Deliciously moist cupcakes filled with chunks of apple and topped with a maple cream cheese frosting! These Apple Cupcakes with a Maple Cream Cheese Frosting are the perfect fall dessert!
As of late, I have been a little obsessed with maple and pumpkin. Just a tad. But sometimes I force myself to branch out. Like today with these Apple Cupcakes with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting, if I wasn’t going to have the pumpkin I was GOING to have maple. Come on people!
BTW I totally just downed a LARGE oreo cookie shake from Jack in the Box.. OOPS! Seriously though best oreo cookie shake ever, and I have had oreo cookie shakes from everywhere, nothing beats jack in the box.
You see I was going to order the regular size but then I thought I haven’t had one in a while, I’m not going to eat any whipped cream and I won’t finish the large, so naturally, I ordered the large. And sad to say I ate all of it, like slurped every last drop, made myself sick all of it.
Sorry back to these cupcakes. Moist, chock full of apples, that by the way are perfect, not mushy or too crunchy, just perfect, oh and its topped with maple cream cheese frosting, mmmm. Perfect for fall, perfect for my oreo shake slurping dessert-obsessed belly.
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Apple Cupcakes with a Maple Cream Cheese Frosting
- Prep Time: 20 Minutes
- Cook Time: 20 Minutes
- Total Time: 40 Minutes
- Yield: 15 Cupcakes 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Description
Deliciously moist cupcakes filled with chunks of apple and topped with a maple cream cheese frosting! These Apple Cupcakes with a Maple Cream Cheese Frosting are the perfect fall dessert!
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp cloves
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 2 large eggs, at room temp.
- 2 tbsp vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
- 4 oz applesauce
- 1/3 cup Greek yogurt
- 2 medium granny smith apples, peeled and diced
Frosting:
- 8 oz Cream Cheese, softened at room temp.
- 2 tbsp butter, softened
- 1 tbsp maple extract
- 2 1/2–3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F and line cupcake sheet with liners.
- In a large bowl mix together flour, baking soda, baking powder, nutmeg, cloves, and cinnamon.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer combine eggs, brown sugar, granulated sugar, applesauce and greek yogurt. Mix until fully combined. Slowly mix in dry ingredients, fold in apples.
- Bake for 17-20 minutes or until set and no wet batter comes out on a toothpick. Let cool completely before frosting.
Maple Cream Cheese Frosting
- In the bowl of an electric mixer beat cream cheese for 3-4 minutes. Add in butter and mix for another minute. Add maple extract and powdered sugar. Mix until combined. Pipe on to frosting.
Keywords: cupcakes, maple apple, cream cheese frosting, fruit cake, baked apples, maple frosting
Rebecca @ Exploits of a Dorm Room Baker says
These look awesome. I’m especially loving the frosting!
Tanya Schroeder says
That is the perfect fall cupcakes my dear! That frosting is incredible!
Jessica @ A Kitchen Addiction says
Love all of these apple chunks! That maple frosting sounds amazing!
Averie @ Averie Cooks says
that frosting looks like a DREAM! Omg. Wow I would like that on everything. It’s so satiny and shiny and just…perfect. Ive made maple extract cookies before and have used it in frosting but it’s been awhile. Thanks for the reminder and such pretty cupcakes!
[email protected] Plaid and Paisley Kitchen says
Oh I think that I am a little obsessed with these cupcakes!! Maple Cream Cheese Frosting?!!??!! Fabulous!
miss messy says
Oh my! That frosting sounds to die for! Amazing!
Jocelyn says
I need these!!! Maple cream cheese frosting sounds unbelievable!!!
Teresa says
I pinned this divine looking recipe. Looks so scrumptious. Thanks for sharing at the Wake Up Wednesdays link party.
Elizabeth says
Thank you Teresa 🙂
Kristin @ Dizzy Busy and Hungry! says
These look amazing! I totally want to have one right now! What a great flavor combo this is. And your photos are gorgeous!
I would love for you to come over and link up at Wine’d Down Wednesday if you get a chance. We are partying from now until Friday! Hope to see you there!