How to Make Apple Cider Cupcakes - A Step-by-Step Guide

Nothing screams fall quite like the cozy, comforting flavors of apple cider. Whether you're enjoying a hot mug of it by the fireplace or using it in your baking, apple cider adds a warmth and sweetness to any dish. One of our favorite ways to incorporate this seasonal ingredient into our baking is with apple cider cupcakes.

These cupcakes are the perfect way to capture the essence of fall in a sweet, portable treat. They're moist, tender, and bursting with the flavors of apple, cinnam...

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Ingredients

  • ⅔ cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup butter, melted
  • ⅓ cup white sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ cup apple cider
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 4 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Information

  • Prep Time: 25 mins
  • Cook Time: 20 mins
  • Additional Time: 25 mins
  • Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
  • Servings: 12
  • Yield: 12 cupcakes

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.
  • Mix together brown sugar, melted butter, and white sugar in a stand mixer until thoroughly combined. Add eggs and mix well. Add flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt; mix until combined. Add apple cider and vanilla extract and beat on high speed for 2 minutes. Divide batter evenly into the prepared muffin cups.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, about 20 minutes. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool, about 20 minutes.
  • While cupcakes are cooling, combine cream cheese and softened butter in the bowl of a stand mixer and beat until blended. Add powdered sugar and vanilla extract; beat until frosting is creamy. Top cooled cupcakes with frosting.
  • Nutrition

    329 cal.

    • Total Fat: 16g
    • Saturated Fat: 10g
    • Cholesterol: 72mg
    • Sodium: 279mg
    • Total Carbohydrate: 44g
    • Dietary Fiber: 1g
    • Total Sugars: 31g
    • Protein: 4g
    • Calcium: 29mg
    • Iron: 1mg
    • Potassium: 57mg