Dutch stroopwafel cupcakes {easy recipe}

Dutch stroopwafel cupcakes are filled with pieces of stroopwafel (syrup waffle) and cinnamon. And topped with a delicious fluffy caramel frosting (with extra caramel for even more flavor!). The cupcakes are simple and quick to make. Therefore they're delicious cupcakes to serve at any party.

Stroopwafels do you know them? It's a traditional Dutch cookie with a crispy outside and a sweet syrup inside. They slightly stick when you eat them. And they're one of my favorite cookies.

I like to lay them on top of my cup of coffee or tea and let them warm up a bit. So delicious! But you can also bake delicious cupcakes with them (and if you can't find them, Martha Stewart baked syrup waffles in an episode of Martha's Baked).

This recipe is adapted from the blog dekeukenvandezoeteinval (Dutch blog).

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• Butter: always use unsalted butter for this recipe. Make sure the butter is at room temperature for both the cupcakes and the frosting.

• Brown sugar: the sweetener in both cupcakes and frosting. If you don't have brown sugar you can also substitute it with light brown sugar or white sugar.

• Sour cream: the sour cream makes sure your cupcakes are moist (and it doesn't add any flavor). You can also substitute it with cream cheese for the same result or 2 tablespoons of butter.

• Eggs: Use 2 eggs in the cupcakes, 6 egg whites in the frosting. In this recipe use large eggs.

• Self-rising flour: to keep this as easy as possible I use self-rising flour. But you can easily make it yourself by mixing 1 cup of flour with 1 teaspoon baking powder.

• Cinnamon: a delicious flavor for these cupcakes which combines very well with the stroopwafels. If you don't like cinnamon you don't have to add it. Or you can substitute it with 2 teaspoons of gingerbread spices.

• Caramel sauce: Buy it in the supermarket or use homemade caramel sauce as you can find in this recipe.

Step 1 prepare the batter

Mix the butter and sugar airy. Add the eggs (one by one), the sour cream, and the milk and mix for 2 minutes. Then add the self-rising flour and cinnamon and mix until it's just incorporated.

Crumble the stroopwafels and mix with a spatula through the batter. Fill the paper cupcake forms with batter.

Step 2: Bake the stroopwafel cupcakes.

Bake the cupcakes in the preheated oven at 350 °F (175 °C) for 20 minutes. Remove them from the oven and let them cool down to room temperature.

Don't top with frosting when warm otherwise the frosting will drip.

Step 3 Prepare the caramel frosting

Put a pan with water on the stove and bring to a boil. Hang a heatproof bowl above the water. Add the egg whites, brown sugar, and salt. Stir and heat, while stirring occasionally until the egg whites are 160 °F (70 °C).

Take the bowl of the pan and mix, at room temperature, for 8 minutes on high speed with a mixer. Turn the speed to low and add all the butter, one spoon at a time.

Pour the caramel syrup with the frosting and turn the mixer on high speed again. Mix for 2 minutes. Put everything in a piping bag.

I used a big adapter and a piping mouth 1A of Wilton.

Step 4: decorating time

Pipe frosting on top of the cupcakes. Start with a wide circle and work to the inside of the cupcake. Drizzle with caramel syrup and add a piece of stroopwafel.

• If you don't want all your stroopwafels at the bottom of your cupcake, take a bowl of flour and mix the pieces before adding them to the batter.
• Don't use a combi microwave oven for baking the cupcakes. This results in a raw inside while the outside is done.
• Bake cupcakes for the best result in a conventional oven. That way they bake and rise evenly. If you don't have it use a convectional (hot air) oven. Lower the heat to 310 °F (155 °C) and bake the cupcakes for 20 minutes.
• Do you want to serve this as a pound cake? Put the batter in a cake tin of 10 inches (25 cm) and bake for 60 minutes at 350 °F (175 °C) in a conventional oven.
• The frosting might like to curdle when adding the butter. But that's temporary and will resolve when mixing further.
• For the piping of the frosting, I used a piping mouth 1A of Wilton (with a big adapter)

Other toppings?

I almost can't imagine myself 😉 that this isn't the perfect combination, but might you want to change I'll give you some options:

• Salted caramel topping: This delicious topping is made with cream cheese, butter, confectioner's sugar, and salted caramel sauce, and one of my favorites.
• Buttercream: a delicious topping made with only 3 ingredients: butter, confectioner's sugar, and milk. Ready in just 5 minutes.
• Frosting with coffee flavor: an easy to prepare frosting with a hint of coffee (and optional some liqueur). A great topping that combines well with the stroopwafel.
• Vanilla frosting: a wonderful topping made of cream cheese, butter, confectioner's sugar, and vanilla extract. This smooth frosting is ready in just 10 minutes.

• Dutch stroopwafel cupcakes with frosting: prepare these cupcakes and store them at room temperature (but not in the refrigerator) for 1 day. You can't freeze these cupcakes, the frosting would curdle.
• The frosting can be made a day in advance. Store it at a cool place, outside the refrigerator. Otherwise, it will be as hard as butter and you can't pipe it very well.
• Undecorated cupcakes: Store your cupcakes outside the refrigerator or they will become dry. Use an airtight-container. That way they can be stored up to 4 days.
• Undecorated cupcakes: Freeze the cupcakes for up to 3 months in an airtight container. Let them thaw at room temperature.

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