Salted Caramel Cupcakes
Description
Homemade pastries for tea. Cupcakes are enjoyed by both adults and children. So if you still haven’t made cupcakes with salted caramel, be sure to try them, especially since it’s very simple if you follow the step-by-step recommendations. These cupcakes will decorate any festive table. The baked goods are ready. Serve to the table.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients.
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Step 2
Pour 150 grams of sugar into a saucepan and place it over low heat; do not stir.
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Step 3
The sugar should start to melt and change color.
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Step 4
When the sugar starts to darken, remove it from the heat and stir in the butter.
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Step 5
Pour in the warm cream here as well, add the vanilla sugar, and stir well until smooth. Add salt to taste, then put it back on the heat.
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Step 6
Simmer the caramel over low heat; if you have a thermometer, the caramel temperature should reach 102–104 degrees. If you do not have a special thermometer, use 5–6 minutes as a guide. Remove from the heat and let cool.
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Step 7
Place 70 grams of butter into a mixing bowl, add 90 grams of sugar, and beat at low speed.
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Step 8
Add 2 eggs one at a time and add 2 yolks. Separate the 2 whites immediately into a saucepan; you will return to them later. Whisk everything.
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Step 9
Add the flour and baking powder, then start beating the batter at low speed.
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Step 10
Pour the milk into the batter and whisk once more.
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Step 11
Add 4–5 tablespoons of salted caramel, cooled to room temperature, to the batter and whisk.
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Step 12
Pour the batter into the prepared molds.
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Step 13
Bake the cupcakes at 180 degrees for about 30 minutes; check doneness with a wooden skewer.
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Step 14
Using an apple corer, make an indentation, stopping just short of the bottom of the cupcake.
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Step 15
Using a piping bag, fill the cupcakes with salted caramel.
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Step 16
Pour sugar into the saucepan containing the egg whites, heat it, but do not bring it to a boil.
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Step 17
Add lemon juice to the heated mixture.
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Step 18
Whip the egg white mixture until stiff peaks form.
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Step 19
Transfer the meringue cream to a piping bag fitted with a "closed star" tip. Pipe a cream "cap" onto the cupcakes. Decorate the cupcakes to your taste. I complemented the pastries with fresh berries.
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Step 20
Transfer some of the salted caramel into a disposable piping bag. Make a small opening and decorate the tops of the cupcakes with thin salted caramel "threads." In just a short time, the cream and caramel will stabilize and set. But waiting is not necessary at all, because the cupcakes are simply very tempting. Brew some tea or coffee and enjoy delicious and beautiful homemade pastries!