Ingredients Needed
Preheat oven to 350 F
Cupcakes
- 1 1/2 Cups All-Purpose Flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- mix about 1/2 tsp of sugar with 1/4 tsp of cinnamon and set aside
Filling
- 1 med green apple (or any other tart apple)
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 small lemon
- 1/8 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp corn starch
Buttercream
- 1 cup butter softened
- 2 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tsp cream
- 1/2 – 2/3 cup caramel + extra for drizzle
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- Start by whisking your flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt together – set aside
- Beat butter and sugar until creamed
- add eggs one at a time, making sure they’re incorporated before adding the next
- add vanilla
- Alternate adding flour mixture and buttermilk (should take roughly 3 installments)
Don’t overmix. Fill your lined cupcake tray about 2/3 full. Sprinkle the cinnamon/sugar mixture over your unbaked cupcakes
Bake for 15-20 min (check around 12 min)
While your cupcakes are baking, start by dicing up your peeled and cored apple
- In a pan, combine diced apple, brown sugar, and lemon juice ( you may adjust sugar and lemon amounts by taste)
- when apples start to get soft, use a potato masher to squish them down to an almost applesauce consistency( think chunky applesauce)
- add cornstarch to thicken
Bring to a boil and simmer for 15 min
The buttercream is just a basic buttercream recipe. No frills.
- Cream together butter and powdered sugar
- add cream
- Slowly add caramel and taste as you go
You can use homemade or store bought caramel sauce. I personally just used store bought because we had it in the house and what else was I going to use it for?
For the drizzle, I used roughly 1/4 cup of the caramel sauce and added salt to taste. Heat it in the microwave for 10-15 second bursts so that the salt will melt. Put as much or as little on top of the cupcakes as you like. You can also omit this step completely if you prefer.
Thats it! If you make this, let me know how it goes 🙂
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