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Dulce De Leche Pumpkin Cupcakes


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Why I Love This Recipe

Pumpkin cupcakes are filled with caramelly dulce de leche and frosted with dulce de leche buttercream. Originally designed for Halloween, but feel free to leave off the Halloween decorations in the photo and enjoy them any time of the year! The spiderweb decoration was made with 3 tablespoons semisweet chocolate and 1/4 teaspoon shortening melted together over a double boiler. The melted chocolate was then spooned into a Ziploc bag, a tiny corner was cut off the bottom of the bag and the chocolate was piped into 4 circles on top of each cupcake. A toothpick was then dragged through the circles to make a spiderweb shape. Please visit my food blog for more sweet recipes - http://www.sweetestkitchen.com


Ingredients You'll Need

FOR CUPCAKES:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon allspice
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted and cooled
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
7.5 ounces pureed pumpkin

FOR DULCE DE LECHE:
1 14oz can sweetened condensed milk
boiling water

FOR DULCE DE LECHE BUTTERCREAM:
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 tablespoons heavy cream
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups powdered sugar
pinch of salt
1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons prepared dulce de leche


Directions

FOR CUPCAKES:


Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cupcake pans with paper liners; set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and allspice; set aside.


In a large bowl, whisk together, brown sugar, granulated sugar, butter, and eggs. Add dry ingredients, and whisk until smooth. Whisk in pumpkin puree.


Divide batter evenly among liners, filling each about halfway. Bake until tops spring back when touched, and a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes, rotating pans once if needed. Transfer to a wire rack; let cool completely.


Once cooled, using the cone method, fill each cupcake with a dollop of dulce de leche and frost with dulce de leche buttercream.


FOR DULCE DE LECHE:


Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.


Open up the can and pour the sweetened-condensed milk into a pie pan. Cover tightly with foil. Place into a larger pan and pour boiling water in larger pan & around pie plate (level of water should be about halfway up the pie plate). Don’t let any water seep up and into the pie plate.


Place in oven and bake for 1 hour. At the one hour point, peel off foil and check for progress. If the mixture has thickened and turned a caramelly color, it’s done. If it doesn’t quite look thick enough or dark enough, cover it up and bake it a little longer (mine took 75 minutes).


When the mixture appears to have turned into a nice, thick caramel, remove from the oven. Let sit for a few minutes, and then beat with an electric mixer until smooth.


FOR DULCE DE LECHE BUTTERCREAM:


Cream together softened butter and powdered sugar on low using an electric mixer. Add cream and vanilla and beat on medium speed until smooth and no lumps appear. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Add the prepared dulce de leche and beat to incorporate.


Questions, Comments & Reviews


WOW! These are fabulous! I'd going to add this recipe & photo to our Halloween newsletter of "must makes" for a spooky good time.. great job!

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