Oh hey there! It's been a while since I've posted a recipe so I thought I'd share one of my absolute favourites to make up for lost time - the good ol' snickerdoodle cupcake! One thing I absolutely adore cooking with is cinnamon. It tastes amazing and there are various ways to use it. It's perfect for the cold autumn winter season.
Snickerdoodle Cupcakes With Cinnamon Frosting
Prep Time: 25 mins | Cook Time: 45 mins | Makes: 12 cupcakes | Adapted from: Sally's Baking Addiction
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 1 and 2/3 cup plain flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 and 1/2 cup caster sugar, divided
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 cup yoghurt
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
Cinnamon Frosting
- 200g softened unsalted butter
- 450g sifted icing sugar
- 3 tbsp whole milk
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp cinnamon (can add more or less depending on how strong you want the flavour to be)
Method
Cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 180 C
- Line muffin tin with 12 cupcake liners
- In a medium bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
- Melt butter in a microwave
- Into the butter bowl whisk in 1 cup of sugar
- Stir in egg, yoghurt, milk and vanilla extract until combined into the butter bowl
- Slowly mix in dry ingredients from the medium bowl until no lumps remain. Batter will be thick.
- In a small bowl, mix remaining 1/2 cup of sugar and cinnamon. Set aside.
- Spoon 2 tablespoons of cupcake batter into each liner. Top with teaspoon of cinnamon sugar mix. Then heap with one tablespoon of cupcake batter and finally one teaspoon of cinnamon sugar.
- Bake cupcakes for 19-21 mins or until toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean
- Allow to cool before frosting
Icing
- Beat together the softened butter for around 3 mins until smooth and creamy. Add caster sugar, milk and vanilla extract. Add cinnamon.
- Transfer to piping bag and pipe
There you have it! A delicious and cinnamony snickerdoodle cupcake with cinnamon frosting!
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