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Salted Caramel Buttercream

3 Comments By Jesseca on August 2, 2022

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Apparently you all REALLY love salted caramel. My salted caramel cheesecake bars were shared almost 100 times on Facebook! I am just blown away at their popularity and decided I probably should keep with the trend and whipped up this salted caramel buttercream. You always need a reason for a good frosting, am I right? This specific recipe was made for some unbelievable cupcakes that will be making an appearance Monday!

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Salted Caramel Buttercream

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Ingredients
  

  • 1/3 cup butter flavored shortening
  • 1/3 cup butter
  • 2/3 cup caramel sauce
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt I use fleur de sel
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons heavy cream

Instructions

  • Combine the shortening and butter in the bowl of an electric mixer and whisk until fluffy.
  • Slowly add in the caramel sauce, vanilla, and powdered sugar. Stir until fully combined.
  • Add the heavy cream and turn your mixer on high for two minutes or until the buttercream is fluffy.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Servings

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The wonderful thing about this recipe is that you can use a homemade caramel sauce or you can pick up some in the ice cream aisle! If you do decide to go the premade route make sure you pick a sauce that is a little on the thicker side. Smuckers has a great salted caramel sauce that needs to be heated. It works to be about the same consistency needed to make this recipe work. Runny sauces will leave you with a runny mess.

Ready for a sneak peek at the cupcakes? Check these babies out…

salted caramel buttercream on an apple cupcake

Oh my dreamy. I don’t want to give too much away. Just know that yes there is salted caramel involved. It ALSO happens to be a cake mix hack. That’s right people, I used a cake mix! Truth be told… Sometimes that’s just the easier route. So prepare your taste buds for fall flavor overload!

Recipe adapted from Wilton

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  1. carol masters says

    February 7, 2017

    For your salted caramel buttercream, Is it necessary to use the butter shortening? Can I just replace it with butter?

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  2. Vanessa Barker says

    September 26, 2014

    This seriously looks fantastic. YUM

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  3. Marilyn says

    September 26, 2014

    Oh, so yummy! Stumbled and pinned! 😀

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