Here is an easy Turtle Cupcakes Recipe if you are looking for a new dessert recipe for Valentine’s Day or any holiday!
Make this Turtle Cupcakes Recipe if you are a chocolate lover and are headed to a girls night out! You can’t really go wrong when you combine caramel, chocolate, and pecans. Mmm! Turtle Brownies, Turtle Ice Cream, and Turtle Clusters. I have to say I am a HUGE fan :). I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I do! This is the perfect Birthday Recipe for your girlfriends! Plus, here are even more Dessert Recipes to choose from!
Turtle Cupcakes Recipe
INGREDIENTS:
Cupcake Ingredients:
2 Cups flour
1 ½ teaspoon baking soda
¾ teaspoon baking powder
¾ teaspoon salt
1 ½ stick unsalted butter, room temp
2 Cups sugar
¾ Cup Ghirardelli cocoa powder
2 teaspoon vanilla
1 Cup Salted Caramel Mocha Creamer
½ Cup oil
4 eggs, room temp
Frosting Ingredients:
1 Cup soft unsalted butter
4 + Cups powder sugar
4 Tablespoon heavy whipping cream
Caramel topping
Hot Fudge topping
Finely chopped pecans
DIRECTIONS:
Cupcake Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cupcake tins with paper liners.
Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa and salt stirring together. Set aside.
Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy in a large bowl.
Mix in the oil. Stir to blend in.
Add the eggs one at a time, mixing after each addition, then add in the vanilla.
Alternating add the flour mixture with the creamer; beating well.
Fill the lined cupcake tins 3/4 full.
Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.
Allow to cool in cupcake tin for 10 minutes.
Move to a wire rack to cool completely.
Frosting Directions:
Cream the butter and powder sugar until it looks light and creamy.
If it doesn’t cream add several drops of the heavy whipping cream until it creams.
Test to see if the frosting can form and hold a stiff peak by taking a spoonful of frosting and turning the spoon upside down. If the frosting stays on the spoon it is ready if not then….
Add more powder sugar 1/2 C at a time…. mix well.
If ready scoop the frosting into a pastry bag with a large tip.
Twist the open end of the pastry bag to push the frosting to the tip.
Start by frosting on the outside edge of the cupcake working to the center of the cupcake.
Drizzle the chocolate sauce on the cupcake then drizzle the caramel sauce next.
Sprinkle the finely chopped pecans.
Turtle Cupcakes Recipe!
Here is an easy Turtle Cupcakes Recipe if you are looking for a new dessert recipe for Valentine's Day or any holiday!
Ingredients
Cupcake Ingredients:
- 2 Cups flour
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ stick unsalted butter, room temp
- 2 Cups sugar
- ¾ Cup Ghirardelli cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 Cup Salted Caramel Mocha Creamer
- ½ Cup oil
- 4 eggs, room temp
Frosting Ingredients:
- 1 Cup soft unsalted butter
- 4 + Cups powder sugar
- 4 Tablespoon heavy whipping cream
- Caramel topping
- Hot Fudge topping
- Finely chopped pecans
Instructions
Cupcake Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cupcake tins with paper liners.
- Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa, and salt stirring together. Set aside.
- Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy in a large bowl.
- Mix in the oil. Stir to blend in.
- Add the eggs one at a time, mixing after each addition, then add in the vanilla.
- Alternating add the flour mixture with the creamer; beating well.
- Fill the lined cupcake tins 3/4 full.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.
- Allow to cool in cupcake tin for 10 minutes.
- Move to a wire rack to cool completely.
Frosting Directions:
- Cream the butter and powder sugar until it looks light and creamy.
- If it doesn't cream add several drops of the heavy whipping cream until it creams.
- Test to see if the frosting can form and hold a stiff peak by taking a spoonful of frosting and turning the spoon upside down. If the frosting stays on the spoon it is ready if not then...
- Add more powder sugar 1/2 C at a time.... mix well.
- If ready scoop the frosting into a pastry bag with a large tip.
- Twist the open end of the pastry bag to push the frosting to the tip.
- Start by frosting on the outside edge of the cupcake working to the center of the cupcake.
- Drizzle the chocolate sauce on the cupcake then drizzle the caramel sauce next.
- Sprinkle the finely chopped pecans.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 18 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 668Total Fat: 35gSaturated Fat: 15gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 17gCholesterol: 95mgSodium: 258mgCarbohydrates: 88gFiber: 2gSugar: 74gProtein: 5g
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