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Weekend Baking: Cinnamon Cupcakes

October 29, 2011 By Spoonful of Sugar - 16 Comments

We are lucky enough to have a long weekend this weekend, in honour of CHOGM. It was nice having a Friday off with the family. It gave Sarah a chance to do some baking, something that has been reduced recently since she started her part time job. She made us a batch of Cinnamon Cupcakes – which tasted like donuts. They were delicious! She finished them off with a honey cinnamon buttercream frosting.

Ingredients:
3/4 cup of plain (all purpose flour)
3/4 cup cake flour
1/2 tablespoon baking powder
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup milk
Makes 14 cupcakes
Preheat oven to 180 degrees C (350 F). Line muffin tray with paper patty pan liners.
Sift together flours, baking powder and cinnamon.
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Beat in eggs, one at a time until combined. Reduce speed and add flour mixture, alternating with milk, and beating until combined.
Divide mixture between cups. Bake approx 20 minutes and transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Frosting:
1 1/4 cups of icing (confectioners ) sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
2 tablespoons honey
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon milk
With electric mixer, bear all ingredients until smooth. Using a round piping nozzle, pipe onto cooled cupcakes. Optional: Dust with cinnamon sugar to finish.

Filed Under: Cupcakes & Muffins, Recipes Tagged With: cinnamon

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Comments

  1. Bela says

    October 29, 2011 at 4:55 am

    Two for me, please!!!!!
    Have a wonderful weekend, Lisa and Sarah!!!
    Love, Bela

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  2. Stephanie says

    October 29, 2011 at 6:29 am

    The photo is a pretty as the cupcake. I have baking plans for tomorrow — pumpkin doughnut muffins.

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  3. pepper{&}buttons says

    October 29, 2011 at 9:34 am

    Oh Dear! I’m a cinnamon addict and these look delicious! Thanks

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  4. pepper{&}buttons says

    October 29, 2011 at 9:34 am

    Oh Dear! I’m a cinnamon addict and these look delicious! Thanks

    Reply
  5. pepper{&}buttons says

    October 29, 2011 at 9:34 am

    Oh Dear! I’m a cinnamon addict and these look delicious! Thanks

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  6. pepper{&}buttons says

    October 29, 2011 at 9:34 am

    Oh Dear! I’m a cinnamon addict and these look delicious! Thanks

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  7. Chocolate Cat says

    October 29, 2011 at 11:16 am

    Yum!!! We have tuesday off this week for the Melbourne Cup so there is a holiday from school on Monday as well. A lot of people have taken it so they can have a long long weekend!!! Not me, I have to work monday!

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  8. Terriaw says

    October 29, 2011 at 5:13 pm

    Wow, these look delicious! I adore cinnamon, so I am definitely going to try this recipe too. I love that there’s cinnamon in the frosting too. They look so beautiful and mouthwatering in your pics.

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  9. shez says

    October 29, 2011 at 5:53 pm

    well done Sarah they look fantastic.

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  10. suzitee says

    October 29, 2011 at 10:41 pm

    Well done Sarah, these look delicious! Hope the job is going well 🙂

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  11. Pauline says

    October 29, 2011 at 11:16 pm

    yummy, they look great…I would cook til the cows come home and mine would NOT look quite like that..rofl…prolly taste the same, but not look like that..have a great week
    cheers

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  12. Dmarie says

    October 30, 2011 at 8:09 am

    ooh, these sound divine!

    Reply
  13. ButtonMad says

    October 31, 2011 at 5:50 am

    Those look delicious – thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  14. michele says

    November 1, 2011 at 8:07 am

    hi. i’m your newest follower and just found you via your washi tape tutorial.

    what a lovely blog!

    hope you’ll follow me back.

    michele

    Reply
  15. Philippa says

    November 1, 2011 at 10:17 pm

    Lovely recipe, thank you. I made it today with gluten free flour. However your instructions don’t mention where to pop the egg whites in. I assume you beat them and fold in at the end? I replaced the two egg whites with one whole egg and put it in at the end of the butter/sugar creaming. They came out lovely and light, but that frosting is amazing!

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  16. Anonymous says

    September 30, 2012 at 1:53 am

    I made these yesterday and converted the amounts to uk. Lovely light sponge and frosting was really delicate. Thank you for the recipe xx

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