Cupcakes

Spice Cupcakes

Spice cupcakes made with a vanilla cake batter and warm spices, to make a flavorful, from scratch cupcake that will make you go mmmmm.  Cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg are the spices used in these cupcakes, lending a light spice taste that isn’t overpowering.

I recently had a cupcake order for two dozen spice cupcakes.  All the spice cupcake recipes I could find seemed to use applesauce or apples in the batter.  I just wanted plain ol’ spice cupcakes though!  Then I remember my recipe for Snickerdoodle Cupcakes and figured I could just alter the recipe a bit to turn it into the spice cupcakes I was looking for.  And these turned out lovely 🙂

These cupcakes would make a great Fall dessert too…I love anything spice in the Fall.  With a cozy cup of hot cocoa.  Ahhhh.  Dreaming of cool weather, and we aren’t even into the dead heat of Summer yet!  It gets HOT in Modesto in the Summer…like 110-degrees isn’t unusual.  And that’s all fine and dandy, unless you work outside in the heat like I do…there’s no cooling off when you are wearing a bulletproof vest that doesn’t breathe hahaha.  Anyways!  Cupcakes….

One bite of these will have you dreaming of leaves falling, cozy sweaters and cool evenings.

Spice Cupcakes

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Serves: 24 Cooking Time: 18-minutes

Ingredients

  • 2-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 2 teaspoons allspice
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1-2/3 cups white granulated sugar
  • 5 eggs, room temperature
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1-1/4 cups milk, room temperature (I used whole milk)

Instructions

1

Preheat oven to 350-degrees. Line two cupcake tins with cupcake liners and set aside.

2

In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, cloves and salt. Set aside.

3

In bowl of your stand mixer, affixed with the paddle attachment, beat the shortening and butter until light and fluffy (1-minute). Add the sugar to the shortening and beat on medium speed until shortening and sugar mixture is light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time to the sugar mixture, beating each egg into the mixture completely before adding the next egg. Add vanilla extract and mix to combine. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.

4

Add the flour mixture and milk alternately to the sugar mixture, ending with the flour. Beat the mixture until just incorporated. Do not over mix.

5

Pour batter into prepared cupcake pans, filling liners approximately two-thirds full. Bake cupcakes, one tin at a time, in preheated 350-degree oven for 18-minutes. Remove cupcakes from pan and place on wire rack to cool.

Notes

Store cupcakes in an airtight container at room temperature.

I frosted my cupcakes with my Very Best Vanilla Buttercream Frosting.  And dyed the frosting pink because….well pink is my favorite color!

SO TELL ME….

  • What’s your favorite season??  

  • How hot does it get where you live?  

  • Do you like Spice Cupcakes??  

Leave me a comment below!

XOXO,

Kelly

PS- I have linked this recipe up at the following link parties: Meal Plan Monday, Sugar and Spice, Foodie Friday, Pretty Pintastic Party, Reader Tip Tuesday, The Pin Junkie.

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22 Comments

  • Reply
    Kelsie | the itsy-bitsy kitchen
    June 14, 2018 at 7:33 AM

    It’s been way too long since I had spice cake. Does anything go better with a cup of tea? NO WAY! These look awesome! And I feel you with the heat, girl. Let’s take a trip to Alaska soon 🙂

    • Reply
      Kelly
      June 19, 2018 at 10:57 AM

      Thanks Kelsie!! And I am down for a trip to Alaska any day! Just think of all the fun food we could eat! XOXO 🙂

  • Reply
    Audrey
    June 14, 2018 at 10:00 PM

    I have always loved spice cake. I remember my mother making it when I was a young child. It is funny but she didn’t bake that much as I got older. I am the youngest of 8 children and my oldest sister and I are 17 years apart so I actually remember my siblings baking more than I do my mother baking. She did bake bread, but we were always baking up goodies, so I guess that she just let us. Anyway, back to the spice cupcakes. They sound so good and they are so pretty. I love how you are able to change things up and make what you are thinking about. Have a great weekend, even though you do have to work.

    • Reply
      Kelly
      June 19, 2018 at 10:59 AM

      Thank you Audrey! And I loved your memories about baking growing up! You had a lot of brothers and sisters!!! Have a great week 🙂 XOXO

  • Reply
    crumbtopbaking
    June 15, 2018 at 7:07 AM

    I love the scent of spice year round! Must be because fall is my favourite time of year. These would absolutely be perfect with a cup of tea! And it’s still chilly here, so cozying up with one of these and a hot beverage would be great! Happy weekend Kelly!

    • Reply
      Kelly
      June 19, 2018 at 10:59 AM

      Thanks Leann!! Fall is my favorite time of year too! Have a great week my friend!

  • Reply
    Ashika | Gardening Foodie
    June 17, 2018 at 10:43 PM

    Haha perfect timing for this recipe because it is winter in my part of the world. Loving the warm spice and the beautiful pink frosting. Thank you Kelly, I cannot wait to try out a few of these with a cup of coffee 🙂

    • Reply
      Kelly
      June 19, 2018 at 11:00 AM

      That’s awesome Ashika! I always forget about how different the seasons are, depending on where you are 🙂 Have a great week! XOXO

  • Reply
    Katherine | Love In My Oven
    June 18, 2018 at 10:52 AM

    I always forget how much I love spice cake until I have it! That frosting is just the “icing on the cake” haha! Looks so yum!

    • Reply
      Kelly
      June 19, 2018 at 11:01 AM

      Hehehehe thanks Katherine!! XOXO

  • Reply
    hummingbirdthyme
    June 18, 2018 at 2:50 PM

    Kelly, these are beautiful! I love a spice cake. Your buttercream is so inviting, i just want to dive right into it! Thanks for the recipe!

    • Reply
      Kelly
      June 19, 2018 at 11:01 AM

      Thank you darling!! I hope you give the recipe a try! XOXO

  • Reply
    rawsonjl
    June 20, 2018 at 2:11 PM

    These sound and look so yummy! I love spice cupcakes preferably with cream cheese frosting on them. And they can not have apples or applesauce in them… that is not a spice cupcake; that’s an apple spice cupcake. 🙂 Pinned.

    • Reply
      Kelly
      June 22, 2018 at 7:37 AM

      Thank you darling! I hope you make these! They are super yummy and full of spice flavor 🙂 Thank you for pinning!! XOXO

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    Jan Thomas
    November 4, 2018 at 12:15 PM

    Perfect for a fall party! Thanks for sharing at our Cupcake & cake party for Celebrate365 Blog Party!

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