Decadent Millionaires Shortbread Cupcakes Recipe with Gold Leaf! | Cupcake Jemma

We're back with another delicious cupcake recipe that will blow your socks off - not literally OBVS, but figuratively - YES! The Millionaires Shortbread Cupcakes are honestly the stuff of dreams, buttery shortbread biscuit base, decadent chocolate mud cake sponge filled with homemade butterscotch sauce, topped with butterscotch Swiss Meringue Buttercream, studded with shortbread biscuits and dunked in dark chocolate - finished with a little gold leaf because why not!? If you're a member of The Bake Club, you may have seen us filming these a few weeks ago when we went Live - if you wanna keep up to date on what we're getting up to and get the inside scoop as well as downloadable PDF recipes of each of our weekly bakes, hit the link just here to join the fun -   / cupcakejemma   But until then.. don't forget to tag us over on insta when you recreate these cupcakes and use the hashtag #cupcakejemma so we can see how you get on! Jemma x BUTTERSCOTCH SAUCE 115g Light Soft Brown Sugar 115g Unsalted Butter 300g Double Cream ½ tsp Vanilla Extract Pinch of Sea Salt CHOCOLATE MUDCAKE SPONGE 100g Crushed Shortbread Biscuits  15g Melted Butter 1 tsp Golden Syrup 100g Unsalted Butter 50g Brewed Coffee 125g Dark Chocolate (70%) 75g Buttermilk 45g Vegetable Oil 2 Eggs 215g Caster Sugar 150g Plain Flour 30g Cocoa Powder ¼ tsp Bicarb ¼ tsp Sea Salt BUTTERSCOTCH SWISS MERINGUE BUTTERCREAM 150g Egg Whites 300g Caster Sugar 360g Soft Unsalted Butter 180-200g Butterscotch Sauce TO FINISH 4-5 Shortbread Biscuits, chopped into small nuggets 60-80g Dark (54%) Chocolate, melted and cooled a little Gold Leaf (optional) ----------- Become a Patreon BAKE CLUB member for a pdf download of this and other recipes, as well as Bake-Alongs, extra content, baking tips and more. BAKE CLUB:   / cupcakejemma   BAKE AT HOME: http://cupcakejemma CAKES: http://www.crumbsanddoilies.co.uk INSTAGRAM: @cupcakejemma CAKESTAGRAM: @crumbsanddoilies