Chocolate Cupcakes with Caramel Frosting

Name: Chocolate Cupcakes with Caramel Frosting
Prep time: 1 h 40 min
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 15
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking soda; 177 milliliters packed brown sugar; 59 milliliters butter, melted; 414 milliliters confectioners sugar; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 2 Tbsps grape jelly; 79 milliliters half-and-half cream; 237 milliliters mayonnaise; 59 milliliters unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract; 237 milliliters water; 237 milliliters white sugar

Chocolate Cupcakes with Caramel Frosting is If you have confectioners' sugar, sugar, butter, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 15 muffin cups or line with paper baking cups.

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Muffin Liners

Oven

In a large bowl, stir together the white sugar, flour, cocoa, and baking soda. Make a well in the center, and pour in the water, grape jelly, mayonnaise, and 1 teaspoon of vanilla.

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Baking Soda

Grape Jelly

Granulated Sugar

Mayonnaise

Vanilla

Cocoa Powder

All Purpose Flour

Water

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Bowl

Mix just until blended. Spoon the batter into the prepared cups, dividing evenly.

Bake in the preheated oven until the tops spring back when lightly pressed, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool in the pan set over a wire rack. When cool, arrange the cupcakes on a serving platter.

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Cupcakes

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Wire Rack

Oven

Frying Pan

Make the frosting while the cupcakes cool.

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Cupcakes

Frosting

Combine the butter, half-and-half and brown sugar in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring frequently.

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Brown Sugar

Butter

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Sauce Pan

Remove from the heat and stir in the confectioners' sugar and vanilla. Set the pan over a bowl of ice water and whisk or beat with an electric mixer until fluffy. Frost cupcakes when they are completely cool.

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Powdered Sugar