Recipe: Perfect Dulce de leche cupcakes

Dulce de leche cupcakes. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, and baking powder. In the large bowl, beat together the butter, brown sugar and white sugar until light and fluffy. Beat butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer until light and creamy.

The gooey dulce de leche filling in the center of every cupcake makes them even special when combined with the dulce de leche buttercream frosting. They're simply moist and rich in flavor. Dulce de Leche Cupcakes Dulce De Leche Cupcakes with Dulce De Leche Buttercream Frosting Dulce de leche on its own is amazing. You can have Dulce de leche cupcakes using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Dulce de leche cupcakes

1. It's 150 g of salted butter (softened).
2. Prepare 150 g of caster sugar.
3. You need 175 g of self-raising flour.
4. You need 3 of eggs.
5. It's 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
6. Prepare 1/2 jar of Dulce de leche.
7. You need 150 g of unsalted butter.
8. Prepare 250 g of icing sugar.
9. Prepare 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
10. You need 2 teaspoons of hot water.

Add it in cupcakes and it's out of this world! Moist, tender cupcakes are filled with rich milk caramel and a dulce de leche frosting. The sweet, classic flavor of dulce de leche is in every bite. These Dulce de Leche Cupcakes are sure to become a new favorite.

Dulce de leche cupcakes step by step

1. Preheat oven to 180c (fan oven). Line a 12 section bun tray with cupcake cases. Mix salted butter and sugar together in a large bowl. Add eggs to the mixture and mix well. Add flour to mixture until a nice cake batter. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla extract and mix in evenly. Spoon cake batter evenly into 12 cupcake cases. Bake in the oven for 18 to 20 minutes until risen and cake tester comes out clean..
2. Once cupcakes have cooled on a wire rack. Cut off risen peaks and scoop a small hole into the top of each cupcake..
3. Fill cupcake holes with 1 to 2 teaspoons of Dulce de leche. Ensure cupcakes have a flat top so do not over fill them..
4. Make buttercream icing by beating unsalted butter and icing sugar in bowl until smooth and creamy. Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract and hot water and beat again until smooth..
5. Fill a piping bag with buttercream and pipe onto cupcakes covering the the Dulce de leche. Add other decorations if you wish. I used mini white chocolate stars..

In a large bowl mix together eggs, oil, sour cream, milk, vanilla and dulce de leche. Add in the cake mix and stir until smooth. These Dulce de Leche Cupcakes have a sweet milk caramel filling and dulce de leche frosting piped on top of a rich brown sugar cupcake. They are incredibly moist and tender, with loads of dulce de leche flavor in every bite! Find the FULL RECIPE on Imperial Sugar's site.