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🍰 Moist Apple-Ginger Cupcakes

343 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• lemons 1 pc.
• apples, red 1 pc.
• butter 160 g
• sugar 150 g
• salt pinch
• vanilla sugar 8 g
• eggs 2 pc.
• wheat flour, type 405 200 g
• baking powder 1 tsp
• milk 50 ml
• ginger, fresh 30 g
• powdered sugar 75 g
• cream cheese, plain 100 g

Instructions

1. 1. Squeeze half of the lemon to get the juice.
2. 2. Peel the apple, remove the core, and dice the flesh into small cubes.
3. 3. Place the apple cubes in a bowl and mix them with the lemon juice.
4. 4. Preheat the oven to 175 degrees Celsius with top and bottom heat.
5. 5. Beat the soft butter, sugar, salt, and vanilla sugar in a bowl until creamy using a hand mixer.
6. 6. Add the eggs one by one into the butter mixture and mix well after each addition.
7. 7. Add the flour, baking powder, and milk, and stir everything into a smooth batter.
8. 8. Gently fold the diced apples into the batter.
9. 9. Distribute the batter evenly into greased muffin tins.
10. 10. Bake the cupcakes for about 30 to 35 minutes until they are lightly golden brown.
11. 11. Peel the ginger and chop it finely.
12. 12. Beat the powdered sugar, remaining soft butter, and cream cheese in a bowl until creamy.
13. 13. Stir the chopped ginger into the cream.
14. 14. Store the cream in the refrigerator.
15. 15. Remove the cupcakes from the oven and let them cool completely on a wire rack.
16. 16. Spread the ginger cream over the cooled cupcakes.
17. 17. Decorate the cupcakes to your liking.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 343
• Protein: 5 g · Fett/Fat: 16 g · Carbs: 49 g