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Je suis en retard.
Date: Sep. 28th 2008
Category: Cakes, Cheesecakes, Cupcakes and Muffins, Sugar High Fridays
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Je suis en retard.
I am late.
Sweet (and I mean SWEET) Fanny of Foodbeam was the host for this month’s edition of Sugar High Friday. The deadline was September 26.
But today is September 28.
Hmmm …
Since her theme is cupcakes, I am hoping (quite shamelessly) that I can entice Fanny to include me by bribing her with Cinnamon Cupcakes with Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting.
Here’s hoping it works.
S’il vous plaît, Fanny?
Ciao!
Cinnamon Cupcakes with Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting
For the cupcakes:
I used a basic yellow cake recipe to make these cupcakes. The recipe I used comes from Tish Boyle’s The Cake Book, but you can find great yellow cake recipes all over the web. Try this one, for example. I altered my recipe by baking half of it in mini paper cups and the other half in a 9-inch cake pan.
For the frosting:
1 pckg. cream cheese (8 ounces), at room temperature
1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/4 cup caramel sauce
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup icing sugarIn the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese and butter together at high speed until light (about 2 minutes).
Lower the speed and add the vanilla extract and caramel sauce. Mix well.
With the speed on low, add the icing sugar until incorporated and then increase the speed to high and whip the frosting for 2 minutes.
Apply liberally to the base of your choice. Or eat with spoon.
Enjoy!
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09/28/08 at 9:06 am
Your cupcakes look terrific! I love the flavor combo! Delicious!
I made some this weekend for a birthday party (Dark Chocolate & Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting/Vanilla & Lemon Buttercream)…
Cheers,
Rosa
09/28/08 at 10:22 am
Oh. my. goodness. This is exactly the kind of thing that I would eat and eat and eat beyond any need to actually keep consuming food. Put cream cheese frosting on ANYTHING and I’ll devour it, but goodness. This is just over the top. They look like little clouds of cream cheese frosting… and with caramel? Oh boy. I’m really glad there isn’t a plate of these in my kitchen. I’d be in a sugar coma.
09/28/08 at 8:20 pm
If Fanny won’t take the cupcakes, I will! Anything with cream cheese frosting is a win for me.
09/29/08 at 1:02 am
Well, late or not those look fantastic!
09/29/08 at 1:36 am
Late and DELICIOUS!
09/29/08 at 2:32 am
Better late than never right? They look heavenly!
09/29/08 at 5:52 am
very few things would be better than a cinnamon cupcake topped with cream cheese frosting. one of those things would be a cinnamon cupcake topped with caramel cream cheese frosting. i’m absolutely delighted by this. delighted, i tell you.
09/29/08 at 6:49 am
No problem Ivonne. If Fanny’s party is over, just let me know we’ll throw another wing-ding just for these!
Cinnamon and caramel cream cheese frosting will never be retard but always brilliant!
09/29/08 at 6:51 am
As the saying goes, “better late than never!”
And WOWZA do those cupcakes look stunning.
09/29/08 at 7:01 am
What am I missing? These look yum-o but where is the cinnamon? How much do I need to add to the yellow cake recope that you sited?
09/29/08 at 9:16 am
Who cares about being late? These look fantastic! You are just fashionably late:)
09/29/08 at 1:59 pm
Wow, they look sooo good!
10/1/08 at 8:32 am
Allo! J’adore ton blog! C’est super cool!!
10/1/08 at 6:00 pm
Oh yum! They look so decadent with that drizzle of caramel sauce…
10/4/08 at 1:00 pm
Looks fantastic. It would be a shame if Fanny doesn’t take it !
10/11/08 at 8:15 pm
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10/13/08 at 3:50 am
Oh these look so delish! You must tell me… where did you get those white cupcake baking cups? I’ve searched for them everywhere & can not locate them. I absolutely adore them!
Also, can you recommend an easy yet fabulous chocolate cake. My 5 yr. old son has requested I bake a 3 tier chocolate cake with swirls & flower designs. I’m not sure he realizes I am NOT a wedding cake designer! lol! But I do have access to good chocolate since we live in Belgium. So I can partly accommodate him with a petite chocolate cake.
If you could recommend a chocolate cake & icing recipe (that does not involve powdered sugar) I would be most grateful. Thank you!
Have a great week!
10/14/08 at 3:47 pm
Heavens! Those cakes look and sound incredibly delicious. How I love carmel. Carmel and cream cheese? Out of control.
And it’s too funny: The title of your post took me right back to ninth-grade French class, where we used to practice that exact phrase.
01/28/09 at 4:01 pm
Hi Ivonne! I just want to say I’ve been following your blog for a while. I always look forward to read what you’ve cooked up in the kitchen.
I used this caramel frosting on top of chocolate cinnamon cupcakes. They were absolutely divine!