Baby's First Applesauce Cupcakes

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons apple pie spice
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup applesauce
• 1/4 cup buttermilk
• 2 (16 ounce) cans frosting
• liquid food coloring or food coloring paste, in desired color
• candy sprinkles
• multicolored sugar nonpareils
• candy covered plain chocolate candies

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 line twenty-four 2-1/2-inch muffin cups with foil bake cups or paper bake cups; set aside.
• 3 in a medium mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, apple pie spice, and baking soda; set aside.
• 4 in a large mixing bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer for 30 seconds.
• 5 add sugar and vanilla; beat until well combined.
• 6 add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 7 in a large measuring cup, combine applesauce and buttermilk.
• 8 alternately add applesauce mixture and flour mixture to butter mixture, beating on low speed after each addition just until combined.
• 9 spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling each about one-half to two-thirds full.
• 10 bake in preheated oven for 18 to 20 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted near centers of cakes comes out clean.
• 11 cool cakes in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes.
• 12 remove cupcakes from pans and cool thoroughly on racks.
• 13 tint frosting with liquid food coloring or paste as desired.
• 14 frost cupcakes and decorate with candy sprinkles, nonpareils, and candy-coated chocolate pieces, as desired.
• 15 makes 24 cupcakes.