Name: Spiced Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 2.5 cups plain flour; 2 tsp baking soda; 2 tsp baking powder; .5 tsp salt; 1 tsp ground ginger; 2 tsp cinnamon; 1.5 tsp clove; 1 tsp nutmeg; .5 tsp finely ground pepper; 1 cup Vegetable oil; 1 x 370g jar apple sauce; 1.5 tbsp molasses; 1 and 1/3 cups brown sugar, tightly packed; 4 large Eggs; 2 tsp vanilla extract; Peanut Butter and Cream Cheese Frosting; 125 gram butter, softened to room temperature; 125 gram cream cheese, softened; 1 heaped cup smooth peanut butter; 3 cups icing sugar; 1 tsp Vanilla; 2 tbsp Milk

The flavours complement each other well and just creates this delicious and memorable taste.

These Spiced Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting are great for dessert.

Spiced Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting | Stay At Home Mum

And this peanut butter and cream cheese frosting is insanely delicious!

You will find yourself using more spoons just so you can lick it!

Depending on how high you pipe your frosting you may have some leftover. If you have leftover frosting you can keep half in the fridge in an airtight container for a few days.

Spiced Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting

Recipe by Stay at Home Mum

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Course: DessertCuisine: AustralianDifficulty: Easy

Servings

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servings

Prep time

minutes

Cooking time

minutes

Calories

300

kcal

Total time

minutes

Warmly spiced cupcakes topped with creamy peanut butter frosting, offering a perfect balance of sweet and savory flavors.

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Ingredients

2.5 cups plain flour
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
.5 tsp salt
1 tsp ground ginger
2 tsp cinnamon
1.5 tsp clove
1 tsp nutmeg
.5 tsp finely ground pepper
1 cup Vegetable oil
1 x 370g jar apple sauce
1.5 tbsp molasses
1 and 1/3 cups brown sugar, tightly packed
4 large Eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
Peanut Butter and Cream Cheese Frosting
125 gram butter, softened to room temperature
125 gram cream cheese, softened
1 heaped cup smooth peanut butter
3 cups icing sugar
1 tsp Vanilla
2 tbsp Milk

Directions

Preheat oven to 180°C
Pop paper cases in cupcake trays
Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and spices in a medium-sized bowl.
Add apple sauce, molasses, vegetable oil and sugar to a large bowl and mix together on medium speed for a few minutes.
Add eggs and vanilla extract and continue mixing for a further 2 minutes.
Turn the speed down to low and add the flour mix a little at a time.
Divide the mixture evenly between cupcake trays and bake for about 25 mins or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.
Allow to cool in the tins.
Once completely it’s time to ice and decorate! cooled
To make the frosting:
Place butter and peanut butter and cream cheese in a mixing bowl and beat on high speed until pale and creamy.
Turn the speed down to low and add ¼ of the sugar at a time, beating for about 30 seconds between additions. Beat for 3 – 4 minutes at high speed.
Turn the speed down again and add vanilla extract and salt. Beat for about a minute.
Add milk and mix on low speed until combine, turn up the speed and beat for another minute.
Spread or pipe frosting onto completely cooled cupcakes or cake.

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Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney, she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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