Taco Tuesday~ Dulce de Leche Stuffed Cupcakes
 
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Today I used by Box Cake Hack for Vanilla Cupcakes but feel free to use whatever recipes you prefer!
Serves: 18 cupcakes
Ingredients
  • ½ Recipe Snickerdoodle Cookies
  • ½ Recipe Buttercream
  • 1 Recipe Vanilla Cake Cupcakes
  • For the decor items you will also need: either chocolate cake crumbs or brownie cake crumbs about ½ cup total and some yellow & red sprinkles
  • For the Date Caramel Recipe:
  • Medjool Dates 1 cup (approximately 10-12 large dates)
  • Nut Butter- I used tahini 4 Tablespoons
  • Vanilla Extract 2 teaspoons (10ml)
  • Soy Milk ½ cup (118ml) *any plant milk is fine
  • salt ¼ teaspoon
Instructions
  1. Prepare the buttercream and then take out about ¾ cup for the green "lettuce"
  2. Prepare your vanilla cake recipe as per the instructions and bake them into cupcakes.
  3. Make the snickerdoodle cookies but scoop them with a #100 scooper
  4. Prepare the date caramel by combining the dates, plant milk, salt, vanilla & nut butter into a food processor and process to a paste that is not chunky. You may have to add a tablespoon or more of plant milk to get it to a thinner sauce like consistency.
  5. Once everything is prepare, core out the centers of the cooled cupcakes and fill with the date caramel
  6. Pipe vanilla vanilla buttercream icing and then cut a snickerdoodle cookie in half and insert into the icing like a taco shell
  7. Fill with a small amount of buttercream to stick on the chocolate or brownie crumbs to represent "meat-less ground"
  8. Pipe green buttercream leaves for the lettuce and sprinkle the yellow & red jimmies for "cheeze" & tomatoes!
Notes
taco Tuesday Dulce de Leche cupcakes can be left at room temperature for about one day, they won't go bad as much as they may sag & droop from the heavy decoration

They stay much nicer in the refrigerator but will be best served at room temperature

Store cupcakes in the refrigerator for up to 4 days
Recipe by Gretchen's Vegan Bakery at https://www.gretchensveganbakery.com/dulce-de-leche-cupcakes/