I've mentioned before that I'm on a quest to make the world's best cupcakes. Well, Alton Brown told me that I'm better off just using a box cake mix, and making my own frosting, but what the heck does he know, right? Oh yeah, lots.
So, I was bored one morning and decided to go ahead and use the box of white cake mix I had to make some cupcakes. Then I remembered that I had gotten peanut butter chips and caramel sauce for a cake that I never made, and I figured, I love peanut butter, and I love caramel, so let's do this thing.
This recipe is super easy.
1 box of white cake mix(prepared according to directions)
Peanut Butter chips
Caramel Sauce
That's it.
Mix the cake mix up, then pour into cupcake pans(about 1/2 full) then add peanut butter chips and a squirt of caramel to each one, then top with more cake mix. Bake in 350 degree oven for 15-20 minutes.
They were awesome. So awesome they didn't even need frosting. And honestly, I wasn't sure what kind of frosting they would call for. They were REALLY sweet, so frosting would have been overkill, and the caramel made them so moist that it really wasn't necessary for that either. They would have been fine with frosting, but I actually liked them without, which is weird, because normally I love the frosting more than the cake.
Here's what I would have done differently. More peanut butter chips per cupcake. I only put 6 in each, and they could have probably used 10-12 in each. Also, a larger squirt of caramel in each one. I put probably 1/2 tsp-1 tsp in each, and it could have used closer to a tablespoon.
Also, I think they would have been neater looking had there been more PB and caramel. As it was, it all stayed right in the middle, whereas I was anticipating a spreading throughout the cupcake. Well, live and learn.
These are definitely going on the list of things to make again.
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