Dulce de Leche Brownie Cupcakes
Like the Horchata Cupcakes, this is another dessert I made up for my mom’s library lecture for a Mexican-American author. Give me a theme and I will run with it. Sinful? Yes. Delicious? HECK YES.
ingredients:
8 ounces chocolate chips
1 stick butter
1 cup sugar
3 large eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/4 cup Valrhona cocoa powder
Dulce de Leche
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prep a cupcake pan with liners.
In a double boiler, melt the chocolate chips and the butter, stirring constantly. Once melted and combined, carefully take off the heat and let cool for a few minutes. Whisk in the sugar until smooth. Then quickly add the vanilla and eggs, whisking constantly, you don’t want them to cook.
Carefully add in the flour and cocoa, just whisking until combined. The nice thing about brownies is that you don’t need an electric mixer, just a little bit of strength.
Dulce de Leche is a thick milk caramel – if you haven’t tried it, get some immediately. You can make your own from scratch or you can be lazy like me and find it in stores or online
Spoon a small amount (just about 1 Tablespoon) of batter into each liner. Now place a spoonful of prepared Dulce de Leche top and then top with more batter – covering completely.
Bake for approx 25-30 mins depending on your oven. You can do a toothpick test, but it’s kinda tough since the Dulce is right in the middle – just make sure the brownie part is cooked through.
Let cool on a wire rack then EAT!!
Caramel and dark chocolate. In a cupcake. Want
OMG. Gonna make these soon!
Oh yum…..that’s a cupcake that will get me through the day. 😉
Ay Carumba! Another recipe to bookmark for this summer (after I lose the “final 36”)!
My fiance and I simplified this idea by just using a pre-made brownie mix (despite numerous attempts, homemade brownies just never taste as good as those we make from a box) and oh. my. god.
Having a caramel center means that the center of the brownie is gooey, while the fact that they’re cupcakes means they’re all “edge pieces”. I think we like these more than normal brownies!
I love you! (for this recipe, I mean)
Useful tip:
If you want to make ´dulce de leche´ in a very easy way you can put a can of sweetened condensed milk in a pan with water (15cm/6 inches above the can) and simmer gently over low heat for about 3 hours.
The boiling should be very soft cuz there´s a risk of bursting the can.
After those 3 hours, wait at least 2 more hours to open (If you open it while still hot it explotes).
You can try different times of boiling cuz the results are different. The longest the cook, the thickest the ´dulde de leche´
GOOD LUCK!
Genius!!