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4.96 from 21 votes

Cupcake Brownie with Funnel Cake & Caramel Sauce

Author: D. Durand Worthey

Ingredients

  • Cupcake Brownie Ingredients:
  • 8 tablespoons 1 stick unsalted sweet cream butter, plus a little more for buttering the pan
  • 3 ounces unsweetened chocolate roughly chopped
  • 1 cup Granulated Sugar
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 Egg Yolk
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 Kosher salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • Funnel Cake Recipe:
  • 3 Eggs
  • 3 1/3 Flour
  • 2 Cups Whole Milk
  • 1/4 Cup Sugar
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Kosher Salt
  • 2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
  • Vegetable Oil for frying
  • Equipment:
  • Funnel Pitcher or Pancake Dispenser
  • Homemade Caramel Sauce Ingredients:
  • 1 Cup Light Brown Sugar packed
  • 1/2 Cup Heavy Cream
  • 5 Tablespoons of Sweet Cream Unsalted Butter
  • 1 Tablespoon of Pure Vanilla Extract
  • Pinch of Kosher Salt

Instructions

Cupcake Brownie Directions:

  • Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees
  • Combine the stick of butter and the chocolate in a small saucepan over very low heat, stirring occasionally
  • Remove saucepan from heat, add flour and stir until well mixed
  • Add two eggs and mix well, add additional egg yolk and mix until well incorporated
  • Add Kosher salt and pure vanilla extract
  • Spoon brownie batter into cupcake cups about 3/4 of the way
  • Bake for 15 - 20 minutes until cooked through, test with toothpick

Funnel Cake Recipe: Directions:

  • Mix flour and sugar until incorporated.
  • Add flour, Kosher salt and baking powder and mix well.
  • Slowly pour in milk a little at a time and mix well until all milk is added.
  • Pour batter into a Funnel Pitcher or Pancake Dispenser
  • Heat vegetable oil, when oil is hot hold Funnel Pitcher over hot oil and begin drizzling batter into hot oil making zigzagging and overlapping patterns.
  • Allow batter to brown then scoop out with a large slotted spoon
  • Top with powdered sugar

Homemade Caramel Sauce Directions:

  • In a medium sauce pan over medium heat, mix brown sugar, heavy cream, butter and salt. Stir until mixture starts to thicken about 5-8 minutes. Add vanilla, stir until well mixed and remove caramel from heat. Set aside
  • Assemble dessert. One a small plate add one brownie cupcake, top with a section of funnel cake, drizzle with caramel and dust with powdered sugar