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Popcorn & Salted Caramel Cupcakes

Vanilla sponge, salted caramel buttercream, sweet caramel popcorn
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Cupcake
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 12
Author thebakingexplorer

Ingredients

Sponge

  • 175 g Butter
  • 175 g Caster sugar
  • 3 Eggs large
  • 2 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 175 g Self raising flour

Buttercream

  • 300 g Icing sugar
  • 150 g Baking spread
  • 1 ½ tsp Caramel extract
  • ½ tsp Salt

Filling & Decoration

  • 175g Carnation caramel
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 bag of Toffee popcorn
  • Edible glitter

Instructions

  • Pre-heat your oven to 180C/160C Fan/350F/Gas Mark 4 and line a cupcake tin with paper cases
  • To make the cupcakes cream together the butter and the caster sugar
  • Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing between each addition. Then add the vanilla extract
  • Fold in the self raising flour
  • Divide the mixture between the cupcakes cases, and bake them for 20-25 minutes until then are golden brown. Put them on a rack to cool completely
  • Mix together the caramel and the salt. Once the cupcakes have cooled, use a knife or cupcake corer to make a hole in each cake, then fill it with the caramel mixture
  • Make the buttercream by mixing together the butter, the icing sugar, caramel extract and salt. When the cupcakes are fully cool, use a piping bag and nozzle to swirl the buttercream onto each one
  • Stick the toffee popcorn all over the buttercream and add edible glitter, serve immediately
  • Store in an airtight container in a cool place, eat leftovers within 3 days