Applesauce Spice Cupcakes
This week I decided I should stay clear of chocolate recipes. Truth be told, my father pointed out that I had been on a chocolate chip cookie run and my readers may want something in another flavor. It is true and he is right (Thank you Dad!) I can not help it, I love chocolate and knowing my taste testers prefer chocolate, I gravitate to those recipes first. So, I asked my son, one of my tasters, to pick a recipe that he thought looked good, anything but chocolate, and he chose Applesauce Spice Cupcakes. I know, it is August and not the season for apples and spice, but my son picked the recipe and I was excited to try it.
Applesauce Spice Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon grated fresh nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 stick 1/2 cup unsalted butter - room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 4 large eggs - room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups unsweetened applesauce
- optional 1 cup pecans toasted and chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven 350 degrees
- Line standard sized muffin tins with paper liners.
- Whisk together dry ingredients: Flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.
- In a large bowl cream butter and sugars with an electric hand mixer until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs one at a time, mixing each until combined before adding the next one.
- Add applesauce and dry ingredients until the mixture is combined thoroughly.
- If you are including the pecans, add them to the batter, stirring by hand.
- Using an ice cream scoop, fill the muffin tins evenly with the batter. Fill about 3/4 full.
- Bake 35 minutes or until tester comes out clean. Cool on wire racks.
Notes
Brown Sugar - Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients
- 1 stick 1/2 cup unsalted butter - room temperature
- 8 ounces cream cheese - room temperature
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
Instructions
- Using a electric hand mixer blend the ingredients until combined. Using a cake spatula frost the cupcakes.
These sound delicious and look extra tempting with your fabulous photos!!
wow, they look amazing!!!