Apple Cinnamon Cupcakes with Buttercream Cinnamon Frosting
Make easy apple cinnamon cupcakes with cinnamon frosting. Use this step by step cinnamon cupcake recipe and cinnamon buttercream frosting recipe.
Servings 12
Calories 330kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
For the Cupcakes
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 stick butter softened
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup 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
For the buttercream:
- 2 sticks butter softened
- 4 cups icing sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2-3 tbsp milk
- ½ tbsp brown sugar
Instructions
- Line a muffin tin with paper cupcake liners and set aside.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, beat with a mixer 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. Mix thoroughly.
- 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.
- For the buttercream:
- In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat together all ingredients. Start speed on low and gradually increase to high.
- Once all ingredients are smooth and well-combined, the buttercream is ready.
- Scoop buttercream into a piping bag with Wilton tip #12 attached.
- Frost each cupcake generously and sprinkle with brown sugar.
Notes
Yields: 12 cupcakes
Nutrition
Calories: 330kcal | Carbohydrates: 59g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 58mg | Sodium: 141mg | Potassium: 48mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 50g | Vitamin A: 323IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 22mg | Iron: 1mg