Best Ever Dulce De Leche Cupcakes

Best Ever Dulce De Leche Cupcakes with DDL Filling and Buttercream

The Dulce de leche cupcakes recipe have a light and fluffy vanilla sponge with creamy leche centers topped with rich dulce de leche buttercream. They are an addiction, so you can’t just stop at one. Simple and easy treat for kids or adults.

Best EVER Dulce De Leche Cupcakes with Dulce De Leche Buttercream

I have yet to find a person that does not love dulce de leche. Seems like everybody loves that creamy rich gooey stuff. In addition, if you love cupcakes then you can only imagine what the combination of cupcakes and dulce de leche feels like. This is the best ever dulce de leche cupcakes!!!

As promised; I want to share with you my dulce de leche cupcakes recipe. Last week I shared with you my Brown Sugar Cupcakes and Caramel Cupcakes. I have two more so stay tuned.

The BEST ever Dulce De Leche Cupcakes with Dulce De Leche Buttercream

What is Dulce De Leche?

Dulce de leche is the best thing you will ever taste. Its’a  creamy caramel like sauce made by simmering a pot of milk and sugar for a couple of hours until it is reduced to a thick creamy like paste consistency.

The BEST ever Dulce De Leche Cupcakes with Dulce De Leche Buttercream

About this cupcakes

This is the best ever dulce de leche cupcakes recipe. The light and fluffy vanilla cake with the rich creamy dulce de lecher centers that just melt in your mouth; followed by the rich dulce de leche buttercream. Such an easy and simple yet delectable recipe by food blog A homemade Chef

As much as I want to brag about my cupcake recipes I’l just say this. Ziv does not eat cupcakes with the exception of these. Yep; these are the only cupcakes he eats. So, trust me this is the best ever dulce de leche cupcakes.

My Aadi and Dulce de leche

You know making cupcakes is my job. I do it almost all the time so my kids are just tried of cake but not this one. Aadi can eat dulce de leche right out of a can. And he loves cupcakes more than regular cakes.  So he will take any cupcake, even the strawberry one and top it with – you guessed it – dulce de leche.

BEST EVER Dulce De Leche Cupcakes with DDL Filling and Buttercream

Recipe – Best Dulce de Leche Cupcakes

Tools

• Mixer – K-mix/Kitchen-Aid or hand mix works too.
• Actually whisk and a bowl work too
• Ice Cream scoop
• Baking Tray
• Cupcake liners / baking cups
• Cupcake pan
• Oven

Ingredients

For the Cupcakes

• Unsalted Butter 113 grams  (1 stick)
• White Sugar – 100 grams (1/2 cup)
• Large Eggs – 2 nos
• Buttermilk – 1/2 cup
• All Purpose Flour – 175  grams (1 3/4 cup)
• Vanilla – 2 tsp
• Baking Powder – 1 tsp
• Baking Soda – 1/4 tsp

For the Filling

• Dulce De Leche – 1/2 cup

For the Buttercream

• Unsalted Butter – 100 grams
• Powder Sugar – 200 grams
• Thick Dulce de leche – 1/2 cup
• Vanilla – 1 tsp
• Salt – 1/4 tsp

Method:

Bake Cupcakes

• Preheat the oven to 160 C / 320 F
• Prepare baking cups or cupcake wrappers in muffin pans.
• Cream Butter and Sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs one at a time scraping the sides of the bowl often.
• Followed by buttermilk and all purpose flour
• Lastly add in the Vanilla.
• Use an ice cream scoop to distribute the cupcakes evenly between 12 cupcakes wraps
• Bake in a preheated oven for about 18 to 22 minutes or until the skewer inserted comes out clean.
• Let cupcakes cool completely but do not put them in the fridge

Fill the cupcakes

• Place dulce de leche in a piping bag or zip lock bag.
• Make a small hole at the end of the bag.
• Using a melon baler make a hole in the center of the cupcake and fill the cavity with dulce de leche.
• Place cupcakes in the fridge to cool.

Make the Buttercream

• Cream butter until light and fluffy.
• Add the powder sugar, continue to whip some more.
• Mix in the vanilla .
• Finally fold the dulce de leche – Add half the dulce de leche and mix really well.
• When you add the other half, barely mix leaving streaks of dark line in the frosting.

Pipe the Buttercream

• Place buttercream into a piping bag with your favorite piping tip and pipe a swirl.
• Alternatively use a spatula to create a dome on the cupcake.
• Or Swirl some more dollop of dulce de leche just like you would caramel!
• Enjoy

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BEST EVER Dulce De Leche Cupcakes with Dulce De Leche Filling and Buttercream

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BEST EVER Dulce De Leche Cupcakes with Dulce De Leche Filling and Buttercream

Prep 10 mins

Cook 20 mins

Total 30 mins

Author Veena Azmanov

Yield 12 cupcakes

The Dulce de leche cupcakes recipe have a light and fluffy vanilla sponge with creamy leche centers topped with rich dulce de leche buttercream. They are an addiction, so you can't just stop at one. Simple and easy treat for kids or adults.

Ingredients

For the Cupcakes

• Unsalted Butter 113 grams  (1 stick)
• White Sugar - 100 grams (1/2 cup)
• Large Eggs - 2 nos
• Buttermilk - 1/2 cup
• All Purpose Flour - 175  grams (1 3/4 cup)
• Vanilla - 2 tsp
• Baking Powder - 1 tsp
• Baking Soda - 1/4 tsp

For the Filling

• Dulce De Leche - 1/2 cup 

For the Buttercream

• Unsalted Butter - 100 grams
• Powder Sugar - 200 grams 
• Thick Dulce de leche - 1/2 cup 
• Vanilla - 1 tsp 
• Salt - 1/4 tsp 

Instructions

Bake Cupcakes

• Preheat the oven to 160 C / 320 F
• Prepare baking cups or cupcake wrappers in muffin pans.
• Cream Butter and Sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs one at a time scraping the sides of the bowl often.
• Followed by buttermilk and all purpose flour 
• Lastly add in the Vanilla.
• Use an ice cream scoop to distribute the cupcakes evenly between 12 cupcakes wraps 
• Bake in a preheated oven for about 18 to 22 minutes or until the skewer inserted comes out clean.
• Let cupcakes cool completely but do not put them in the fridge 

Fill the cupcakes

• Place dulce de leche in a piping bag or zip lock bag.
• Make a small hole at the end of the bag.
• Using a melon baler make a hole in the center of the cupcake and fill the cavity with dulce de leche.
• Place cupcakes in the fridge to cool.

Make the Buttercream

• Cream butter until light and fluffy.
• Add the powder sugar, continue to whip some more.
• Mix in the vanilla .
• Finally fold the dulce de leche - Add half the dulce de leche and mix really well.
• When you add the other half, barely mix leaving streaks of dark line in the frosting.

Pipe the Buttercream

• Place buttercream into a piping bag with your favorite piping tip and pipe a swirl.
• Alternatively use a spatula to create a dome on the cupcake.
• Or Swirl some more dollop of dulce de leche just like you would caramel!
• Enjoy

Courses Dessert

Cuisine French

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 103 g

Amount Per Serving
Calories 377
% Daily Value
Total Fat 17.3 g		27%
	Saturated Fat 10.6 g	53%
	Unsaturated Fat 6 g
	Trans Fat 0.7 g
Cholesterol 77 mg		26%
Sodium 143 mg		6%
Total Carbohydrates 51 g		17%
	Dietary Fiber 0.4 g	2%
	Sugars 37.9 g
Protein 4.8 g		10%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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