Sweet and salty is a classic combination. When paired with a sweet cream cheese frosting and spicy cupcake, these salted caramel cupcakes are sure to please!
Make sure your cupcakes are entirely cooled before attempting to frost them.
In a mixer, blend together cream cheese, vanilla extract, and powdered sugar until fluffy. Place in a frosting bag with a medium tip, or use a large plastic ziplock baggie with 1/4 inch snipped off one corner as a disposable frosting bag.
Place the caramel sauce in a small plastic ziplock baggie.
Pipe the cream cheese frosting onto the cupcakes as desired.
Knead the caramel sauce inside the baggie until liquidy, then snip one corner off, about 1cm. (This will seem like a very tiny hole, but it'll make it so the flow of caramel is easier to control).
Pipe the caramel sauce over the frosted cupcakes in a zigzag pattern.
Sprinkle a very small pinch, about 10 to 15 grains, of the coarse or flaked sea salt over the top of each cupcake.
Notes
Nutritional information does not include the spice cake or cupcakes, only the toppings