Salted Caramel Pear Cupcakes 🍐🧁

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INGREDIENTS:

Cake

1 box of spice cake mix

1 box vanilla pudding mix

1 cup milk

1/2 cup butter, melted

4 eggs

Filling

2 pears, finely chopped

2 tbsp water

Splash Lemon Juice

1/3 c brown sugar

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/8 tsp nutmeg

1 tbsp cornstarch

Frosting

2 sticks butter, softened

4 cups powdered sugar

2-3 tbsp heavy cream

1 tsp vanilla

1 tsp cinnamon

Toppings-

Salted Caramel Topping

Flaked sea salt (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cupcake pan with liners. In a bowl mix the cake ingredients and place an equal amount in each liner. Bake according to the package directions. Let cool completely.

Place pears, water, and lemon juice in a pot. Cook for 8 minutes over medium heat. In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cornstarch. Whisk to combine and then pour over the pears. Stir and cook until sauce thickens about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool completely.

In a bowl, beat the butter until smooth. Add in half the powdered sugar and mix. Add in the cream, vanilla, cinnamon, and rest of the sugar and mix until smooth.

Using a cupcake corer, remove the center of each cupcake. Scoop the pear filling into the center of the cupcake and replace the missing piece of the cupcake that was removed. Top with vanilla cinnamon buttercream and drizzle salted caramel over the top. Add flaked sea salt if desired.

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