With winter well and truly upon us what better way to spend a winter evening than curled up on the sofa with an Apple Crumble Cupcake. 

To make a batch you will need:
Cupcake Ingredients.
- 2 eggs.
- 230g plain flour.
- 155g unsalted butter at room temperature. 
- 2tsps baking powder.
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon. (optional)
- 1/2 tsp salt. 
- 3 cooking apples.
Crumble Ingredients.
- 75g golden caster sugar.
- 100g butter.
- 140g self-raising flour.
- 1tsp vanilla extract. 
- 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon. (optional)
Icing Ingredients.
- 1tsp cinnamon. (optional)
- 1tsp vanilla extract.
- 110 soft brown sugar.
- 250g unsalted butter at room temperature.
- 400g icing sugar.
- 2 tspb whole milk.

Preheat the oven to 170oC 

Cupcake Recipe.
- Peel, core and chop the apples into small chunks. 
- Place in a large saucepan and cover with water. 
- Allow to simmer for 5 minutes, drain and allow them to cool. 
- In a bowl cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. 
- Mix in the eggs and vanilla extract.
- Mix in the flour, baking powder and salt. 
- Mix in the ground cinnamon. (optional just as good without.)
- Carefully fold in the apple mix.
- Spoon the mixture evenly into cupcake cases. 
- Bake for 15-20 minutes. Allow to fully cool before decorating.

Crumble Recipe.
- In a bowl rub together the butter, flour, vanilla and sugar.
- Add in the optional extra of cinnamon.
- Pop the crumble mix on a try and pop in the oven for 5 minutes until golden. 

Icing Recipe.
- Beat together the butter, brown sugar and vanilla extract along with the cinnamon (optional) for 5 minutes until fluffy.
- Add in the icing powder a little at a time on a low speed.
- Add a tablespoon of milk until the icing is creamy but still holds it's shape.

Decorating The Cupcakes.
- Spoon the icing into a piping bag and pipe a small swirl onto the cupcake.
- Roll the cupcake into the crumble making sure all the icing is covered.

Once the cakes are decorated sit back and enjoy.