Pumpkin Spiced Apple Cupcakes with Caramel

Pumpkin Spiced Apple Cupcakes with Swiss Meringue Buttercream and Caramel

Perfect for the season these pumpkin spiced apple cupcakes with the warm pumpkin spice, velvet buttercream that melts in your mouth and ends with the sweetness of the caramel.

Pumpkin Spiced Apple Cupcakes

7 Fall inspired Cupcakes – a collaboration by 7 food bloggers

Today I have some really awesome fall inspired cupcakes to share with you. Actually 10 fall inspired cupcakes to share with you!! No they are not all my recipes but recipes from my talented food blogger friends.

yes, this is a little collaboration we did to bring you something different and something new to our blog fans. 10 food bloggers from around the world got together to each create a cupcake inspired by the flavors of fall.

So in this one post I will be sharing with you not just my recipe but also direct you to 9 other bloggers who I think you will love to visit and follow. Look at this collage here. Isn’t’ this the most delectable colors and flavors of fall?  I will share the name and links below my recipe so look for that.

So here are the 6 other Cupcake recipe links from my food blogger friends

1. Vanilla Almond Cupcakes with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting (Rosemary Molly – An Italian in my kitchen)
2. Cranberry Orange Cupcakes with White Chocolate Buttercream (Melissa Radcliffe – My wife can cook)
3. Apple Spice Cupcakes (Arlene Mobley – Flour on my Face)
4. Spicy Chai Cupcakes with Cinnamon Buttercream Frosting (Gloria Duggan – Homemade & Yummy)
5. Gluten Free Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes with Pumpkin Frosting (Sarah Jane Parker – The Fit Cookie)
6. Pumpkin Spiced Apple Cupcakes with Caramel – that’s me..!

My Pumpkin Spice Apple Cupcakes.

These are just so perfect for this weather. What could be more comforting that a cupcake that warms you up from the inside. Getting you all cozy for the fall weather. Right? And of course.. who doesn’t love apples? It’s anther thing in season!!

Let’s look at some of the ingredients

Pumpkin Spiced Apple Cupcakes

Pumpkin Spice – what is pumpkin spice?

Nothing says more fall than pumpkins spice. Does it? just such a heart warming flavor.

So what is pumpkin spice. Well it’s a blend of ground spices. Do you know that pumpkin spice does not often have pumpkin seeds? Yeah not all brand do.

When I lived in Singapore I use to get this brand of pumpkin spice that had ground pumpkin seeds as well. But often the only pumpkin spice you get are cinnamon, ground ginger, nutmeg and cloves. I did like that pumpkin spice with ground up pumpkin seeds and have been looking for it – no luck yet.

So if you don’t get pumpkin spice where you live; you can make your own by mixing together these powdered spices –  1 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp nutmeg, 1/4 tsp ground ginger and 1/8 tsp cloves. The best part is that you can add or subtract these based on your own preference. These spices can warm your system making your body cope withe the incoming cold weather. That is why when it’s fall we start thinking of making these drinks with pumpkin spice like pumpkin spice latte? pumpkin Spiced desserts?

For example today the pumpkin spice I’m using has nutmeg, star anise along with pumpkin spice. It;s a middle eastern brand so I presume they made it more local by adding these extras to the already existing pumpkin spice.

Pumpkin Spiced Apple Cupcakes

Brown sugar

I love the addition of molasses that comes with the brown sugar – adds up to the warmth in the recipe but if you cannot use brown sugar go ahead and use white sugar. As a tip you may want to reduce it by a few tabelspoons just because white sugar is more sweeter than brown sugar.

Pumpkin Spiced Apple Cupcakes

Apples

Technically you can use any apples you like. Personally I prefer the Gala or Granny Smith because they are firmer and more tart.

Sour Cream

I love sour cream instead of milk in this recipe. But if you don’t have sour cream you can use buttermilk instead. Don’t have buttermilk make it in five minutes. Here’s how homemade buttermilk in 5 minutes

Pumpkin Spiced Apple Cupcakes

Recipe – Pumpkin Spiced Apple Cupcakes with SMBC and Caramel

Tools

• K-mix/
• food processor or
• jut a bowl
• and whisk

Ingredients

• Brown Sugar – 150 grams (3/4 cup)
• Canola oil – 2/3 cup
• Sour cream  120 ml or 1/2 cup
• Eggs – 2 large
• Apple – 1 large (chopped +
• Lemon juice 1 tsp
• All Purpose Flour – 170 grams (1 1/2 cup)
• Pumpkin spice 1 tsp (+ a little for sprinkling)
• Baking Powder – 3/4 tsp
• Baking Soda – 1/4 tsp
• Salt – 1/2 tsp
• Vanilla -1 tsp

