Apple Spice Cupcakes with Maple-Brown Sugar Frosting
Apple Spice Cupcakes are packed with fall flavors, including chunks of apples, and covered in a sweet, maple-infused frosting. The perfect Autumn dessert!
Ingredients
For the Cupcakes:
- 1 1/3 cup Vegetable oil
- 2 cups Sugar
- 3 Eggs
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- 3 cups Flour
- 2 teaspoons Cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon Baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon Ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon Allspice
- 2 Apples (peeled and diced)
For the Maple-Brown Sugar Frosting
- 4 ounces Cream cheese (softened)
- 2 cups Powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup Brown sugar
- 2 Tablespoons Maple syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon Maple extract (optional)
Instructions
For the Cupcakes:
- Prep your muffin tin by greasing and flouring each cup, or inserting muffin liners. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine oil, sugar, eggs and vanilla on high speed for 2 minutes, or by hand for 5 minutes.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, ginger and allspice until combined. Slowly add to mixing bowl and stir just until combined. Fold in apples.
- Pour into prepared muffin tins and bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes, until they pass the toothpick test. Cool completely before frosting.
Notes
- You can freeze these after baking, but I do not recommend it as they lose something in both taste and texture.
- Make sure you grease and flour your muffin tins well, or use a muffin liner. These cupcakes tend to be stickier than normal cupcakes.
- Feel free to experiment with the spice amount. Use less for a more subtle spice flavor; use more for a more robust flavor.