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Apple Spice Cupcakes

Published: Nov 10, 2016 · Modified: Nov 9, 2021 by Arlene Mobley · This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

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Moist Apple Spice Cupcakes

There are two flavors that become very popular once Fall rolls around. Pumpkin and apple. So today I am sharing a very moist and delicious Apple Spice Cupcake recipe topped with a very interesting frosting flavor. One I'm sure you've never seen before.

Apple Spice Cupcakes with Caramel Apple Coffee Frosting via flouronmyface.com

This Apple Spice Cupcakes recipe was made to celebrate the first collaborative post of the Food Blog Genius tribe. #FoodBlogGenius is a bunch of bloggers that love to share delicious recipes.

We also are a group of blogger who have come together to form a support group of sorts. We are working together to share our recipes collaboratively with each others readers along with helping each other grow as food bloggers.

I hope you enjoy this first monthly recipe roundup.

Our first collaborative post theme is fall flavored cupcakes. Please check out some of the other delicious cupcake recipes below and if you have a minute visit their blog and leave a comment.

We love to hear from our readers!

6 Fabulous Fall Cupcakes Recipes via #foodbloggenious flouronmyface.com

 

Fall Flavored Cupcakes

Cupcake recipes, clockwise from top left:

  1. Apple Spice Cupcakes (Arlene - Flour on My Face)
  2. Spicy Chai Cupcakes with Cinnamon Buttercream Frosting (Gloria - Homemade and Yummy)
  3. Gluten-Free Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes with Pumpkin Frosting (Sarah - The Fit Cookie)
  4. Pumpkin Spiced Apple Cupcakes with Caramel (Veena - Veena Azmanov)

A few months back I made a delicious Pumpkin Spice Coffee Butter Cream frosting that topped the moistest pumpkin spice cupcakes I have ever made. They were so good I knew I had to try another flavor.

The secret ingredient in the frosting is cold brewed coffee concentrate made with flavored coffee grounds.

These tender and moist Apple Spice Cupcakes are topped with Caramel Apple Coffee Butter Cream Frosting.

Sound weird to you? Well I can assure you the frosting is delicious. I love coffee and the perfect flavor to top a cupcake is with a coffee flavored frosting. You get your sweet with a caffeine jolt.

Apple Cupcake recipe via flouronmyface.com

I used (affiliate link) New England Caramel Apple Coffee grounds to make a caramel apple coffee concentrate, that I then used to flavor the butter cream frosting.

You might be wondering how someone like me might decided to flavor cupcake frosting with coffee.

Well, you see I make my own cold brewed ice coffee concentrate. I have been making it for years. I drink it every day.....so one day I was brewing a quart of pumpkin spice cold brew coffee.

And like most food bloggers tend to do I said to myself- hey I wonder how that would taste mixed into some sweet butter cream frosting.

It tastes pretty good. That's how it tastes. You could do the same with any flavor of flavored coffee grounds. Hazelnut coffee butter cream frosting would probably taste awesome on top of some vanilla cupcakes.

Enjoy the recipes!

Apple Spice Cupcakes with apple caramel coffee frosting via flouronmyface.com

How to Make Moist and Tender Apple Spice Cupcakes

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
  • 2 heaping teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • pinch salt
  • ½ cup softened and room temperature unsalted butter
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • ¾ cup homemade apple sauce or your favorite store bought apple sauce
  • ½ cup buttermilk
  • ½ cup warm water
  • ¾ to 1 cup diced apple pieces

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 F. degrees and prepare a 2 muffin tins with cupcake liners.
  2. Whisk the flour, baking soda, ground cinnamon and salt in a bowl and set aside.
  3. Using a hand held mixer or a stand mixer on medium cream the butter and sugar for 3 minutes.
  4. Next beat the egg in until completely incorporated.
  5. Add the applesauce and beat well.
  6. Combine the buttermilk and warm water.
  7. Alternately add half the liquid and half the flour mixture to the bowl while beating on low.
  8. Once all the ingredients have been added to the bowl beat on medium for 2 minutes.
  9. Fold the apple pieces into the batter.
  10. Evenly divide the batter between 24 muffin wells filling them ¾ full.
  11. Bake for 18 minutes turning the pan half way through the baking time.
  12. Remove the pan from the oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes.
  13. Remove the muffins from the pan to cool on a wire rack.
  14. Frost with cream cheese frosting or my Caramel Apple Coffee Butter Cream Frosting recipe below.
  15. Makes 12

 

Apple Spice Cupcakes on a checkered cloth napkin.