Method:

• Preheat oven to 160 C / 320 F
• Place baking cups  or cupcake liners in a muffin tray
• Chop the apple and add 1 tbsp lemon juice to prevent oxidizing.
• Add 2 tsp flour to the apples and set aside.
• Sift the flour with baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Whisk together the eggs and brown sugar – until sugar is almost melted.
• Add in the oil followed by the sour cream
• Next goes in the flour – mix well
• Followed by the apples – fold them in
• Finally add the vanilla.
• Scoop the batter equally into 12 cupcake liners  or 8 to 10 baking cups
• Bake for 18 to 20 minutes until a skewer inserted into the center of the cupcakes comes out clean.
• Cool completely before you decorate

Make Swiss Meringue Buttercream

I do have a recipe and video on how I make Swiss Meringue buttercream 

Make Caramel Sauce

And I do have a video on how I make my Homemade Caramel Sauce 

Decorate the cupcakes.

• When the cupcakes are cooled place the frosting in a piping bag fitted with your desired piping nozzle
• Pipe a swirl on top of the cupcakes
• Warm the caramel in the microwave for 10 seconds so it’s easy to drizzle.
• Use a spoon to drizzle the caramel over the cupcakes.

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Pumpkin Spice Apple Cupcakes with SMBC and Caramel

Recipe Card to Print – Pumpkin Spiced Apple Cupcakes

Pumpkin Spice Apple Cupcakes with SMBC and Caramel

Perfect for the season these pumpkin spiced apple cupcakes with the warm pumpkin spice, velvet buttercream that melts in your mouth and end with the sweetness of the caramel.

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Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Servings 12 cupcakes

Calories 121 kcal

Author Veena Azmanov

Ingredients - Choose (Metric or US Customary) below

• Brown Sugar - 150 grams 3/4 cup
• Canola oil - 2/3 cup
• Sour cream  120 ml or 1/2 cup
• Eggs - 2 large
• Apple - 1 large (chopped +
• Lemon juice 1 tsp
• All Purpose Flour - 170 grams 1 1/2 cup
• Pumpkin spice 1 tsp + a little for sprinkling
• Baking Powder - 3/4 tsp
• Baking Soda - 1/4 tsp
• Salt - 1/2 tsp
• Vanilla -1 tsp 

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 160 C / 320 F
2. Place baking cups  or cupcake liners in a muffin tray
3. Chop the apple and add 1 tbsp lemon juice to prevent oxidizing.
4. Add 2 tsp flour to the apples and set aside.
5. Sift the flour with baking powder, baking soda and salt.
6. Whisk together the eggs and brown sugar - until sugar is almost melted.
7. Add in the oil followed by the sour cream
8. Next goes in the flour - mix well
9. Followed by the apples - fold them in 
10. Finally add the vanilla.
11. Scoop the batter equally into 12 cupcake liners  or 8 to 10 baking cups
12. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes until a skewer inserted into the center of the cupcakes comes out clean.
13. Cool completely before you decorate 
14. Make Swiss Meringue Buttercream
15. I do have a recipe and video on how I make Swiss Meringue buttercream 
16. Make Caramel Sauce
17. And I do have a video on how I make my Homemade Caramel Sauce 
18. Decorate the cupcakes.
19. When the cupcakes are cooled place the frosting in a piping bag fitted with your desired piping nozzle
20. Pipe a swirl on top of the cupcakes
21. Warm the caramel in the microwave for 10 seconds so it's easy to drizzle. 
22. Use a spoon to drizzle the caramel over the cupcakes

Nutrition Facts

Pumpkin Spice Apple Cupcakes with SMBC and Caramel

Amount Per Serving (36 g)

Calories 121 Calories from Fat 65

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 7.2g 11%

Saturated Fat 0.9g 5%

Trans Fat 0g

Polyunsaturated Fat 6.3g

Monounsaturated Fat 0g

Cholesterol 17mg 6%

Sodium 69mg 3%

Potassium 0mg 0%

Total Carbohydrates 13.4g 4%

Dietary Fiber 0.4g 2%

Sugars 7.1g

Protein 1.2g 2%

Vitamin A 0%

Vitamin C 0%

Calcium 0%

Iron 0%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

 And  finally here are my Pumpkin Spiced Apple Cupcakes with SMBC and Caramel again.

Pumpkin Spiced Apple Cupcakes

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