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Browned Butter Dulce De Leche Cupcakes

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If you read my last post, we lost. I don’t wanna talk about it. I’m sad. So we’re gonna move on to some of my favorite flavors in the world: browned butter and dulce de leche.

Yesterday I was just browsing around Tastespotting and Foodgawker as usual when I stumbled upon a recipe for Nigella Lawson’s brown butter cupcakes. Being the sucker for brown butter that I am, I needed to make them.

Brown butter is my ultimate therapy. I love cutting up the butter, watching it melt and slowly transform into a deep amber color with bubbles escaping and the nutty aroma invading the kitchen. Brown butter just makes me happy. I’m definitely guilty of making brown butter and refrigerating it and using it in recipes that in no way call for brown butter. But I guess those are the things you do when you love something and are desperate to incorporate it into everything you eat.

And yes: brown butter is that good. Trust me!

I would bathe in the stuff if I could. Likely, that would end up in a very greasy person, but it would smell like heaven. Anyways, back to cupcakes.

When I saw this recipe I immediately starting putting the cupcakes together. Once I got the cupcakes in the oven, I began to work on the frosting. Then I had an epiphany.

Why no combine my ultimate two favorite flavors into one perfect cupcake? So I did. I browned more butter, stuck it in the refrigerator for a little while and let it come back to softened butter consistency. 1/2 cup of dulce de leche, some powdered sugar, and a bit of vanilla later and the browned butter dulce de leche frosting was born.

But that’s not all. Oh no. I whipped out my handy-dandy cupcake corer and filled each cupcake with even more dulce de leche. A swirl of frosting, a sprinkling of sea salt, and my perfect cupcake was born.

My dad despises anything that doesn’t have chocolate in them…but he loved these. My health-nut sister was licking the cupcake wrapper. My mom couldn’t stop raving about how amazing they were. I would consider them a success. Try them; I promise you’ll love them.

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Browned Butter Dulce De Leche Cupcakes

Author Rachel

Ingredients

For the cupcakes

  • 1/2 c. plus 2 tbsp. unsalted butter
  • 3/4 c. self-rising cake flour
  • 3 tbsp. sugar
  • 5 tbsp. light brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 tbsp. sour cream
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 4 tbsp. milk

For the frosting

  • 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter
  • 3 tbsp. heavy cream or milk
  • 1 tbsp. vanilla
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1/2 cup dulce de leche

Instructions

For the cupcakes

  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F. Put butter in a small saucepan on medium heat, stirring until it turns a dark golden color. Take the pan off the heat. Let the butter solidify again; I do this by placing it in the freezer for about 10 minutes. This allows it to solidify on top and when you stir it, it will be the consistency of softened butter.
  2. When the butter is solid, but still soft, put all the cake ingredients except the milk in a food processor (or mixer) and pulse to a smooth batter. Add the milk down the funnel, pulsing sparingly to form a soft, dropping mixture.
  3. Divide among the paper cups, and cook for 15-20 minutes. Makes 12.

For the frosting

  1. Brown butter the same way as you did before; allow it to come back to room temperature.
  2. Put dulce de leche and browned butter into mixer and cream together. Mix in vanilla, cream, and salt. Mix in powdered sugar 1 cup at a time until desired consistency is reached.

Assembly

  1. Using cupcake corer or a knife, scoop out the top, center of the cupcake when they're cool and fill with dulce de leche. Frost as desired and sprinkle a little sea salt on top (optional; I like to do this because it cuts the sweetness a bit).

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  1. Ethan @ tastesbetterwithfriends.wordpress.com says

    November 14, 2010 at 10:55 am

    They look delicious, they have the approval of your family and that frosting looks out of control, sounds like you got yourselves a winner!

    Reply
  2. Patty Burnette says

    November 14, 2010 at 11:19 am

    If you don’t make those for me soooon!. I will never like you again. For now I love you though!

    Reply
  3. shaina aka evil sister says

    November 14, 2010 at 12:03 pm

    wow….no wonder i feel fatter today

    Reply
  4. Sheena says

    November 14, 2010 at 4:48 pm

    These sound amazing! I’ll definitely be trying them out soon.

    Reply
  5. Cheryl says

    November 14, 2010 at 4:56 pm

    These cupcakes look SOOOOO delicious! Especially the one cut in half! I’ll have to try this for Thanksgiving!

    Reply
  6. Dee D. says

    November 14, 2010 at 5:19 pm

    omg, those looks and sound so good! Yummm!

    Reply
  7. Veronica Santa Maria says

    November 15, 2010 at 8:36 am

    I want to buy 5,000

    Reply
  8. foodcreate says

    November 16, 2010 at 2:48 pm

    Cupcakes look amazing! I’ll definitely be trying them out very soon delicious!! :)

    Reply
  9. earthchick says

    November 27, 2010 at 12:05 pm

    WOW! These look amazing!!

    Reply
  10. LIC of india says

    November 27, 2010 at 2:20 pm

    My husband recomended me this post thanks!

    Reply
  11. Lotusessence says

    February 12, 2012 at 10:45 pm

    I love this combination!

    Reply
  12. Abigail says

    January 12, 2013 at 10:36 am

    I need to make this soon.. Thanks for sharing the recipe. I’m a fan.. :)

    Reply
  13. prav says

    September 27, 2013 at 11:34 am

    Amazing! I didn’t have sour cream, so just used more milk instead, and also added a tablespoon of Baileys :)

    Reply

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