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Recipe: Caramel and Cocoa Cupcakes

February 14, 2013

cupcakes

This is a recipe adapted from a lovely new baking book in my collection, Peggy Porschen’s Boutique Baking. Her cupcake boutique is always filled to the brim with pretty and intricately decorated cakes. It is definitely on my list of places to visit when London-bound. Since receiving the book for Christmas, I’ve had my eye on Peggy’s triple layer Creamy Caramel Cake, but in the end, I wondered if I’d be the only one left eating it. So, I decided to halve the cake mix to make 12 individual cupcakes instead. I added some My Secret Kitchen Vanilla Pudding Spices (cinnamon would work well, too) and used a toffee sauce, since that’s what I had, in place of dulce de leche. Peggy suggests making a sugar syrup to soak into the cakes once baked, but as these were small cupcakes with plenty of sweet frosting on top I didn’t think it was necessary.

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About Ren

Ren Behan is a British-born food writer of Polish descent. She is a mum to three young children (13, 10 and 5) and spends lots of time with them in the kitchen. Ren writes about seasonal, family-friendly food on her blog www.renbehan.com. She also contributes recipes and articles to online and print food publications, such as Food52.com, GreatBritishChefs.com, Huff Post Food and JamieOliver.com. She holds a Diploma in Food Journalism with Distinction and has completed a Food Styling course at Leiths School of Food and Wine.

Ren’s cookbook, Wild Honey and Rye: Modern Polish Recipes, draws upon her Polish heritage and regular travels to Poland.

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  4. Shu Han says

    February 23, 2013 at 5:12 pm

    that’s gorgeous ren! too much sinful things in one cupcake but argh too difficult to resist 😀

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    • Ren says

      February 25, 2013 at 4:34 pm

      One little cake won’t hurt…

      Reply
  5. Jeanne @ Cooksister says

    February 22, 2013 at 12:06 pm

    Caramel and cocoa… what’s not to like, seriously?! I haven’t baked cupcakes in an age but feel the urge welling up…

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    • Ren says

      February 25, 2013 at 4:34 pm

      Me too, gotta love a cup cake!

      Reply
  6. Fuss Free Helen says

    February 19, 2013 at 10:47 am

    As I have just said on another blog there is nothing like expressing your love in a home made gift.
    Lovely cupcakes! Thank you so much for sending to Credit Crunch Munch!

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    • Ren says

      February 25, 2013 at 4:34 pm

      Thank you Helen, hope you are well! xx

      Reply
  7. Andrea Mynard says

    February 17, 2013 at 8:52 pm

    These look wonderful Ren, very tempting!

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    • Ren says

      February 18, 2013 at 9:07 am

      Thank you so much Andrea, hope you are well x

      Reply
  8. Nicola. says

    February 16, 2013 at 11:33 pm

    These cupcakes look delicious! Lovely blog 🙂

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    • Ren says

      February 17, 2013 at 8:38 am

      Thank you Nicola, have a lovely weekend x

      Reply
  9. Sally - My Custard Pie says

    February 16, 2013 at 5:24 am

    Have heard a lot about the Peggy book although I don’t do fancy baking much these days. Bookmarked for the teens to bake – they like to take cupcakes into school. They become very popular and aren’t tempted to eat too many themselves.

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    • Ren says

      February 16, 2013 at 10:21 am

      I don’t think I had baked anything since before Christmas! And sadly I felt much better for it. These was quite dainty. There are quite a lot of lovely recipes in the book and I just got a new one too, called Annie Bell’s Baking Bible which looks rather lovely!

      Reply
  10. Jacqueline says

    February 16, 2013 at 12:13 am

    They look wonderful Ren and I love the dusting of cocoa on top 🙂

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    • Ren says

      February 16, 2013 at 10:20 am

      Thanks Jac, simples!

      Reply
  11. Shu Han says

    February 16, 2013 at 12:00 am

    wow these look amazing ren! I had an awful valentine’s day, stuck at hoem working on my projects.. wish I had a cupcake or two to cheer me up. oh well, tis all over! hope you had a wonderful day x

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    • Ren says

      February 16, 2013 at 10:20 am

      Yep all done for another year. I was posting this recipe at 8.30pm or whenever, home too with a poorly husband. It was a very good job I had these cupcakes!

      Reply
  12. Paula Hart says

    February 14, 2013 at 11:29 pm

    I’m a sucker for cupcakes….these look lovely Ren I may have to try these!
    Have to say while I’m here that I love love your photography too,very professional 🙂

    Reply
    • Ren says

      February 16, 2013 at 10:19 am

      Thank you so much Paula, such a lovely comment. I love them too!

      Reply
  13. Camilla @Fabfood4all says

    February 14, 2013 at 9:16 pm

    These sound absolutely yummy, chocolate and toffee were made for each other:-) Thank you for entering this month’s Credit Crunch Munch!

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    • Ren says

      February 16, 2013 at 10:19 am

      Thank you Camilla, yes really mine should be toffee and cocoa cupcakes but dulce de leche is the best thing to use which will make them caramel! There isn’t much difference. Looking forward to the round-up x

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