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Applesauce Spice Cupcakes

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Total Time
Prep: 15 min. Bake: 25 min. + cooling

By Taste Of Home Editorial Team

Recipe by Edna Hoffman

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Updated on Jun. 30, 2023

I began making these moist cupcakes in grade school and still bake them today. —Edna Hoffman, Hebron, Indiana

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Applesauce Spice Cupcakes

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Yield: 1 dozen
Prep: 15 min
Cook: 25 min
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Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 large eggs. room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1-1/3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 3/4 cup applesauce
  • 1 cup prepared cream cheese frosting
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Directions

  1. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with applesauce.
  2. Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack. Frost cooled cupcakes.

Nutrition Facts

1 cupcake: 258 calories, 9g fat (5g saturated fat), 45mg cholesterol, 291mg sodium, 41g carbohydrate (27g sugars, 1g fiber), 3g protein.
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