Malt Salted Caramel Cupcakes
By Cameo Cupcakes
Makes 12 cakes
Ingredients
Cake
180g salted butter, softened
220g caster sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 large eggs
5 tbsp milk
280g fine self raising flour
½ cup of sunflower oil
Topping and Filling
500g buttercream (250g softened salted butter, 250g icing sugar, milk)
12 Malted Milk biscuits
4 tablespoons of Horlicks
12 teaspoons of tinned Carnation Caramel
Pinch of salt to taste
Decorations
Pastel yellow glitter and white chocolate coated Crispearls (From HB Ingredients)
Method
Cake
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Preheat oven to 160°C.
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Line a 12 hole muffin tin with cupcake cases
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Beat the softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy, add vanilla extract.
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Add eggs, two at a time and mix in, then add milk and mix in
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Add flour and beat until the mixture is smooth, do not over beat.
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Spoon into prepared cases (2.9fl.oz. ice cream scoop is ideal for this) and bake for approximately 20 minutes, until just firm on top.
Decoration
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Place your caramel in a small bowl and add a pinch of salt, mix to taste.
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Scoop out a hole in your cupcakes (or use a bismark tool) and fill with the salted caramel sauce.
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Crush the biscuits into fine crumbs and add to a bowl with the Horlicks. Mix into the buttercream until all combined.
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Pipe onto the cupcake and add decorations and glitter.