Chocolate Caramel Cream Mini Cakes

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Chocolate Caramel Cream Mini Cakes.  You guys!  I cannot get enough of this cake!  I made 6 of them a few weeks ago, and I am literally salivating writing this post right now and thinking about them.  They were just.that.good. They aren’t too hard to make, several steps, but nothing too difficult. Be sure to check out the other amazing recipes from over 10 more bloggers at the bottom!  

I shared a sneak peek of the cake in the newest issue of EPM. The recipe starts with a boxed cake mix.  I added an extra egg and swapped the oil out for real butter.  It made the cake taste more homemade.  While the cake was baking (in a casserole dish) I made chocolate Caramel Cream Sauce.  The recipe is on the Caramel Creams site.  Chocolate Caramel Creams are so yummy!   A little digging on Pinterest yielded a recipe for Salted Caramel Buttercream from my friend at Tikkido.  She gave me the confidence I needed to toss heavy caramel sauce into fluffy delicious buttercream.  Make the Chocolate Caramel Cream buttercream and set aside.  Once the cake was fully baked, I allowed it to cool for just a few minutes, and carefully flipped it out of the casserole dish onto a cooling rack.  I used a hear shaped cookie cutter to cut out 6 heart shaped mini cakes.  I put the mini cakes in the freezer for an hour to let them firm so I could cut them easily.  Once they were firm, I cut them in half, giving me 12 mini cakes; 6 tops and 6 bottoms.  I added a generous amount of Chocolate Caramel Butter cream on the bottom cake and then put the top back on the cake.  Now, I was ready to make the ganache, and pour it on top of the mini cakes.  Finally, I dusted each mini cake with a dash of powdered sugar and served with fresh strawberries.  

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