BABY'S FIRST APPLESAUCE CUPCAKES

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Source: Better Homes & Garden website. Perfect cupcakes for your baby's first birthday party!!! Cooking time includes 1 hour for cupcakes to cool.

Provided by Mom2Rose

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h50m

Yield 24 cupcakes, 24 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 15

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 white frosting
liquid food coloring or food coloring paste, in desired color
candy sprinkles
multicolored sugar nonpareils
candy covered plain chocolate candies

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Line twenty-four 2-1/2-inch muffin cups with foil bake cups or paper bake cups; Set aside.
  • In a medium mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, apple pie spice, and baking soda; Set aside.
  • In a large mixing bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer for 30 seconds.
  • Add sugar and vanilla; beat until well combined.
  • Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  • In a large measuring cup, combine applesauce and buttermilk.
  • Alternately add applesauce mixture and flour mixture to butter mixture, beating on low speed after each addition just until combined.
  • Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling each about one-half to two-thirds full.
  • Bake in preheated oven for 18 to 20 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted near centers of cakes comes out clean.
  • Cool cakes in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes.
  • Remove cupcakes from pans and cool thoroughly on racks.
  • Tint frosting with liquid food coloring or paste as desired.
  • Frost cupcakes and decorate with candy sprinkles, nonpareils, and candy-coated chocolate pieces, as desired.
  • Makes 24 cupcakes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 294.1, Fat 10.5, SaturatedFat 3.7, Cholesterol 27.9, Sodium 157.4, Carbohydrate 48.5, Fiber 0.4, Sugar 36.5, Protein 1.7

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