Description
Moist and full of flavor, these Apple Cinnamon Cupcakes are an apple lover’s delight. Apple cider, minced fresh apple, and apple sauce are included in the cake batter to pack in the apple flavor. Top with Cinnamon Buttercream for the ultimate fall harvest baking treat!
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 and 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 and 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/8 teaspoon cloves
- 1 and 1/4 cups applesauce
- 1 cup sugar
- 16 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 1/4 cup apple cider
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 and 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup fresh apple, peeled and diced to 1/4 inch pieces
Instructions
Cupcakes
- Adjust an oven rack to middle position and set the oven to 325 degrees F. Fill cupcake tin with liners and set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves together. In a large mixing bowl, whisk applesauce, sugar, melted butter, cider, eggs and vanilla together. Stir the flour mixture into the applesauce mixture until just combined and no white streaks remain. Fill cupcake liners 3/4 full with batter and bake for 25 minutes. Let cool completely before frosting.
Notes
For mini cupcakes: follow the same directions except bake for 15 minutes instead of 25.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 132
- Sugar: 8.8 g
- Sodium: 189 mg
- Fat: 6.6 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Carbohydrates: 17.2 g
- Protein: 1.6 g
- Cholesterol: 29 mg
