Apple Cinnamon Cupcakes With Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

Apple Cinnamon Cupcakes With Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients:

Cupcakes

• 2 Cups granulated sugar
• 2 Eggs
• 1/2 Cup (one stick) melted butter
• 2 Teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 Cups flour
• 2 Teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 Teaspoon baking soda
• 1 Teaspoon baking powder
• 1 Teaspoon salt
• 4 Apples (cored, peeled, and chopped)
• Caramel syrup in container with a tip (I used Hershey’s Caramel Ice Cream topping and put it into a resteraunt style plastic ketchup bottle)

Frosting

• 2 Cups powdered sugar
• One 8 ounce package cream cheese (room temperature)
• 1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 2 Teaspoons vanilla extract
• Pinch of salt

Directions:

Cupcakes

1. Mix sugar, eggs, butter, and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer.
2. Add flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.  Mix until well blended.
3. Using a spoon, stir in apples.
4. Scoop batter into lined cupcake pan, filling approximately 3/4 full.
5. Bake for 15-20 minutes in a 350 degree oven or until cupcakes bounce back when pressed lightly in the center.
6. Remove from oven and cool while preparing frosting

Frosting

1. Mix powdered sugar, cream cheese, vanilla, cinnamon and salt in large bowl with an electric mixer until creamy.
2. Once cupcakes are cooled, insert the tip of your caramel bottle into your cupcake and squeeze caramel into the cupcakes.  ( I did this in 3 spots on each cupcake)
3. After filled, frost with your cinnamon cream cheese frosting.
4. I added a few extra stripes of caramel drizzle over the frosting for decoration.