Apple Spice Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Apple Spice Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

These apple spice cupcakes with cream cheese frosting taste like fall in a bite! They’re moist and flavored with warm spices like cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger. The best thing about these cupcakes is that they are studded with fresh-chopped apples from Heinen’s. In the fall, Heinen’s sources apples from a variety of Midwest farms. Picked and available in their Produce Department in as little as a day, you simply can’t beat the freshness.

Megan Weimer of Dollop of Dough

Recipe - Heinen's of Rocky River

Prep Time20 Minutes

Servings11

Cook Time18 Minutes

Ingredients

1 1⁄2 cups all purpose flour

2 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. Heinen's cinnamon

1⁄2 tsp. Heinen's nutmeg

¼ tsp. Heinen's allspice

¼ tsp. salt

1⁄2 cup Heinen's sugar

1⁄2 cup Heinen's brown sugar

⅓ cup Heinen's unsalted butter, softened

⅓ cup Heinen's olive oil

1 large Heinen's cage free egg

1 Heinen's cage free egg white

2 tsp. vanilla extract

⅔ cup buttermilk

1 cup apples, chopped

1⁄2 cup Heinen's unsalted butter, softened

8 oz. full-fat cream cheese, softened

4 cups Heinen's powdered sugar

1 tsp. vanilla extract

¼ tsp. salt

Directions

For the Cupcakes

Preheat the oven to 350˚F. Fill a cupcake pan with 12 liners and set aside.
Add the flour, baking powder, spices, salt and white and brown sugar to the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment. Mix on low until combined.
Add the butter and beat on low for 3–5 minutes until the texture resembles wet sand.
Next, add the oil, egg, egg white and vanilla extract. Mix on low until a batter forms.
Pour in the buttermilk and stir until well combined. The batter will be thin.
Next, fold in chopped apples until they’re evenly distributed throughout the batter.
Portion the batter evenly between the cupcake liners, filling each about ⅔ full. Bake for 18–22 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Let the cupcakes cool in the pan for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack. Let them cool completely before frosting.

For the Cream Cheese Frosting

Beat the butter and cream cheese together in a stand mixer or with a hand mixer on medium-low speed until creamy and free of lumps.
With the mixer on low, add the powdered sugar 1 cup at a time until completely combined and smooth. Scrape the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula as needed.
Add the vanilla and salt and mix well on medium-low speed.
Fill a piping bag with the frosting and pipe on top of each cupcake. Enjoy!

20 minutes

Prep Time

18 minutes

Cook Time

Servings

Shop Ingredients

Makes 11 servings

1 1⁄2 cups all purpose flour

Gold Medal All-Purpose Flour, 5 Pound

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$5.69$1.14/lb

2 tsp. baking powder

Clabber Girl Baking Powder, Double Acting, 8.1 Ounce

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$3.69$0.46/oz

1 tsp. Heinen's cinnamon

Heinen's Ground Cinnamon, 1.5 Ounce

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$4.99$3.33/oz

1⁄2 tsp. Heinen's nutmeg

Heinen's Ground Nutmeg, 1.8 Ounce

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$4.99$2.77/oz

¼ tsp. Heinen's allspice

McCormick Ground Allspice, 0.9 Ounce

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$5.69$6.32/oz

¼ tsp. salt

Heinen's Mediterranean Sea Salt Grinder, 4.6 Ounce

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$5.99$1.30/oz

1⁄2 cup Heinen's sugar

Heinen's Organic Evaporated Raw Cane Sugar, 24 Ounce

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$5.69$0.24/oz

1⁄2 cup Heinen's brown sugar

Heinen's Organic Light Brown Sugar, 16 Ounce

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$5.69$0.36/oz

⅓ cup Heinen's unsalted butter, softened

Heinen's Unsalted Sweet Cream Butter, 16 Ounce

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$4.39$0.27/oz

⅓ cup Heinen's olive oil

Heinen's Extra Virgin Olive Oil, 16.9 Ounce

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$7.99$0.47/oz

1 large Heinen's cage free egg

Heinen's Cage Free Grade A Large White Eggs, 12 Each

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$3.99$0.33 each

1 Heinen's cage free egg white

Heinen's Cage Free Grade A Large White Eggs, 12 Each

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$3.99$0.33 each

2 tsp. vanilla extract

Flavorganics Vanilla Extract, Organic, 2 Ounce

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$7.99$4.00/oz

⅔ cup buttermilk

Smith's Buttermilk, 32 Ounce

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$3.19$0.10/oz

1 cup apples, chopped

Fuji Apples, 0.5 Pound

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$1.00 avg/ea$1.99/lb

1⁄2 cup Heinen's unsalted butter, softened

Heinen's Unsalted Sweet Cream Butter, 16 Ounce

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$4.39$0.27/oz

8 oz. full-fat cream cheese, softened

Heinen's Plain Cream Cheese, 7.5 Ounce

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$4.79$0.64/oz

4 cups Heinen's powdered sugar

Heinen's Organic Powdered Sugar, 16 Ounce

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$5.99$0.37/oz

1 tsp. vanilla extract

Flavorganics Vanilla Extract, Organic, 2 Ounce

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$7.99$4.00/oz

¼ tsp. salt

Heinen's Mediterranean Sea Salt Grinder, 4.6 Ounce

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$5.99$1.30/oz

Directions

For the Cupcakes

Preheat the oven to 350˚F. Fill a cupcake pan with 12 liners and set aside.
Add the flour, baking powder, spices, salt and white and brown sugar to the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment. Mix on low until combined.
Add the butter and beat on low for 3–5 minutes until the texture resembles wet sand.
Next, add the oil, egg, egg white and vanilla extract. Mix on low until a batter forms.
Pour in the buttermilk and stir until well combined. The batter will be thin.
Next, fold in chopped apples until they’re evenly distributed throughout the batter.
Portion the batter evenly between the cupcake liners, filling each about ⅔ full. Bake for 18–22 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Let the cupcakes cool in the pan for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack. Let them cool completely before frosting.

For the Cream Cheese Frosting

Beat the butter and cream cheese together in a stand mixer or with a hand mixer on medium-low speed until creamy and free of lumps.
With the mixer on low, add the powdered sugar 1 cup at a time until completely combined and smooth. Scrape the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula as needed.
Add the vanilla and salt and mix well on medium-low speed.
Fill a piping bag with the frosting and pipe on top of each cupcake. Enjoy!