Spice cupcakes made with a vanilla cake batter and warm spices, to make a flavorful, from scratch cupcake. Cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg are the spices used in these cupcakes.
These are similar to my recipe for Snickerdoodle Cupcakes but with the addition of more cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg for a light spice taste that isn’t overpowering.
Spice Cupcakes
Print RecipeIngredients
- 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
Preheat oven to 350-degrees. Line two cupcake tins with cupcake liners and set aside.
In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, cloves and salt. Set aside.
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.
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.
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!
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23 Comments
Kelsie | the itsy-bitsy kitchen
June 14, 2018 at 7:33 AMIt’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 🙂
Kelly
June 19, 2018 at 10:57 AMThanks Kelsie!! And I am down for a trip to Alaska any day! Just think of all the fun food we could eat! XOXO 🙂
Audrey
June 14, 2018 at 10:00 PMI 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.
Kelly
June 19, 2018 at 10:59 AMThank you Audrey! And I loved your memories about baking growing up! You had a lot of brothers and sisters!!! Have a great week 🙂 XOXO
crumbtopbaking
June 15, 2018 at 7:07 AMI 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!
Kelly
June 19, 2018 at 10:59 AMThanks Leann!! Fall is my favorite time of year too! Have a great week my friend!
Ashika | Gardening Foodie
June 17, 2018 at 10:43 PMHaha 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 🙂
Kelly
June 19, 2018 at 11:00 AMThat’s awesome Ashika! I always forget about how different the seasons are, depending on where you are 🙂 Have a great week! XOXO
Katherine | Love In My Oven
June 18, 2018 at 10:52 AMI 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!
Kelly
June 19, 2018 at 11:01 AMHehehehe thanks Katherine!! XOXO
hummingbirdthyme
June 18, 2018 at 2:50 PMKelly, 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!
Kelly
June 19, 2018 at 11:01 AMThank you darling!! I hope you give the recipe a try! XOXO
rawsonjl
June 20, 2018 at 2:11 PMThese 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.
Kelly
June 22, 2018 at 7:37 AMThank 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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