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chocolate cupcakes
with salted caramel
Chocolate cupcakes filled with oozy salted caramel, topped with caramel whipped cream icing - these cupcakes are here to fulfil your chocolate cravings.
1.5 hours Makes 12 cupcakes
Chocolate Cupcakes
175 g plain flour
30 g cocoa powder
180 g castor sugar
½ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
75 g chocolate, chopped up
2 eggs, medium sized
120 ml coffee (1 tbsp instant coffee to 120ml hot water, cool before using)
120 ml buttermilk
100 ml vegetable oil
½ tsp vanilla extract
You will need:
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Sift the dry ingredients together in a bowl.
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Whisk the wet ingredients in a separate bowl.
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Mix dry ingredients to the wet ingredients.
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Add in chopped chocolate and mix.
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Pour the mixture into lined cupcake tins 3/4th full.
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Bake in a preheated oven at 160°C for 25 minutes.
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Cool completely before icing.
Salted Caramel Whipped Cream
200ml whipping cream
1 tbsp icing sugar
3-4 tbsp salted caramel sauce
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Whip the cream till it has soft peaks.
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Add icing sugar and salted caramel sauce.
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Whisk again till stiff peaks.
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Cool for ½ hour or more before decorating.
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Assembling the cupcakes:
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Make holes in the cupcake using a chopstick/skewer.
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Fill with salted caramel sauce using a piping bag.
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Decorate with the whipped cream icing.
Reference: Cupcake Jemma on Youtube
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