Ingredients
- Eggs (2)
- Vegetable oil (1/2 Cup)
- Cinnamon applesauce (1/2 Cup)
- White sugar (2 Cups)
- Ground cinnamon (1 and 1/2 Tsp.)
- Salt (1/2 Tsp.)
- Vanilla extract (1 Tsp.)
- All-purpose flour (2 Cups)
- Baking soda (1 Tsp.)
- Apples (4 Cups, peeled & cored & finely diced)
- Garnishing: 2 Red OR Green apples
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Remember, preheating is essential for a well cooked cake!
- In a mixing bowl, the beat oil and eggs with an electric mixer until creamy. Add the sugar and vanilla and beat well.
- Combine the applesauce, flour, salt, baking soda, and ground cinnamon together in a bowl. Slowly add this mixture to the egg mixture and mix until combined. The batter will be very thick. Fold in the apples by hand using a wooden spoon. Put ‘er in your cupcake cups and tap the sides to release any air bubbles.
- Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for about 15-20 minutes. Check them after the first 10 minutes and once every 5 minutes after until the middle springs back at your finger ever so slightly. They should be crunchy looking and caramelized on top.
For the frosting, you’ll need a couple of special ingredients you should be able to find in any grocery store, mostly in the baking section. There are so many different frosting types out there, this is just the type I made on a whim (and also because I was running out of time with a bunch of hungry party guests ganging up in the kitchen!)
Ingredients:
- Shortening (1 cup)
- Vanilla flavoring (1/2 Tsp.)
- Almond flavoring (1/4 Tsp.)
- Butter flavoring (1/4 Tsp.)
- Red OR Green food coloring (Correspond it with the color of your garnishing apples!)
- Water (About 9 Tsp.)
- Confectioner’s sugar (About 1/2 of a bag or 1 lb.)
- Meringue powder (1 Tbs.)
- Apple pie spice (Usually you can go to a local spice shop and find phenomenal spices premixed. I used just under four small pinches)
- A bit of salt, just a pinch!
Thanks for your tolerance ponies!!
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