Comments on: Chocolate Cupcakes (Cake Mix) with Salted Caramel Frosting

By: Lexi @ Sally's Baking Recipes

Lexi @ Sally's Baking Recipes — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 15:38:06 +0000

In reply to Mandy G. Hi Mandy, Yes, absolutely! Just swap the chocolate flavors out and replace with vanilla/white cake mix and vanilla pudding mix.

By: Mandy G

Mandy G — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 15:35:20 +0000

Can I use a white cake mix with vanilla pudding for the same results?

By: Trina @ Sally's Baking Recipes

Trina @ Sally's Baking Recipes — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 00:08:13 +0000

In reply to Elizabeth. What a sweet way to remember your great-aunt, Elizabeth. We love how simple these cupcakes are to make. Happy baking!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 22:22:49 +0000

I am super excited to come across this recipe! My great-aunt was everyone’s favorite baker, and every Thanksgiving she made a chocolate layer cake (in addition to about 57 kinds of more seasonally appropriate bar cookies and pies). Our family has been eating this cake every Thanksgiving for over 50 years, although my great-aunt passed away 15 years ago. This year, I decided to make her recipe into cupcakes since we have fewer people coming. I decided to look up a similar cupcake recipe to see about baking time. I’m thrilled to discover that this is almost her exact recipe! Usually she baked everything from scratch, but this recipe she used the pudding and cake mix! Only difference is she used water instead of milk and added 1 1/2 cups of chocolate chips to the batter. (She also frosted the cake with whipped cream as opposed to buttercream and decorated it with chocolate turkeys.) Anyhow, it’s just weirdly exciting to see this family favorite on this website!

By: KK

KK — Sat, 02 Oct 2021 15:33:49 +0000

Frosting was a flop as many described above. Would not make again. Perhaps a more complete explanation for the method would help to avoid this mistake as so many seem to be making it. Or a different recipe.

By: Lexi @ Sally's Baking Recipes

Lexi @ Sally's Baking Recipes — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 17:49:56 +0000

In reply to Krupa P. Hi Krupa, it sounds like the mixture was taken off the stove before the brown sugar had a chance to fully dissolve, leaving a bit of a grainy texture in the final product. An easy fix for next time!

By: Krupa P

Krupa P — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 17:13:24 +0000

Used the updated salted caramel frosting recipe to frost the triple layer chocolate cake and the frosting came out gritty. Not sure where I went wrong. The color and texture are fine but you can crunch on the brown sugar bits. Hate to waste it, any ideas for re-purposing? Will stick to the chocolate buttercream for the cake

By: Hadley Mattson

Hadley Mattson — Sun, 23 Aug 2020 22:32:56 +0000

Sally all I have to say is these cupcakes are unbelievable! I have people asking me to make them for them and they will pay me that’s how good they are. All of recipes are incredible I haven’t came across one that isn’t mouth water delicious.