Dulce de Leche

Yesterday I spent the morning trying 2 new cupcake recipes! The first one I tried was Martha Stewarts Snickerdoodle Cupcakes, inspired by the German cookies of the same name. One thing about ole Martha, she never lets me down. These cinnamon sugar cupcakes turned out great, they aren't too sweet and would be perfect with an afternoon cup of coffee or latte.

The second cupcake I made was Chocolate Cupcake filled with dulce de leche topped with vanilla buttercream. Recently discovered this cupcake blog via twitter, Cupcake Project. LOVE HER! So as I was looking around her blog I came across a recipe for Dulce de Leche using the crockpot! I was intrigued and decided I was going to try it yesterday. It worked perfectly!

Dulce de Leche--Crockpot Method

1 can sweetened condensed milk

crockpot

Remove the label from the can and place in your crockpot. Fill with water until water is about 1" over the can. Turn your crockpot on low and leave for 8 hours.

After the 8 hours remove the can from the water and allow to come to room temperature before opening. Pour the caramel into a bowl and whip using a whisk to remove any lumps there may be.

Use for ice cream topping, dipping apple slices, eating with a spoon or Cupcake Filling! Delish!

Gooey Perfection!

So for the cupcakes, I just made my usual chocolate cupcake recipe. I cut a small cone out of the center of the cupcake and filled the hole with my dulce de leche. I then piped vanilla buttercream overtop to keep the caramel from leaking out. As a warning as to the gooey goodness inside I drizzled more dulche de leche overtop. I sent these and the Snickerdoodle cupcakes to the office with John today, Im hoping everyone enjoys them and they get good reviews. Thanks John!