Cooking Experiment: Applesauce-Carrot Cupcakes

I haven't been eating applesauce in a while so I had part of a bottle that was nearing its expiration date. Nervously, I pondered ways to use it up... Ah. Well, I could make applesauce cake... That didn't seem enough by itself to carry the recipe though. Aha. Applesauce carrot cake! But wait, I'd never be able to eat a whole cake by myself.

CUPCAKES!

So I browsed through a few recipes, and here's what I came up with.

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