanut butter cake recipe!! xoxo
Elizabeth Waterson says
GOoooorgeous cupcakes!! Caramel and me are lovers so I know I would devour these 🙂
Johlene Orton says
Caramel and me too..haha I just loveeeeeeeeeee it!! xoxo
Elizabeth - SugarHero.com says
I love the sweet and salty combo too–these cupcakes look incredible!
Johlene Orton says
Thanks! I´m not sure why but when I see a caramel drizzle my mouth starts to water! xoxo
Aisha says
Mi hija está emocionadísima mirando tus cupcakes… me va a tocar preparárselos… jajajaja
besos
Johlene Orton says
Jajaja! Te animo porque son deliciosos!! xoxo
sprinklesandsauce says
these look like so much fun! love the m&m’s! 🙂
Johlene Orton says
Me too they, I think add just the right touch! xoxo
Twenties Chic says
I agree! Salted caramel is to die for! Great pictures, pinning this 🙂
Johlene Orton says
Thanks for pinning Twenties Chic (cool name by the way)! xoxo
June says
Oh my gosh that caramel. And that frosting. So many rich flavors! 🙂
Johlene Orton says
I agree “that” caramel.. between caramel and chocolate I always choose caramel 🙂 xoxo