Cinnamon Swirl Cupcakes with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
A moist cinnamon cupcake with cinnamon cream cheese frosting.
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- ½ cup butter, melted
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1½ cups flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp salt
- ¾ cup buttermilk
Frosting
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 stick butter, softened
- ½ tsp vanilla
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- 3½ cups powdered sugar
- ¼ cup sugar
- ⅛ tsp cinnamon
- cinnamon sticks
Instructions
Cupcakes
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs and the vanilla.
- In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
- Alternately add the flour mixture and the buttermilk to the large bowl, mixing until the batter is smooth.
- Fill paper liners until two-thirds full.
- Bake for 17 to 22 minutes until golden brown.
Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
- Beat cream cheese, butter, vanilla, and cinnamon in a large bowl until well blended.
- Gradually add powdered sugar and beat until frosting is smooth.
- Put frosting in a pastry bag and pipe onto cupcakes in thick swirls, using an open tip.Or if you plan to swirl the cupcakes in the cinnamon-sugar, use an off-set spatula to roughly frost the tops.
- Mix together the sugar and cinnamon to make cinnamon sugar and spread on a flat plate.
- Roll the side of the frosted cupcake so that the cinnamon sugar mixture coats the edges just above the wrapper. Top with a cinnamon stick.