Apple Cupcakes With Cinnamon Marshmallow Frosting Recipes

Steps:

• Prepare and bake cake mix according to package directions for cupcakes., In a large skillet, heat butter over medium heat. Add apples and brown sugar; cook and stir until apples are tender, 10-12 minutes. In a small bowl, mix cornstarch and water until smooth; stir into pan. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, 1-2 minutes. Remove from heat; cool completely., Using a paring knife, cut a 1-in.-wide cone-shaped piece from top of each cupcake; discard removed portion. Fill cavity with apple mixture., In a large bowl, combine the 5 frosting ingredients; beat until smooth. Frost cupcakes. If desired, top with apple slices to serve.

Steps:

• Cinnamon Apple Cupcake:
• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line two standard cupcake tins with 15 paper liners.
• Using a stand or hand mixer, cream together the sugar and butter on medium speed in a large bowl.
• Slowly add in eggs, one at a time, and mix on medium speed until combined.
• Reduce speed to low and add vanilla extract, milk, and sour cream.
• In a separate bowl, combine both flours, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients, and mix on medium speed until smooth, about 2 minutes.
• Using a large spoon, fill the cupcake liners three-quarters full and bake for 18 to 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cinnamon Apple Filling:
• In a small saucepan over low heat, combine diced apple with sugar and cinnamon.
• Simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until apples are soft.
• Set aside to fill cupcakes with later.
• Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting:
• With a hand or stand mixer, beat softened butter and cream cheese together on medium speed for 3 minutes.
• Add vanilla and mix on medium speed until thoroughly combined.
• Slowly add powdered sugar and beat on low for 1 minute.
• Add cinnamon and gradually increase the speed to high and beat for 3 minutes, until fluffy.
• Apple Fritter Topping:
• Combine flour and next seven ingredients including apples in a medium bowl.
• Heat the 2 cups vegetable oil in a frying pan over medium high heat for 3 minutes. Lower heat to medium, and using an ice cream scoop or large spoon, drop 1/4 cupfuls of batter into the hot oil.
• Fry about 2 to 3 minutes on each side, until golden. Remove fritters with a slotted spoon, and place on a plate lined with a paper towel to absorb the excess oil.
• Continue until all the batter is gone, being careful not to overcrowd the pan while frying.
• While hot, sprinkle the fritters with cinnamon and sugar.
• After cooled, cut fritters into pieces to top cupcakes.
• To Assemble Cupcakes:
• Once cool, poke small holes in each cupcake, using a circle pastry tip or an apple corer. Insert one tablespoon of the Cinnamon Apple Filling into each cupcake. Gently pipe each cupcake with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting. Garnish with an Apple Fritter Topping piece on top of each cupcake.

Steps:

• For the cupcakes: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 12 muffin tins with paper liners. Whisk the flour, baking soda, nutmeg and salt together in a medium bowl.
• Beat the butter and sugar together in a large bowl using an electric mixer on medium-high speed until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in the eggs, one at a time and then the vanilla, beating until smooth. Reduce the mixer speed to low and beat in half the flour mixture until just combined. Then add the sour cream, and then the rest of the flour. Beat until well combined, taking care not to over mix. Stir in the chopped apples.
• Divide the batter between prepared muffin tin, filling them 1/2 way full. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean and the tops spring back when pressed gently, about 20 minutes. Cool the cupcakes in the tin on a rack for 10 minutes then remove and cool completely on the rack.
• For the frosting: Beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 5 to 7 minutes, scraping the sides of the bowl occasionally. Add the marshmallow cream, milk, vanilla and salt and beat on low speed until blended. Increase the mixer speed to high and beat until fluffy and thick, 1 to 2 minutes. Pipe or spread the frosting on the tops of the cupcakes.

Steps:

• For the cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 24 muffin tins with paper liners.
• Using a hand mixer or standing mixer, cream the butter and vanilla sugar together until fluffy, about 2 to 3 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time and vanilla extract, beating until smooth.
• Combine the flour, nutmeg, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Add half the flour mixture to the creamed butter, then add the sour cream, and then the rest of the flour. Beat until well combined, taking care not to over mix. Gently fold in the chopped apples.
• Divide batter between prepared muffin tins, filling them 1/2 way full. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cupcakes comes out clean and the tops spring back when pressed gently, about 20 minutes. Cool the cupcakes in the tin on a rack for 10 minutes then remove from the tin and cool completely.
• Put apple butter into a small pastry bag with an open tip Squeeze a small amount into the center of each cupcake. Continue cooling completely. Then frost with icing.
• For the frosting: Using a hand or standing mixer, beat cream cheese and butter together, at medium speed, until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add in vanilla and lemon juice. On low speed, gradually add in confectioners' sugar and beat until well combined. Frost as desired.

Steps:

• Using food coloring, tint buttercream as desired.
• Using an offset spatula, frost the cupcakes with a generous amount of buttercream. Place a pretzel stick in the center of each cupcake to form a stem. Using kitchen scissors, cut candy strips into leaf shapes, and insert one into each cupcake, creating an apple. for each cupcake. Place next to the pretzel stem.

Steps:

• To Make the Cupcakes: Preheat oven to 350 F. Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners. Combine shredded and dried apples in a medium bowl with 3 tablespoons brown sugar and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon; set aside. Whisk together the whole-wheat flour, cake flour, baking soda, salt and the remaining 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon in a medium bowl and set aside. Beat the oil and the remaining 3/4 cup brown sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until well combined. Beat in eggs one at a time until combined. Add the vanilla then increase the mixer speed to high and beat for 1 minute. With the mixer on low speed, alternately add the dry ingredients and the buttermilk to the batter, starting and ending with the dry ingredients and scraping the sides of the bowl as needed. Mix until just combined. Stir in the reserved apple mixture until just combined. Divide the batter among the prepared muffins cups - the cups will be full. Bake for 20-22 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove the cupcakes to a wire rack to cool completely before frosting. To Make the Frosting: Bring 2 inches of water to a simmer in a saucepan. Combine 1 cup of brown sugar and 1/4 cup water in a heatproof bowl and set it over the saucepan. Heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves, 2-3 minutes. Add the reconstituted egg whites, cream of tartar and pinch of salt to the bowl and beat with an electric mixer on high speed until the mixture is glossy and thick, 5-7 minutes. Remove the bowl from the heat and continue beating for 1 minute to cool the frosting. Add the vanilla and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and beat on low just to combine. Spread or pipe the frosting onto the cooled cupcakes and garnish with extra cinnamon, if desired. (The frosting stiffens after made so you will want to frost the cupcakes soon after making it.)