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September 15, 2014 By Janice Pattie 9 Comments

Salted Caramel Apple Cupcakes

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Salted Caramel Apple Cupcakes are the ideal way to celebrate  National Cupcake Week 15 -21 September.  Of course, you don’t need to wait until then because cupcakes are worth eating every day. 
Salted Caramel Cupcakes are hard to resist, sweet and salty caramel frosting on a soft sponge cupcake filled with tart apple pie filling.
 
 

How to core a cupcake

Those clever people at OXO Good Grips have sent me some natty little gadgets to help with creative cupcake construction, first up is the Cupcake Corer which with a simple twist removes a core from the centre of the baked cupcake. 
 
It is then ready to fill it with something delicious, jam, cream, lemon curd or in this case salted caramelised apple pieces.  
Push the cake core out of the corer, cut it in half (to leave room for the filling) and add the top piece back to the cupcake before adding your icing. 

Alternative ways to core a cupcake

If you don’t have the coring gadget, then use a knife to carefully mark a circle then cut scoop out the core with a teaspoon.  

Great tools to use to make Salted Caramel Apple Cupcakes

The second gadget I was provided with was the OXO Good Grips Cupcake Icing Knife which is small angled spatula that makes it really easy to top your cupcakes with buttercream or another type of icing.  

I usually pipe my icing on but loved this more relaxed and rustic looking icing (also no icing bag palaver!).To make things even easier I used Sugar and Crumbs Natural Flavoured Icing Sugar in ‘Salted Caramel’ flavour. 

Combining the flavours of caramel apples and salted caramel, these Salted Caramel Apple Cupcakes are extraordinarily delicious

These Salted Caramel Apple Cupcakes are definitely, worth making, the vanilla sponge gives way to the caramelised apples, enhanced by the Salted Caramel Icing and chewy fudge pieces.

Salted Caramel Apple Cupcakes are soft sponge cupcakes filled with apple pie filling and topped with salted caramel frosting

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Salted Caramel Apple Cupcakes

Janice Pattie
Filled with a sweet apple pie filling and topped with salted caramel frosting, these Salted Caramel Cupcakes are just so good!
5 from 1 vote
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 25 mins
Course Baking, Dessert
Cuisine American, British
Servings 12
Calories 279 kcal

Ingredients
 

For the cupcakes

  • 125 g soft brown sugar
  • 125 g soft butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 150 g plain flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder

For the apple filling

  • 1 medium apple
  • 1 tbsp caster sugar
  • 1 tbsp water

For the Icing

  • 75 g soft butter
  • 150 g Sugar and Crumbs Salted Caramel Icing Sugar
  • 1 tbsp milk
  • A few pieces of fudge chopped small to decorate.

Instructions
 

For the cupcakes

  • Heat the oven to 180C.
  • Using a stand mixer beat the sugar and butter together.
  • Add the eggs one at a time and finally the vanilla extract.
  • Beat the mixture for about 3 minutes until it is light and fluffy.
  • Sift the flour and baking powder into the butter mixture and beat until incorporated.
  • Spoon the mixture into eight paper case.
  • Bake for 20 -25 minutes until golden and when pressed on the top they feel firm.
  • Remove from the oven and leave to cool on a wire rack.

For the apple filling

  • Peel the apple and chop into even sized pieces, bearing in mind that they will have to fit into the cupcake.
  • Place the apple pieces sugar and water in a pan and cook on a medium heat until the sugar melts and starts to caramelise and the apple starts to soften.
  • Using the corer or a teaspoon, cut a core from the centre of the cupcake and fill with a teaspoon of the apple mixture.
  • Cut the cake core in half and replace the top over the apple mixture.

For the Icing

  • Beat the butter for a few minutes until light and fluffy.
  • Sift in the icing sugar add the milk and beat for a further few minutes until the sugar and butter are combined.
  • Spread the icing over the top of the cupcakes.
  • Decorate with chopped pieces of fudge.

Notes

If you don't have Caramel Icing Sugar, then use ordrinary icing sugar with 1 tsp vanilla extract or caramel extract if you have that. 

Nutrition

Calories: 279kcalCarbohydrates: 36gProtein: 2gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 63mgSodium: 131mgPotassium: 73mgFiber: 1gSugar: 25gVitamin A: 464IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 27mgIron: 1mg
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I was provided with the cupcake corer and icing spatula by OXO Good Grips and the Flavoured Icing Sugar by Sugar and Crumbs.  I was not paid for this review and all opinions are my own.

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Filed Under: Autumn, Baking, Dessert, Vegetarian Tagged With: apple, caramel, cupcakes, OXO Good Grips, salted caramel

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Comments

  1. Camilla Hawkins says

    September 15, 2014 at 10:52 am

    Lovely looking cupcakes and excellent flavours Janice, very Autumnal too:-)

    Reply
    • Janice Pattie says

      September 15, 2014 at 5:58 pm

      Thanks Camilla, the fruit filling really adds to the cakes.

      Reply
  2. Vohn's Vittles says

    September 16, 2014 at 8:56 am

    These sound fantastic. I have been playing with very similar flavours this week! Love autumn produce!

    Reply
  3. belleau kitchen says

    September 17, 2014 at 8:38 am

    oh my god, you put the cooked apples into the hole!… now THIS is genius and I bet tasted incredible. Am TOTALLY stealing this idea, I love it… love that icing too. Want. Now.

    Reply
  4. Jen Price says

    September 17, 2014 at 12:36 pm

    Yum yum yum! Need I say anymore?

    Reply
  5. Lou, Eat Your Veg says

    September 18, 2014 at 11:14 am

    Great couple of gadgets, particularly intrigued by the cupcake corer for adding secret fillings! And what a delicious choice of flavourings to your cupcakes, yes please Janice!

    Reply
  6. Bintu @ Recipes From A Pantry says

    September 18, 2014 at 1:37 pm

    I love this recipe Janice. Def bookmarking it for later.

    Reply
  7. Chloe Edges says

    February 26, 2020 at 5:12 pm

    Such a good idea stuffing the cupcakes, it makes the filling a great surprise!

    Reply
    • Janice Pattie says

      February 26, 2020 at 5:39 pm

      I’m all for sweet surprises. Salted caramel is so delicious and works well with the apple.

      Reply

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