Apple Spice Cupcake

The cupcake recipe is from a friend, and the frosting is the cream cheese frosting. The cupcake is very moist with chunks of apple with every bite. 

Ingredients

Unsalted butter - 1 cup, at room temperature

Apple - about 2 lbs, peeled, coed, and cut into 1 inch chunks

Granulated sugar - 4 TBSP + 1 and 1/2 cup 

All purpose flour - 2 cups

Baking powder - 1 and 1/2 tsp

Salt - 1 tsp

Baking soda - 1/2 tsp

Ground cinnamon - 1 tsp

Ground allspice - 1/2 tsp

Ground nutmeg - 1/4 tsp

Egg - 4 large, at room temperature ( I used egg replacer)

Pure vanilla extract - 1 tsp

Sour cream - 1/2 cup

Cream cheese frosting 

Yield 24 cupcakes

Steps

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line two 12-cup muffin pan with cupcake liners. 
2. In a sauce pan over medium high heat, melt 4 TBSP butter. Add the apple chunks and 4 TBSP of sugar. Cooke until the apple is translucent and soft, about 7 minutes. Set aside to cool.

3. In a mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg. Set aside. 

4. In the stand mixing bowl, add remaining butter and sugar, beat at medium high speed until light and fluffy. Add egg (or egg replacer mixture), vanilla extract and beat until combined. Slowly add the flour mixture and beat on low speed until combined. Add sour cream and apple mixture, beat until just combined. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed. 

5. Divide the batter among the muffin cups, filling each about 2/3 full. Bake until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, about 20 minutes. 

6. Let the cupcake cool in the pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes and then transfer the cupcakes to the wire rack to cool completely.

7. Frost the cupcake with frosting and serve.