Apple Pie Cupcakes with Cinnamon Butter-Cream Frosting

INGREDIENTS

3 cups

sifted cake flour

1 tbsp

baking powder

1/2 tsp

salt

1 cup

unsalted butter, at room temperature

2 cups

sugar

eggs

1 1/2 tsp

vanilla extract

1 cup

milk

2 tbsp

butter

2 tsp

cinnamon

2 tbsp

sugar

large Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and diced

1 cup

unsalted butter at room temperature

to 8 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted

1/2 cup

milk

2 tsp

vanilla extract

up to 1 tablespoon cinnamon