Description
Moist cinnamon cupcakes stuffed with spiced apple chunks, swirled with cinnamon buttercream, and topped with crunchy crumble.
Ingredients
For the apple filling
2 Apples – medium, diced
30 g Light brown soft sugar
½ tsp Cinnamon
¼ tsp Mixed spice
1 tsp Cornflour
For the crumble topping
10 g Unsalted butter
8 g Light brown soft sugar
17 g Plain flour
⅛ tsp Cinnamon
For the cupcakes
175 g Unsalted butter, softened
175 g Light brown soft sugar
3 Large eggs
175 g Self-raising flour
½ tsp Cinnamon
¼ tsp Mixed spice
For the buttercream
175 g Unsalted butter, softened
350 g Icing sugar
1 ½ tsp Cinnamon
2–3 tbsp Milk
Instructions
1. Peel, core, and dice apples. Cook with sugar, cornflour, and spices on low heat 10–15 min; cool.
2. Rub crumble ingredients to crumbs; bake 15 min at 180 °C fan; cool.
3. Cream butter and sugar; beat in eggs. Fold in flour and spices. Divide into 12 cases; bake 25 min at 160 °C fan; cool.
4. Core cupcakes; fill cavities with cooled apple mixture.
5. Beat butter, icing sugar, cinnamon, and milk to frosting. Pipe onto cakes, add extra apple filling, and sprinkle crumble.
Notes
Add crumble just before serving to keep it crunchy. Store cupcakes in an airtight container up to 3 days.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 29g
- Sodium: 140mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 11g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 44g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 75mg
Keywords: apple crumble cupcakes, apple crisp cupcakes, fruit filled cupcakes