Apple Pie Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

September 23, 2012 by Leanne Vogel March 3, 2017

Fluffy, irresistible grain-free cupcakes filled with a gooey and sweet apple pie center and topped with dairy-free cream “cheese” icing.

Ingredients

Apple Cupcakes

• 1 1/2 cups garfava flour
• 4 1/2 teaspoons gluten-free baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 3/4 cup not from concentrate apple juice
• 1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon unsweetened apple sauce
• 3 eggs
• 3/4 cup maple syrup
• 1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon unrefined walnut oil

Apple Pie Filling

• 1 teaspoon unrefined walnut oil
• 2 apples, diced small and skin left on
• 1 tablespoon coconut sugar
• 1 heaping teaspoon ground cinnamon

Dairy-free Cream “Cheese” Frosting

• 1 cup cashews, soaked for 30 minutes and drained
• 3 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
• 1/2 cup ground coconut sugar
• 2 teaspoon gluten-free pure vanilla extract

Instructions

To prepare cupcakes:

1. Preheat oven to 325F and line a 12 cup muffin pan with muffin liners. Set aside.
2. Combine dry ingredients in a small bowl. Set aside.
3. Whisk wet ingredients together in a large bowl.
4. Add dry ingredients to wet and mix until incorporated.
5. Divide batter into prepared muffin cups.
6. Bake in preheated oven for 30-35 minutes, or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
7. Allow cupcakes to cool in the pan for 1 minute before removing from the pan and placing on a cooling rack to cool.

To prepare apple filling:

1. Add oil to a medium-sized frying pan. Heat on medium heat.
2. Add remaining ingredients and saute for 8-10 minutes until apples are crisp tender.
3. Remove from heat and set aside.

To prepare frosting:

1. Add all ingredients to a small food processor or blender.
2. Blend until smooth.

To assemble cupcakes:

1. To insert the apple pie filling, use a melon baller to scoop out a circle of cake from the top of each cupcake. Drop a tablespoon or so of apple pie filling into the hole of each cupcake and press the mixture gently so that it’s flush with the top of the cake.
2. Drop a dollop of frosting onto each cupcake and smooth with an icing knife.

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