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Home » Caramel Apple Back to School Cupcakes Recipe

Caramel Apple Back to School Cupcakes Recipe

July 28, 2019 *This post may include amazon links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

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Created by Angie on July 28, 2019

  • Cook Time: 25m
  • Yield: 24 cupcakes

Ingredients

Cupcakes:

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 box white cake mix
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/3 cups water
  • 4 egg whites
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Bean Paste or Vanilla extract
  • 1 cup sour cream (8oz container)

Frosting:

  • 4 sticks butter, room temperature (2 cups)
  • 16 ounces cream cheese, temperature
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

For Filling:

  • 1/2 cup apple pie filling, chopped up
  • 1/4 cup caramel sauce

Mini Apples:

  • Red Pearl Sprinkles
  • Green Icing
  • Brown Jimmie Sprinkles

Instructions

Cupcakes:

  • Pre-heat oven to 325F.
  • In a large bowl, mix together cake mix, flour, sugar, and salt.
  • In the bowl of a mixer, mix together the egg whites, water, and vanilla. Mix on low for about 10 seconds.
  • Slowly add the dry mix a little at a time. Mixing on low until everything is combined.
  • Add sour cream and mix well.
  • Mix well.
  • Line a muffin/cupcake tin with paper liners. Fill each cupcake liner 3/4 full of batter. Bake at 325F for 25 minutes. Remove from oven and cool.

For Frosting:

  • In the bowl of a mixer, cream together the butter and cream cheese.
  • Carefully mix in powdered sugar.
  • Add in the vanilla and mix well.

To Fill:

  • Using a small knife to cut a center chunk from the middle of each cupcake.
  • Mix apple pie filling and caramel sauce together.
  • Spoon about 1 teaspoon of chopped apple pie filling into each cupcake.
  • Drizzle more caramel on top of apple filling if desired.
  • Plug cupcake back with the piece that was removed.

To Decorate:

  • Pipe a swirl of frosting on cupcakes.
  • Add 10 - 16 red pearl sprinkles randomly on each cupcake.
  • Pipe a small leaf of green icing (just like a blog/swiggle) on top of each red pearl sprinkle.
  • Carefully add a brown jimmie sprinkle for the apple stem.
  • Print

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