inside: Apple Cupcakes with caramel frosting is the perfect way to celebrate fall. Salted caramel is my favorite and homemade is the best.
Its my favorite time of year for baking! Pumpkin and Apples… heavenly {sigh…ha!} Today I’m sharing Apple Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Frosting… oh yes… amazing!!! I shared the recipe for the frosting earlier this week – you can find the link below if you need it. Grab the recipes and get baking!
Apple Cupcakes Recipe
Did you see the recipe I shared earlier this week? The salted caramel cream cheese frosting recipe here, is the perfect companion to this recipe.
Also, these cupcakes are a must-make because they are literally bursting with apples! Can you see all the apple bits? These are SO good, with or without the frosting!
Fall baking has the best colors! The fruit, the spices… all beautiful!
These cupcakes have TWO whole apples in them.. that’s 1/6th of an apple in every cupcake.
Don’t worry if the batter seems half apple and half flour.. it seems like a lot of apples, but when they bake it’s just perfect.
Spoon the batter into 12 baking cups. Bake for around 20 min, but make sure that you check with a tooth pick, I had to bake mine about 5-7 min longer, but it could have been the altitude here.
When the apple cupcakes come out of the oven you can eat them just like this… put on some butter and enjoy! The caramel frosting recipe I shared above is also AMAZING!
Apple Cupcakes recipe with caramel frosting
Ingredients
- 1 cup of sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup of softened butter
- 1 cup of flour
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp apple pie spice
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 finely chopped apples
Instructions
combine the flour, salt, baking powder, apple pie spice.
cream together the butter and sugar add in the egg and vanilla
mix in the flour and other dry ingredients into the creamed sugar
fold in the apples
bake in liners @350 for about 20 minutes {test to see if toothpick comes out clean, bake longer if needed}
makes 12 cupcakes
cool completely before frosting
Use this Caramel Frosting for the perfect topping.
There you go! This apple cupcakes recipe is delicious and pretty! Take to your next fall gathering or just eat them all your self {haha}
Other fun fall recipes:
Applesauce
Healthy Pumpkin Muffins
Pumpkin Crunch Cake
Stuffed Pumpkin Donuts
{cheater} pumpkin cheesecake
Pumpkin Bread
Pumpkin Pie Apple Crisp
Pumpkin Scones
Sheena Anderson says
Looks and sounds yummy!! Pinning!!
Shannah @ Just Us Four says
Those cupcakes look to die for!
Zainab Mansaray says
Oh I love the combinations of apple and salted caramel!! So delicious!
Danielle Reeves says
Oh my, these cupcakes TOTALLY got me in the fall mood! Must try ASAP – they look absolutely delish! 😀
Danielle @ BusyMomsHelper.com
Bethany says
Wow. These look like a little drop of heaven to me!
Stacey Lehn says
These look so sweet and yummy! I would absolutely go into a sugar coma!! I cannot digest sugar or gluten like most folks….but you got me thinking about a “swap it out” recipe 🙂
Thanks for sharing
Jessica says
You had me at salted caramel.
Kim Cunningham says
Jessica took the words right out of my mouth! Looks yummy!
Gina @ Kleinworth & Co. says
Yuuuum- I am really going to have to make some.
Beth @ Incomplete Guide to Living says
They look amazing Emily!! Gotta pin these to try! 🙂
Amy Lee Scott says
Woo! Bring on the fall baking! And a big swirl of salted caramel frosting seems like a great way to start 🙂 I definitely wouldn’t mind taking a few swigs from that bottle of delicious stuff!
Amy | Club Narwhal
Donna Laster says
Sounds delicious! Have to try these muffins.
Thanks for posting.
Donna @ Blackberry Winter Crafts
Kristin @ Kit's Crafts says
Oh wow. These apple cupcakes look AMAZING! Can’t wait to make them!
Allison {A Glimpse Inside} says
These look and sound super yummy!
Thanks for linking up to this week’s Catch a Glimpse Party. I’ll be featuring this tomorrow.
Emily Thompson says
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PJ @ Planned in Pencil says
Yes Yes Yes! Apple treats this time of year are my favorite! If you stop by tomorrow you can grab a feature button because this has to be a top pick for me! thanks for sharing it at the Pinworthy Project Linkup!
Theresa says
Thanks so much for sharing your post & hope to see you again this week. Pinning it. Hope you have a great weekend ahead. Theresa @DearCreatives
Jamie @ Love Bakes Good Cakes says
These sound amazingly delicious, Emily! Thanks so much for linking up to It’s Fall Y’all this week! 🙂
April says
These look AMAZING! I will have to try them.