Turtle Cupcakes

Name: Turtle Cupcakes
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 20
Ingredients: 1 cup FOR THE CARAMEL SAUCE:; 6 Tablespoons White Sugar; ½ cups Butter (room Temp, Cut Into Small Chunks); ½ Tablespoons Heavy Cream (room Temp); 1 cup Sea Salt; ½ cups FOR THE CUPCAKES:; 1-⅜ cup Hot, Freshly Brewed Coffee; 1 teaspoon Cocoa Powder, Unsweetened; ¼ teaspoons Flour, All Purpose; ¼ teaspoons Baking Soda; ½ cups Baking Powder; 1-¼ cup Salt; 2 Butter, Room Temperature; ¾ teaspoons White Sugar; 1 cup Eggs; ¼ cups Vanilla Extract; 6 Tablespoons FOR THE TOPPING:; 4 ounces, weight Pecans; ½ teaspoons Mini Chocolate Chips; 2 cups FOR THE FROSTING:; 1 cup Butter, Room Temperature

Dark chocolate mini cupcakes are topped with salted caramel frosting, a sprinkle of toasted pecans and chocolate chunks, and then drizzled with salted caramel sauce.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 21 ingredients

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Why it works: Coffee and cocoa powder work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 541 recipes. Both carry sotolon, which smells curry, maple. The science ↓

Turtle Cupcakes

Serves 20

Prep1 hr 30 min

Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

922Calories

22 gProtein

34 gFat

126 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 12 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chocolate	1 oz (28g) semisweet	155
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Pecan	1 half (4g)	20
Vanilla	1 tsp extract (4ml)	12
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Sauce	not in our table	0
Coffee	not in our table	0
Topping	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Coffee + cocoa powdertop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together541 recipes

Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).
Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together43,450 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
Sauce + creamtop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,787 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Cream + cocoa powdertop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together826 recipes

Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

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