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for an upcoming halloween/housewarming party, i wanted to be imaginative and festive and thought how fun it'd be turn a fall classic into a cupcake. i've done pumpkin cupcakes in the past, so i had to be more creative...so, the idea of the caramel apple cupcake was born. i did some searching around on tastespotting and foodgawker, but was not finding what i was looking for in one recipe. so, i wanted to look for each component separately, starting with the apple cupcake, then a caramel filling, and, finally, a cream cheese frosting. for the apple cupcake, i wanted something with a good apple flavor, but not too warm apple pie like. so, i came across a recipe that didn't use apples at all, rather apple cider, and had very few ingredients, which is always nice. i actually have two variations of the frosting i was able to use: the caramel cream cheese (used at the party) and my go-to cinnamon cream cheese from the pumpkin cupcake recipe i love (which i ended up using for t...