The Kidlet wanted to make cupcakes, so we decided to pick a recipe from the Something Awful cake thread to try out. I'm pretty happy with how these came out and the Kidlet definitely approved of the amount of applesauce that went into them. We opted for a French buttercream to top them with. The original recipe recommended a mascarpone frosting. I think the mascarpone frosting would've been lovely if I'd had some mascarpone on hand (or been willing to make some), but I didn't feel like putting that much effort in and the French buttercream was a lot easier to toss together with ingredients I already had on hand. I think a Swiss meringue buttercream would be another good option. I probably would've done a vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream this time around except the Kidlet voted for French buttercream so we went with that.

Oooh! I bet a caramel Swiss meringue buttercream would be really good with these cupcakes! Maybe I can try that out next time.

Apple-Cinnamon Cupcakes

From Just Jenn Recipes via the Something Awful cake thread

Ingredients

• 2 c. (~250g) all-purpose flour¹
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 Tbsp. ground cinnamon
• 1 c. sugar
• 1/3 c. brown sugar
• 1/2 c. unsalted butter, softened
• 2 large eggs
• 1 c. unsweetened applesauce
• 3 c. frosting of your choice

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F) and line muffin tin with cupcake liners.
2. Sift together flour and baking soda.
3. Stir in cinnamon, sugar, and brown sugar.
4. Add butter, eggs, and applesauce and stir until just combined.
5. Spoon batter into prepared tin.
6. Bake at 180°C (350°F) for 20-25 minutes².

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¹ Soft/cake/plain/standard flour would also work here as long as you work by mass rather than volume. ^Back
2 This recipe made a dozen 5cm (2") cupcakes for me. If you're using a tin with significantly larger or smaller wells, then you'll need to adjust the baking time accordingly. Smaller cupcakes will bake faster. Larger ones will bake slower. ^Back