Recipe for Caramel Apple Cupcakes

1. RECIPE:
CARAMEL APPLE CUPCAKES
CARD 1
Yields 12 cupcakes
Cake
1 Cup All Purpose Flour
½ Teaspoon Baking Powder
½ Teaspoon Baking Soda
¼ Teaspoon Salt
1 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
¼ Pound Unsalted Butter (room temperature)
¾ Cup White, Granulated Sugar
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
2 Large Eggs (room temperature)
½ Cup Buttermilk
½ Cup Chopped Apples, Macintosh or Gala (Small Dice)

2. RECIPE:
CARAMEL APPLE CUPCAKES
CARD 2
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
In a medium mixing bowl, sift together flour, baking
powder, baking soda, salt & Cinnamon, and set aside.
In a stand mixer or with a hand mixer, cream butter
and sugar until light and fluffy. (About 2-3 mins)
Slowly incorporate eggs one at a time.
AAdddd Vanilla.
Slowly incorporate flour mixture in batches, alternating
with buttermilk
Remove bowl from mixer and fold Chopped Apples in
with a rubber spatula
Use an ice cream scoop to evenly dispense batter into
muffin tins
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3. RECIPE:
CARAMEL APPLE CUPCAKES
CARD 3
Buttercream Frosting
1 Pound Unsalted Butter (Softened)
2 Teaspoons Vanilla Extract
3 Tablespoons Prepared Caramel Syrup
(You can find this with the ice cream items
in the grocery store, or you can make your own)
5 Cups Sifted PPoowwddeerreedd SSuuggaarr
In a stand mixer or with hand mixer, mix butter,
caramel and vanilla.
With mixer running, slowly add powdered sugar
until the frosting is smooth and creamy.