Name: Apple pie cupcakes with spiced buttercream
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 55 min
Ingredients: Apple pie cupcakes; 125 gram butter, softened; 2/3 cup caster sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 eggs; 2 cup self-raising flour, sifted; 2/3 cup milk; 400 gram can chopped pie apple; Vienna almonds, chopped, to serve; Buttercream; 250 gram unsalted butter, softened; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 3 cup icing sugar; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Apple pie cupcakes with spiced buttercream

This delicious recipe takes all those warm apple pie flavours and transforms them into these fluffy cupcakes. Iced with a cinnamon and nutmeg-spiced buttercream, they're sure to be a hit

Makes 12

Prep

30M

Cook

25M

Total

55M

Ingredients

Apple pie cupcakes

125 gram butter, softened

2/3 cup caster sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 eggs

2 cup self-raising flour, sifted

2/3 cup milk

400 gram can chopped pie apple

Vienna almonds, chopped, to serve

Buttercream

250 gram unsalted butter, softened

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

3 cup icing sugar

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Method

Apple pie cupcakes

1.Preheat oven to moderate, 180°C. Line a 12-hole muffin pan with paper patty cases.

2.In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat together butter and sugar until creamy, then add vanilla.

3.Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Fold in flour alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour.

4.Fold in apple, then spoon evenly between cases.

5.Bake for 20-25 minutes until cooked when tested. Cool in pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Buttercream

6.In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and vanilla together until pale. Gradually add combined sifted icing sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg, beating well. Transfer mixture to a piping bag fitted with a large fluted nozzle. Swirl buttercream generously onto cupcakes. Sprinkle with almonds.