The Cupcake Addict's Cupcake Collection

I am definitely going to have to plan better for the rest of the letters.  I just had a vague sense of what I was going to attempt before I headed to the grocery store.

My faithful assistant was as organized as he could be given my haphazard planning.

Mookie getting ingredients organized: click to enlarge

So today’s cupcake started out with a vanilla cupcake recipe to which I added about a cup of chopped apple sprinkled with cinnamon.

Another "helper" hoped I would drop some apple so he could help clean up.

Cream together: 1 stick butter and 1 cup sugar.  Add 2 eggs one at a time and 1 tsp vanilla extract.

Mix together: 1 1/2 cups AP flour, 1 1/2 tsp baking powder, a couple of pinches salt.  Gradually add this to wet mixture, alternating with 1/3 cup warmed milk.    (Start and end with flour.)  Stir in about a cup of chopped apple.

Mix together: 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1 tsp cinnamon, 2 tbsp butter, and 1/2 cup oatmeal.

Fill cupcake pans with batter and then top with some of the oatmeal mixture.  I ended up with 15 cupcakes.

Batter topped with streusel

Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

Apple Crisp cupcake awaiting a topping: click to enlarge

I had originally thought about attempting a vanilla Italian butter cream because sometimes it tastes a lot like vanilla ice cream.  Perfect topping for apple crisp, yes?   As the day grew later and baking was still unbaked, I thought I’d just switch to whipped cream.  Can you believe I’ve never made whipped cream?  I think I still haven’t made whipped cream.  I think I might have churned butter, though…..

A is for Apple Crisp: click to enlarge

I’ll post the results after I get someone else’s opinion.  Mr Shuck has started his New Year’s resolutions and is passing on sweets.