Recipe | Salted caramel beach cupcakes

Yummy cupcakes with salted caramel centres, decorated for a day at the beach with jelly baby sunbathers. Perfect for a summer party!

I found this recipe for salted caramel cupcakes with cute jelly baby sunbathers and cocktail umbrellas in an issue of Sainsbury’s Magazine last summer and have been waiting to give it a try. I made a couple of changes to the original recipe which calls for cream cheese frosting, but if you’d like to look at it, it’s available online here.

Ingredients (makes 12-16 cupcakes)

• 175 g / 6 oz light brown or light muscovado sugar
• 175 g / 6 oz butter or baking margarine
• 3 large or medium eggs, beaten
• 1-2 tsp vanilla extract (use as much as you like)
• 175 g / 6 oz self-raising flour, sifted
• Approx. 2 tbsp milk (your usual milk will be fine)
• A jar of salted caramel sauce (a 200…