Spice Cupcakes With Penuche Frosting

Today I baked some Spice Cupcakes that I adapted from a Taste of Home recipe, then I topped them with an easy Penuche Frosting. My mother-in-law gave me the recipe for the frosting a number of years ago. She was a restaurant owner for many years, and always a wonderful cook.

 

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Spice Cupcakes

1/3 cup butter, softened

3/4 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 1/3 cups all purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/8 teaspoon ground cloves

3/4 cup applesauce

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare a cupcake pan by spraying with nonstick cooking spray or use paper liners.

In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla; mix well. In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternately with applesauce. Stir in walnuts.

Spoon batter into prepared pan. Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then remove to a wire rack. Frost cooled cupcakes. Makes one dozen.

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Penuche Frosting 

1/2 cup butter

1 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup milk

1 3/4 to 2 cups sifted powdered sugar

Melt butter in a medium saucepan, add brown sugar and bring to a boil. Over low heat, boil for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Stir in milk, bring mixture back to a boil, stirring constantly. Cool to lukewarm, then gradually stir in powdered sugar. Beat until thick enough to spread. If frosting is too stiff it can be thinned with a little hot water.

 Cool the butter, brown sugar, and milk mixture to lukewarm before adding the powdered sugar.

 Gradually stir in the powdered sugar, beating until thick enough to spread.

This Penuche Frosting is a good companion for the Spice Cupcakes.

Shared with:
Sweet as Sugar Cookies
Make Ahead Meals for Busy Moms- Melt in Your Mouth Monday 
On the Menu Monday 
Jam Hands Recipe Sharing Monday 
Muffin Monday 
Delectable Tuesday
Naptime Creations -Tasty Tuesday
Cast Party Wednesday
This Chick Cooks
Full Plate Thursday 
Something Swanky Sweet Treats Thursday
Sweet Indulgences Sunday

Today I baked some Spice Cupcakes that I adapted from a Taste of Home recipe, then I topped them with an easy Penuche Frosting. My mother-in-law gave me the recipe for the frosting a number of years ago. She was a restaurant owner for many years, and always a wonderful cook.

 

Print Recipe

Spice Cupcakes

1/3 cup butter, softened

3/4 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 1/3 cups all purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/8 teaspoon ground cloves

3/4 cup applesauce

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare a cupcake pan by spraying with nonstick cooking spray or use paper liners.

In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla; mix well. In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternately with applesauce. Stir in walnuts.

Spoon batter into prepared pan. Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then remove to a wire rack. Frost cooled cupcakes. Makes one dozen.

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Penuche Frosting 

1/2 cup butter

1 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup milk

1 3/4 to 2 cups sifted powdered sugar

Melt butter in a medium saucepan, add brown sugar and bring to a boil. Over low heat, boil for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Stir in milk, bring mixture back to a boil, stirring constantly. Cool to lukewarm, then gradually stir in powdered sugar. Beat until thick enough to spread. If frosting is too stiff it can be thinned with a little hot water.

 Cool the butter, brown sugar, and milk mixture to lukewarm before adding the powdered sugar.

 Gradually stir in the powdered sugar, beating until thick enough to spread.

This Penuche Frosting is a good companion for the Spice Cupcakes.

Shared with:
Sweet as Sugar Cookies
Make Ahead Meals for Busy Moms- Melt in Your Mouth Monday 
On the Menu Monday 
Jam Hands Recipe Sharing Monday 
Muffin Monday 
Delectable Tuesday
Naptime Creations -Tasty Tuesday
Cast Party Wednesday
This Chick Cooks
Full Plate Thursday 
Something Swanky Sweet Treats Thursday
Sweet Indulgences Sunday