Chocolate Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Buttercream

Chocolate Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Buttercream take my Ultimate Chocolate Cupcakes to a whole new salted caramel level! With a homemade salted caramel buttercream drizzled with ooeygooey caramel sauce these cupcakes will leave you drooling for more than one! If you love cupcakes 
Chocolate Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Buttercream
Recently I was asked to make a birthday treat for a friend and I knew he loved the taste of salted caramel. There is this store by my house that sells these individually wrapped chocolate covered caramels topped with sea salt.  Every time I go there I look forward to the checkout where I know they are sitting patiently waiting for me to cave and buy one.  I can barely make it to my car before its gone.  They are seriously mouthwatering.  So that got me thinking. How can I get that mouthwatering taste in a birthday treat? After some brainstorming I decided to take my chocolate cupcakes and top them with a salted buttercream and caramel drizzle. Well it worked and they were a hit!

Chocolate Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Buttercream Recipe
There are three parts to this recipe that makes it so perfectthe chocolate cupcakes salted caramel buttercream and caramel sauce.
Chocolate Cupcakes Ingredients
If you have my book Surprise Inside Cakes  you know that I love a chocolate cake recipe uses sour cream. I am a big fan of Sour Cream Chocolate Cake and love that I was able to incorporate it into cupcakes. I also love how thick it makes the batter you can scoop it with an ice cream scoop and every single cupcake will be perfectly proportioned.
The better quality ingredients you use the better your cupcakes will taste. Try for room temperature ingredients when making these chocolate cupcakes and buttercream frosting.
How to Make Chocolate Cupcakes with Caramel Salted Buttercream
It starts with the perfect chocolate cupcake for this recipe. What makes this recipe different? Two ingredients that are not the norm in most chocolate cupcake recipes sour cream and real melted chocolate. They do amazing things to this cupcake! Be sure to preheat the oven to 350F while you prepare the batter.
Line your cupcake pan with liners. This recipe will make between 16 and 18 cupcakes so use one or two pans if needed Melt the butter and chocolate in the microwave and set it aside. You will mix that in later Using a stand mixer whisk together the eggs sugar