Apple Pie Cupcakes with Cinnamon Icing

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I am so ready for cooler weather and apple picking season. I love using up fresh fruits to create delicious ideas in the kitchen.

If you’re on the hunt for amazing apple recipes, this apple pie cupcake recipe is a crowd pleaser for sure. Oh, they smell just like fall when they are cooking.

Don’t fret, they are not hard to make at all. They come together quickly, even the homemade icing we top them with. And, those are fresh apples on top of that icing.

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Here is everything you will need to make the cake, the topping and the icing.

Cake Ingredients

Apple Pie Topping Ingredients:

Cinnamon Icing Ingredients: 

1 cup butter, soft at room temp
2 1/2  cups powder sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 tbsp ground cinnamon
3-5 TBSP heavy whipping cream
1 large piping bag, fitted with a star tip


Cupcake Directions:

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

Using a standing mixer, combine the cake mix, eggs, milk and butter and mix until well combined.


Add cupcake liners to you muffin pans. This will make approximately 22 cupcakes.


Scoop cupcake batter into the liners. Only fill them about three fourths of the way.

Bake in the oven for 21 minutes.

While the cupcakes are baking, let’s make the apple pie filling real quick.

Directions for Apple Pie Topping:

Using a medium pot, melt your butter.

Stir in the apples, sugar and cinnamon.

Mix in 1 cup of water until well combined and bring it to a low simmer

In a small bowl, combine the remaining 1/2 cup of water with the cornstarch, and whisk lightly until it’s smooth.

Add the cornstarch mixture to the apples and cook 1-2 minutes longer, until the mixture has thickened.

Set it aside and let it cool completely.

Cinnamon Icing Directions:

Using your standing mixer, combine all ingredients and mix on medium speed.

Mix until you see stiffed peaks.

Fill your frosting and scoop into piping bag.

Using the frosting, pipe the frosting onto the cupcakes. You want to make sure you keep the tip of the frosting flat so that the apple pie filling can sit on top of the frosting.

Scoop about 1-2 tbsp of the apple pie filling onto the top of the cupcakes.

Enjoy!

Apple Pie Cupcakes with Cinnamon Icing

Apple Pie Cupcakes with Cinnamon Icing

Ingredients

  • CAKE
  • 1 box of spice cake mix
  • 3 large eggs at room temp
  • 1/2 cup butter, soft at room temp
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • APPLE PIE TOPPING
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 6 cups Gala apples, peeled and chopped
  • 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 2 tsp cornstarch
  • CINNAMON ICING
  • 1 cup butter, soft at room temp
  • 2 1/2 cups powder sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
  • 3-5 TBSP heavy whipping cream
  • 1 large piping bag, fitted with a star tip

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Using a standing mixer, combine the cake mix, eggs, milk and butter and mix until well combined.
  3. Add cupcake liners to you muffin pans. This will make approximately 22 cupcakes.
  4. Scoop cupcake batter into the liners. Only fill them about three fourths of the way.
  5. Bake in the oven for 21 minutes.
  6. While the cupcakes are baking, let’s make the apple pie filling real quick.
  7. Directions for Apple Pie Topping:
  8. Using a medium pot, melt your butter.
  9. Stir in the apples, sugar and cinnamon.
  10. Mix in 1 cup of water until well combined and bring it to a low simmer
  11. In a small bowl, combine the remaining 1/2 cup of water with the cornstarch, and whisk lightly until it’s smooth.
  12. Add the cornstarch mixture to the apples and cook 1-2 minutes longer, until the mixture has thickened.
  13. Set it aside and let it cool completely.
  14. Cinnamon Icing Directions:
  15. Using your standing mixer, combine all ingredients and mix on medium speed.
  16. Mix until you see stiffed peaks.
  17. Fill your frosting and scoop into piping bag.
  18. Frost the cupcakes and top with a scoop of the apple pie filling.

6 Comments

  1. Those cupcakes are gorgeous!! My mouth is watering. I am so ready for ALL of the Fall desserts. Cannot wait to try these!

  2. We love apple pie and in cupcake form sounds marvelous. Thank you for sharing at Dare To Share Saturday.

  3. Congratulations!
    Your post is featured on Full Plate Thursday this week and it will be pinned to our features board. Hope you have a lovely day and thanks so much for sharing your post with us!
    Miz Helen

  4. Jann Olson says:

    These look so delicious, and are perfect for fall! Thanks for sharing the recipe with SYC.
    I would have liked to feature you, but I’m not seeing a link back to the party.
    hugs,
    Jann

  5. Thank you for sharing on #omhgff last week, this week your recipe is being featured on our Linkup!
    It looks amazing!!
    It has been shared on Pinterest, G+ and Twitter
    Hope you will stop by and link again, be sure to share.
    Have a great weekend!

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