Apple Spice Cupcakes – yummy apple cupcakes topped with spiced vanilla frosting and cinnamon apple chips! Perfect fall cupcakes!
Happy almost Friday! I made cupcakes!
Guys, I am sick.
Ugh.
It’s about time since the kids have been in school for a few weeks and have all sneezed once or twice. Seriously though, weakest immune system ever.
If you need me, I’ll be Dayquil wasted (I don’t care what anyone says, that stuff makes me useless for hours) and watching Dawson’s Creek all day.
But cupcakes!
Apple Spice Cupcakes!
Honeycrisp’s are finally under $3/pound at my store. It’s absolute torture seeing them in the store for 4 or 5 bucks a pound because I refuse to pay that much for apples.
But oh my gosh, they are so good.
I picked up a few last week and sacrificed one for these Apple Spice Cupcakes.
The cupcakes are full of the apple and lots of spices and then they are topped with a spiced vanilla frosting and cinnamon apple chips.
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Apple Spice Cupcakes
Ingredients
For the cucpakes:
- 1 ¼ cups flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ginger
- ¼ teaspoon allspice
- ½ cup 1 stick butter, melted
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup sour cream
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 large apple, peeled and grated
For the frosting:
- ¾ cup 1 ½ sticks butter, softened
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- ½ teaspoon apple pie spice
- pinch of salt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 tablespoons milk
- cinnamon apple chips, for topping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners.
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and allspice.
- With an electric mixer, beat together butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add sour cream, eggs, and vanilla; beat until well mixed. Slowly add in flour mixture and beat until just combined. Fold in grated apple.
- Divide batter among the prepared muffin cups. Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool completely before frosting.
To make the frosting:
- Beat butter, powdered sugar, apple pie spice, and salt until combined. Add in vanilla and beat on medium-high until creamy, about 3 minutes. Beat in milk until fluffy, about 1 minute.
- Frost cupcakes; top with apple pie spice and cinnamon apple chips.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 432Total Fat: 22gSaturated Fat: 13gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 87mgSodium: 344mgCarbohydrates: 57gFiber: 1gSugar: 45gProtein: 3g
Medha @ Whisk & Shout says
The decorating on these cupcakes is awesome!
amanda says
Thank you!! :)
Jocelyn @BruCrew Life says
Girl, I hope you feel better soon. And I love those Honey Crisp apples so much too, but I’m with you…no way I’m paying so much for them. These cupcakes look amazing!!! Perfect sick day food!!!
Amy @Very Culinary says
Honeycrisp and Pink Ladies are my fav! The prices can suck it, though. Ya. It’s super cloudy and windy here, so baking these cupcakes sounds perfect. But, really, I just want someone to make them for me << so unmotivated. Feel better!
Alice @ Hip Foodie Mom says
Amanda, hope you feel better soon! I hate being sick. . but doesn’t that mean you can have more cupcakes while watching Dawson’s Creek? love this time of the year for baking!
Lisa @ Garnish with Lemon says
Hope you feel better soon! I love everything apple and these cupcakes just went to the top of my must make list!