Easy Peasy Applesauce Spice Cupcakes From A Cake Mix NOT Gluten Free

First of all,
thank you for all the positive feedback
from my pet peeve post yesterday.
You are the best!!!!

I needed to use up a 

SPICE CAKE MIX

that was hanging around my pantry.

It's always fun to throw together

A TREAT.

Basically, I am a lazy person

and I was out of 

vegetable oil.

I did not want to go to the store.

I improvised.

I can always improvise

especially when MyHero wants to know 

how much something cost.

Here's the yummy result

of my little deviation from the norm.

How did I get from HERE

to HERE?

I dumped the cake mix in my mixer bowl.

Then I added the following:

I'll give you the recipe at the end

Then I baked those babies up

and frosted them with 

BUTTER CREAM FROSTING.

Now if you all are still frosting 

your cupcakes with a knife

or spatula

(like I did for 50 years)

let me just say right now.

You are CRAZY working too hard.

I cut the tip off a baggie and fill it with

FROSTING.

Snip the end off and pipe it onto the cupcake

Here's an easy way to fill the baggie.

Stand it up in a tall glass.

Pull the edges down over the glass.

Fill with frosting and the shut the top.

You probably already knew that trick,

didn't you?

These are SOOO good 

they just melt in your mouth

and land right on your hips.

You will LOVE them.

Trust me.

AND

They are a snap to fix fast.

If you put them under a dome

the rugrats grandkids won't eat them 

BECAUSE

they are afraid touch the dome

for fear of breaking it.

Am I smart of what?

What?

So...there you have it.

Here's the recipe:

APPLESAUCE SPICE CUPCAKES       

Preheat oven to 350

1 Super Moist Spice Cake Mix

2 eggs
2 cups applesauce

1/3 cup mayo

1 Tablespoon vanilla

(nuts if desired)

Mix above ingredients until well mixed. I did 2 minutes in the mixer.

I added nuts to half the batch  

Some idiot one does NOT like nuts.

Spoon into cupcake pans.  

I always use liners in mine.

Bake 15-20 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean when you test it.

Cool on rack

Frost with Buttercream Frosting or Cream Cheese Frosting. (I was out of Cream Cheese-Darn it)

1/2 cup butter-beat until creamy

3 cups confectioners sugar

Cream or milk to make it spreadable -sorry I never measure 

1 Tablespoon vanilla.

Frost and eat.

Feed them to your friends.

Remember my motto?

The more they eat--the fatter they get---the skinnier you look next to them -- uh huh!

Have a GREAT day!

Oh- wait- gotta show you something.

My oldest son 

gave me a dozen monogrammed 

restaurant style napkins for Christmas

He did good, huh?

I might leave them to him in the will.