Apple Cinnamon Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting
These soft Apple Cinnamon Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting are the perfect dessert for the Fall Season. Great for pitch-ins, potlucks or an alternative Thanksgiving Dessert, they are quick and easy to make.
Servings 12 Cupcakes
Calories 210kcal
Ingredients
Apple Cinnamon Cupcakes
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 stick butter softened
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup a/p flour
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp baking soda
- Pinch salt
- ¼ cup sour cream
- 1 small apple peeled, cored and cut into small cubes
Buttercream Frosting
- 2 sticks butter softened
- 4 cups icing sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2-3 tbsp milk
- ½ tbsp brown sugar
Instructions
Apple Cinnamon Cupcakes
- Line a muffin tin with paper cupcake liners and set aside.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, beat together sugar and eggs until creamy. Add butter into sugar and egg mixture and beat some more. Add vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, sift together all-purpose flour, nutmeg, cinnamon, baking soda and salt.
- Add dry ingredients into wet ingredients one third at a time. Add sour cream and mix. Add apple cubes and fold into batter. Scoop about ¼ cup of batter into each muffin section.
- Bake for 15-18 minutes. Allow to cool before decorating.
Buttercream Frosting
- In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat together all ingredients. Start speed on low and gradually increase to high. Scoop buttercream into a piping bag with Wilton tip #12 attached.
- Frost each cupcake generously and sprinkle with brown sugar.
Notes
Cream Cheese Frosting would also taste pretty yummy on these apple cinnamon cupcakes. If your the type that really doesn’t like a lot of frosting on their cupcakes, you could also go with a simple sugar icing on top and maybe sprinkle some cinnamon sugar on top!
You could also make these into mini cupcakes. This would be a great option if there are more people to feed or if you don’t like committing to a “whole” cupcake!
Nutrition
Calories: 210kcal