Spice Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting and Caramels

I made these spice cupcakes (from a box!) and topped them with cream cheese frosting and caramels. They were a great fall cupcake. The hardest part of this recipe was chopping the caramel, but, as you can see from the photos below, they were also one of Alex’s favorite parts!

I made these spice cupcakes (from a box!) and topped them with cream cheese frosting and caramels. They were a great fall cupcake. The hardest part of this recipe was chopping the caramel, but, as you can see from the photos below, they were also one of Alex’s favorite parts!

Cake

I followed the directions from the Duncan Hines, Spice Cake box.

Cream Cheese Frosting

INGREDIENTS

4 ounces of unsalted butter, softened

4 ounces of cream cheese, softened

2 cups of powdered sugar

1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS

1.       In a large bowl, beat together the butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer.

2.       With the mixer on low speed, add the powdered sugar a cup at a time until smooth and creamy.

3.       Beat in the vanilla extract.

4.       Spread on cooled cupcakes and top with chopped caramels.