Caramel-WOW Cupcake

This creation is like an oversized chocolate covered caramel square, but in cupcake form. It also combines two of the gooeyest ingredients - Caramel and Marshmallow - into a tasty treat that will make you say WOW!  To make this sweet, sticky creation you'll need...

• Marble Cake Mix (plus ingredients to make the cake...usually eggs, oil, and water)
• 1/4 cup of Caramel Sauce
• Store bought Vanilla Icing 
• Butter (room temperate...around 1/2 cup....but it's up to you)
• 1 cup of Fluff
• Icing Sugar
• 1 cup of Cool Whip (optional)
• 3 ounces of Semi-Sweet Chocolate (optional)
• Garnish (optional): Caramel Square, Chocolate Covered Caramel Square

Step 1: Follow the direction of your marble cake mix including: 1) preheating your oven, 2) adding the eggs, oil, water, etc, 3) measuring 1 cup or so of the batter and pouring it into a separate bowl and 4) mixing in the cocoa package to the 1 cup of batter. 

Step 2: Now it's time to add a little caramel to the mix.  Mix in around 1/4 of a cup of Caramel Sauce into the vanilla batter and stir until filly incorporated. And now your batters are ready to be spooned into your cupcake liners!

Step 3: Spoon your caramel flavoured cupcake batter into your cupcake pan liners, filling them just over 1/2 way.  Next spoon a tablespoon of the chocolate batter in the centre of the caramel flavoured batter.  Place them in the oven and bake as directed on package.  As they bake, the chocolate batter will bake through to the middle of the cupcake and surround the outside.  Once they are done baking, let them cool completely before icing.

Step 4:  On to the icing.  Here's where you add in a little more WOW with Marshmallow.  Mix your vanilla icing, Fluff and butter on high until smooth.  Add in some icing sugar to thicken it back up.  If you want to stop there and simply top your cupcakes off with this icing and be done you can.  Just spoon or pipe on your icing and garnish with a Caramel or Chocolate Covered Caramel Square ... or to make it a little more fancy, move on to step 5.

Step 5 (optional): If you want to fancy it up a step more with a chocolate glaze, simply melt together 3 ounces of semi-sweet chocolate and 1 cup of Cool Whip.  Let it cool a little before you add a little to the top of your icing.  To get in on top of your icing, place the warm chocolate glaze mixture in a piping bag or a Ziploc bag.  Cut the tip and drizzle as much as you want over the top of each cupcake. You can consider that to be your garnish or add a Caramel or Chocolate Covered Caramel Square to the top.  

Happy Faking!