Apple Spice Cupcakes

Arlene Mobley - Flour On My Face
Celebrate fall with these Apple Spice Cupcakes.
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Prep Time 12 minutes mins
Cook Time 18 minutes mins
Total Time 30 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
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Servings 24 cupcakes
Calories 106 kcal

Ingredients  

  • 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
  • 2 heaping teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • pinch salt
  • ½ cup softened and room temperature unsalted butter
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • ¾ cup homemade apple sauce or your favorite store bought apple sauce
  • ½ cup buttermilk
  • ½ cup warm water
  • ¾ to 1 cup diced apple pieces
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Instructions 

  • Preheat the oven to 375 F. degrees and prepare a 2 muffin tins with cupcake liners.
  • Whisk the flour, baking soda, ground cinnamon and salt in a bowl and set aside.
  • Using a hand held mixer or a stand mixer on medium cream the butter and sugar for 3 minutes.
  • Next beat the egg in until completely incorporated.
  • Add the applesauce and beat well. Combine the buttermilk and warm water.
  • Alternately add half the liquid and half the flour mixture to the bowl while beating on low.
  • Once all the ingredients have been added to the bowl beat on medium for 2 minutes.
  • Fold the apple pieces into the batter.
  • Evenly divide the batter between 24 muffin wells filling them ¾ full.
  • Bake for 18 minutes turning the pan half way through the baking time.
  • Remove the pan from the oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes. Remove the muffins from the pan to cool on a wire rack.
  • Frost with cream cheese frosting or my Caramel Apple Coffee Butter Cream Frosting recipe

Nutrition

Serving: 1cupcakeCalories: 106kcalCarbohydrates: 16gProtein: 1gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 18mgSodium: 78mgPotassium: 30mgFiber: 1gSugar: 10gVitamin A: 143IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 12mgIron: 1mg
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 Cupcake Frosting Recipe

Before you can make the Caramel Apple Coffee Frosting you will need to make some coffee concentrate. Start this the day before you plan on making the cupcakes and frosting.

How to Make Caramel Apple Coffee Concentrate

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Caramel Apple flavored coffee grounds. I used (affiliate link) New England Coffee.
  • 1 quart jar
  • cool water

Directions to make coffee concentrate

  1. Measure the coffee grounds into a quart size mason jar.
  2. Fill the jar with cool water.
  3. Stir the coffee ground to moisten.
  4. Cover and allow to steep 24 hours.
  5. Strain the coffee grounds through a fine mesh strainer that has been lined with a coffee filter or cheesecloth.
  6. Once all of the coffee concentrate has drained pour the concentrate into a clean jar or container.
  7. Refrigerate any unused coffee concentrate. Once you've made the frosting  pour some coffee concentrate into a glass filled with ice and enjoy a glass of Caramel Apple Iced Coffee with your cupcakes.

How to Make Caramel Apple Coffee Butter Cream Frosting

Ingredients

  • 1 stick softened butter, brought to room temperture
  • 2 ¼ cup powdered sugar
  • 3 tablespoons cold Caramel Apple Coffee concentrate

Directions

  1. Beat the butter on a bowl with  a hand mixer or in the bowl of a stand mixer on high for 2 minutes.
  2. Add the sugar to the butter one cup at a time.
  3. Scrape the bowl and beat for about 2 minutes.
  4. Add the Caramel Apple Coffee concentrate to the bowl and beat for at least 3 minutes or until the frosting is fluffy.
  5. Frost completely cooled muffins or cupcakes.
  6. Store in the frosted cupcakes or muffins in the refrigerator.

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  1. Melissa

    November 11, 2016 at 11:10 pm

    Wow, these look delicious and that caramel apple coffee buttercream sounds amazing!

    Reply
    • Arlene Mobley

      November 12, 2016 at 9:37 pm

      Melissa thanks so much!

      Reply
  2. Sarah Jane @ The Fit Cookie

    November 11, 2016 at 5:01 pm

    Yum, these look great Arlene! I love apple flavors for fall, it would taste so good in cupcakes 🙂

    Reply
    • Arlene Mobley

      November 12, 2016 at 9:37 pm

      Thanks Sarah!

      Reply
  3. Rosemary

    November 11, 2016 at 1:10 pm

    I love Fall so much probably for apples. And these cupcakes are calling my name. They look amazing.

    Reply
    • Arlene Mobley

      November 12, 2016 at 9:36 pm

      Thank you Rosemary!

      Reply
  4. Gloria @ Homemade & Yummy

    November 10, 2016 at 6:09 pm

    These look delicious...in fact I would serve them for brunch. What a nice fall cupcake. The collaboration was fun, and I look forward to the next one.

    Reply
  5. Veena

    November 10, 2016 at 2:42 pm

    Arlene These look so delicious I cannot wait to try them. I don't drink coffee but I love the addition of caramel coffee in the buttercream. It's one of my favorite flavors on chocolate cupcakes too! Thanks for the recipe

    Reply
    • Arlene Mobley

      November 10, 2016 at 3:45 pm

      Thank you Veena! They are pretty good!

      Reply

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