What about an applesauce cake? I don't have a favorite recipe, but it's a classic "throw-together" cake that's very light and I think it would be great as cupcakes.
Ohhhhh this banana-apple cupcake recipe is THE BOMB!
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Apple-Banana-Cupcakes/Detail.aspx
Top them with cream cheese buttercream and people will fall all over themselves to eat them.
These are the revisions I made which made them SUPER yummy.
ADD
1 tsp baking powder
INCREASE cinnamon to
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
CHANGE shortening to
1/3 cup shortening
1/3 cup unsalted butter
CHANGE sugar to
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup light brown sugar
CHANGE apples to
2 apples - peeled, cored and chopped (CHOP them, rather than shredding them)
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