This chocolate turtle cupcake has everything. It’s a chocolate cupcake with a pocket of caramel sauce tucked inside, and on top of that is caramel buttercream with some sprinkled brown sugar pecans and to finish everything off . . . drizzled caramel and chocolate sauce.
Chocolate Turtle Cupcakes
This chocolate turtle cupcake has everything. It’s a chocolate cupcake with a pocket of caramel sauce tucked inside, and on top of that is caramel buttercream with some sprinkled brown sugar pecans and to finish everything off . . . drizzled caramel and chocolate sauce.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 4 large eggs, at room temperature
- 6 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted (*see note)
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 5 tablespoons water
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2/3 cup whipping cream
- ½ cup + 2 tbsp granulated sugar, divided
- 2 tbsp water
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ cup whipping cream
- ¼ cup whole milk
- 4 egg yolks
- 2 sticks unsalted butter (room temperature)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp dark rum
- 1cup pecans
- 6 tablespoon butter
- ¾ cup packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/8 salt
Caramel Sauce (to fill cupcake hole):
Caramel Buttercream:
Brown Sugar Pecans:
Be the first to comment