Butterscotch Spiced Cupcakes

Name: Butterscotch Spiced Cupcakes
Cook time: 18 min
Yield: 12 cupcakes
Ingredients: 1.33 cup flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 0.5 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 0.5 tsp ground nutmeg; 0.25 tsp ground ginger; 2 eggs (room temp); 0.5 cup granulated sugar; 0.33 cup brown sugar; 0.25 cup vegetable oil; 0.33 cup applesauce; 0.5 cup milk (room temp); 1 tsp vanilla extract; Instant Butterscotch pudding; 2 sticks unsalted butter; 3.5 cup powder sugar; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1 tsp nutmeg; 2 tbsp heavy cream; Butterscotch drizzle

These cupcakes are super easy to make and are better than a spiced cake! They only take 15 minutes to bake and the buttercream with butterscotch drizzle is delicious!

Yield12 cupcakes

Cook time18 minutes

Ingredients

Spice Cupcake Cake Batter

Filling

Frosting

Topping

Directions

1
Preheat oven to 350°F. Line cupcake pan with baking cups. Yields 12 cupcakes.
2
Combine all dry ingredients in a medium bowl. Set aside.
3
Combine all wet ingredients in a bowl. Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients, whisk together.
4
Pour cupcake batter into prepared baking cups.
5
Bake for 15-18 minutes.
6
Let cupcakes cool on a rack for 20-30 minutes.
7
Make frosting by beating together butter, powder sugar, spices and heavy cream till smooth.
8
Use a frosting tip to cut a circle in center of the cupcake.
9
Pipe in butterscotch pudding. Optional if you want to fill the center of the cupcake.
10
Pipe buttercream on cupcake and drizzle butterscotch topping. Enjoy!

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