It feels like I haven’t made cupcakes in a while so I thought I’d bake these for you to help you recover from your chocolate egg hangover.
They are very quick and easy and they have apple in them…surely that must be a good thing.
Apple & Spice Cupcakes
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Author: Cathie Small Kitchen Tales
Serves: 12 cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1 medium apple
- juice of 1 lemon
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 100g
butter, softened - 100g caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- 175g self-raising flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon mixed spice
- VANILLA BUTTERCREAM
- 100g
butter, softened - 2 cups icing sugar
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
Method
- preheat oven at 180C or 160C using fan oven and line cupcake tin with papers
- peel and core apple and dice finely, place in a bowl, pour lemon juice over apple and add maple syrup, set aside
- with an electric mixer beat butter and sugar until pale, add eggs one at a time and mix well
- sift in flour and spices and continue mixing just until combined
- add apple mixture and fold through
- spoon into cupcake papers, about ¾ full and bake for about 25 minutes until lightly golden and tested with a skewer
- They can be left un-iced and still be enjoyed, or you can ice with a vanilla buttercream or a
- cream cheese frosting
- VANILLA BUTTERCREAM
- using an electric mixer beat butter until smooth, add 1 cup of sugar, milk and vanilla and continue mixing
- add remaining sugar and lemon juice and beat for a further 5 minutes until fluffy
- if it's not thick enough add some more
sugar, if it's too thick add a touch of milk
They can be left un-iced and still be enjoyed, or you can ice with a vanilla buttercream or a cream cheese frosting
Hope you enjoy your day ♥
✗
Cathie
