Salted Caramel Cupcakes

[pigletgirl]

I made the cake version last night & it is a hit with my family.

I only used 8 oz. of the Hershey's store bought caramel & 2 crushed Heath bars, which was more than enough. The caramel is not overpowering & their are candy bar pieces on the entire cake.

Made the homemade buttercream frosting also. Everything was very simple to make.

The only thing I don't understand is why you need the salt? I had sea salt & used it, but would it really matter if you didn't? Is it a sweet/salty thing? I'm not sure it would change the taste if you left the salt out.

I found that the sea salt added an element of surprise. It's kinda like that 'hmmm' factor. It complemented the most with the skor bars.

 

[Christine]

I made the cake version last night & it is a hit with my family.

I only used 8 oz. of the Hershey's store bought caramel & 2 crushed Heath bars, which was more than enough. The caramel is not overpowering & there are candy bar pieces on the entire cake.

Made the homemade buttercream frosting also. Everything was very simple to make.

The only thing I don't understand is why you need the salt? I had sea salt & used it, but would it really matter if you didn't? Is it a sweet/salty thing? I'm not sure it would change the taste if you left the salt out.

I don't think you really did need the salt. The salt I added did not give it the same effect as when I actually eat salted caramels. I think it could easily be left out and not even noticed.

 

[wdwmom0f3]

A possible replacement for the caramel sauce is dulche de leche (though I've never had it with salt added).

Just take a can of condensed (sweetened) milk. Remove the paper label but do not open the can. Take a pot with enough water to completely cover the can and bring the water to a boil. Add can and continue to boil for 3-5 hours (I vary this - the more you cook it, the darker and thicker it gets). Keep an eye on the pot and add water as needed to keep the can covered. Allowing the can to get uncovered can lead to exploding condensed milk - this is not good

Allow to cool before openinng can and stir it up to get to a soft consistency.

Did I mention keeping the can covered by water?

This is what I do to make my Caramel pies. It takes one can per pie, one graham cracker crust and some cool whip on top (once cooled) It's sooo easy & very good!

 

[TriMom]

A possible replacement for the caramel sauce is dulche de leche (though I've never had it with salt added).

Just take a can of condensed (sweetened) milk. Remove the paper label but do not open the can. Take a pot with enough water to completely cover the can and bring the water to a boil. Add can and continue to boil for 3-5 hours (I vary this - the more you cook it, the darker and thicker it gets). Keep an eye on the pot and add water as needed to keep the can covered. Allowing the can to get uncovered can lead to exploding condensed milk - this is not good

Allow to cool before openinng can and stir it up to get to a soft consistency.

Did I mention keeping the can covered by water?

Ya know that paper label you removed? If you look at it closely, it will say "Do not heat contents in unopened can" or something to that effect. I noticed it while I was boiling my can btw.

 

[Wendy31]

I made the cake version for my family last weekend.... sooo good!!

I think I could have put more caramel in the cake though. DH took the leftover caramel & used it as extra "dipping" sauce. LOL! (I also think that I could have salted the caramel a bit more... I followed the recipe exactly, but I think it could have been saltier - but, maybe, if I had injected the cake w/ more caramel, it would have been "right".)

I couldn't find Skor bars & used the Heath pieces that you can find w/ the chocolate chips.

Anyway, I thought the cake was a lovely flavor for fall. So I told my mom that I was baking her one for her birthday in November!

 

[crashbb]

Ya know that paper label you removed? If you look at it closely, it will say "Do not heat contents in unopened can" or something to that effect. I noticed it while I was boiling my can btw.

That's why you take off the label

As long as you keep it covered with water, you'll be fine.

 

[bonkos6]

I made this tonight using brownies as my cake. Yummy!! I used a meat fork to poke holes. My husband loves it. We just had a little piece as I am taking it into work tomorrow.

FYI~ I found my SKOR bars at Rite-Aid.

 

[kidzmom3]

they sound so yummy!

 

[aprilvaca04]

I finally made the cake version of this and my family loved it!!