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Celebrate Fall with this Easy Caramel Apple Cupcakes Recipe

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This easy Caramel Apple Cupcakes recipe combines apple cupcakes from scratch with a homemade caramel buttercream frosting to take it over the top and get you ready for all things fall!
This easy Caramel Apple Cupcakes recipe combines apple cupcakes from scratch with a homemade caramel buttercream frosting to take it over the top and get you ready for all things fall! 

When you think of fall, what flavors come to mind? Apples and caramel are two of my favorites and combined in this easy Caramel Apple Cupcakes recipe! #cupcake #cupcakes #easycupcakes #caramel #apple #caramelaple #fallcupcakes #cupcakerecipes #applerecipes #caramelrecipes #apple #recipe #recipes #fallrecipes #thanksgivingfood

Caramel Apple Cupcakes Recipe

When you think of fall, what flavors come to mind? Whether you gravitate more to the salty or the sweet, you'll eventually end up thinking about caramel and apples. And caramel apples.

This year take your idea of caramel apples to a new level by combining the two into this easy caramel apple cupcakes recipe! This recipe is seriously so easy and people will be requesting you make another batch all fall long!

What You Need To Make Caramel Apple Cupcakes

This is what you need to make my popular caramel apple cupcakes. These are basically apple cupcakes with a homemade buttercream and caramel drizzle. It's so incredible.

  • Flour
  • Brown Sugar
  • Granulated sugar
  • Baking Soda
  • Baking Powder
  • Cinnamon
  • Eggs
  • Vanilla Extract
  • Sour cream
  • Applesauce
  • Salted butter
  • 1 apple
  • Shortening
  • Powdered sugar
  • Caramel sauce

What Type of Apples Are Best for Baking?

Honestly, I love using a more tart apple for baking. The apple flavor remains more robust after baking and the sugars I add bring out the sweetness of the apple. So I like green apples like Granny Smith apples.

Cupcake Frosting Piping Tips

Frosting cupcakes takes practice. If you can, invest in a piping kit. Wider tips will produce a thicker frosting swirl on your cupcakes.

Go slow. You can't rush perfection.

Practice, practice, practice. Try piping the frosting at an angle and then from more above the cupcake and see what looks best.

If you want, you can also use zip-top freezer bags to frost cupcakes. Just snip the corner and begin frosting the cupcakes. But you won't get the pretty swirls like you will with a frosting tip.

How To Make Homemade Buttercream Frosting

These cupcakes are apple cupcakes with buttercream frosting and caramel sauce drizzled on top. I didn't create my own caramel sauce because it is just so much quicker to buy the caramel sauce from the store. But you can make your own caramel sauce if you have time.

But I can't tell you enough, homemade buttercream frosting is super easy to make and worth every minute. It tastes so much better than canned frosting.

To make your own homemade frosting, just mix shortening, butter, and powdered sugar! Yup! It's that easy! And adjust the amounts of the ingredients based on your thickness preference.

When you think of fall, what flavors come to mind? Apples and caramel are two of my favorites and combined in this easy Caramel Apple Cupcakes recipe! #cupcake #cupcakes #easycupcakes #caramel #apple #caramelaple #fallcupcakes #cupcakerecipes #applerecipes #caramelrecipes #apple #recipe #recipes #fallrecipes #thanksgivingfood

Easy Caramel Apple Cupcakes Recipe

Here's the recipe. Print the card and don't forget to pin this post to Pinterest so you can find it later. You'll just LOVE the caramel apple cupcakes recipe.

This easy Caramel Apple Cupcakes recipe combines apple cupcakes from scratch with a homemade caramel buttercream frosting to take it over the top and get you ready for all things fall!
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Caramel Apple Cupcakes

This easy Caramel Apple Cupcakes recipe combines apple cupcakes from scratch with a homemade caramel buttercream frosting to take it over the top and get you ready for all things fall! 

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword apples, Buttercream Frosting, caramel, cupcakes
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 18 minutes
Total Time 23 minutes
Servings 24
Calories 279 kcal
Author Kelly

Ingredients

  • 1 2/3 cups all purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 cup applesauce
  • 3/4 cup salted butter , slightly melted
  • 1 large apple , chopped

***Caramel Buttercream***

  • 1/3 cup butter
  • 1/3 cup shortening
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • 2/3 cup caramel sauce

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

  2. Line a muffin pan with cupcake liners.

  3. Mix flour, sugars, baking soda, baking powder, and cinnamon in a large mixing bowl.

  4. Add eggs, vanilla extract, sour cream, applesauce and butter.

  5. Mix on medium speed just until combined and smooth. Be careful not to over mix.

  6. Stir in chopped apples.

  7. Fill cupcake liners 3/4 full.

  8. Bake 17-19 minutes.

  9. Allow to cool for 1-2 minutes, then move to cooling rack to finish cooling.

  10. To make the buttercream, cream butter and shortening until smooth.

  11. Add 2 cups of powdered sugar and mix until creamy.

  12. Add caramel and mix again until creamy.

  13. Add remaining powdered sugar and mix one more time until smooth and cream.

  14. Pipe frosting onto cupcakes and a drizzle of caramel.

Nutrition Facts
Caramel Apple Cupcakes
Amount Per Serving
Calories 279 Calories from Fat 108
% Daily Value*
Fat 12g18%
Saturated Fat 6g30%
Cholesterol 38mg13%
Sodium 120mg5%
Potassium 75mg2%
Carbohydrates 41g14%
Sugar 29g32%
Protein 1g2%
Vitamin A 315IU6%
Vitamin C 0.4mg0%
Calcium 33mg3%
Iron 0.6mg3%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

When you think of fall, what flavors come to mind? Apples and caramel are two of my favorites and combined in this easy Caramel Apple Cupcakes recipe! #cupcake #cupcakes #easycupcakes #caramel #apple #caramelaple #fallcupcakes #cupcakerecipes #applerecipes #caramelrecipes #apple #recipe #recipes #fallrecipes #thanksgivingfood

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Sometimes I go a little cupcake crazy, so follow me over on Pinterest to see all of the delicious things I'm pinning!

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Comments

  1. Ashley F says

    September 6, 2019 at 5:43 pm

    5 stars
    I agree with you, tart apples are really good to make with! These look incredible!

  2. Shadi Hasanzadenemati says

    September 6, 2019 at 5:51 pm

    5 stars
    We made this the other day and everyone loved it. Going to make it again for a family gathering this weekend!

  3. Donna @ Modern on Monticello says

    September 30, 2019 at 2:26 pm

    Can’t wait to try these out. They sound delicious! Thanks for sharing at #HomeMattersParty. I am recommending this post for a feature.

  4. Emily says

    October 1, 2019 at 11:53 am

    Yum! This would go perfect right now with my pumpkin spice latte! Pinned and shared, thanks for sharing at #HomeMattersParty

  5. Kay says

    November 13, 2019 at 12:28 pm

    so i haven’t made the recipe yet. But it sounds really good. I had a question about the recipe. in the instructions it says something about nutmeg. But i can’t find the nutmeg in the ingredients list. Do i add nutmeg or do i leave it out?

  6. Kelly says

    November 19, 2019 at 4:17 pm

    You’ll love it! The nutmeg was likely an error modifying another recipe for the cupcake base. There is no nutmeg in these.

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