Cinnamon Sugar Cupcakes

These don't sound very exciting but they tasted divined. Imagine a cross of sugar donuts and cinnamon bread. The secret is cinnamon sugar. Generous amount of both cinnamon and sugar on top of the cupcakes gives them a boost of cinnamon plus crunchy texture above a velvety smooth cream cheese frosting. Before you know it, you already inhale the whole thing into your belly.



Ingredients for 28 - 30 cupcakes

• 2 sticks butter at room temperature


• 2 cups sugar


• 4 large eggs


• 2 3/4 cups all purpose flour


• 1 teaspoon baking powder


• 1 teaspoon baking soda


• 1 teaspoon salt


• 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon


• 1 cup buttermilk (I used 1 cup of soy milk plus juice from two lemon.)

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line cupcake pan with liners.


2. With an electric mixer, beat sugar with butter for a few minutes until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time. Beat well between each addition. Scrape the bowl with a spatula a couple of times.


3. In a clean bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.


4. Alternately stir in the flour mixture and buttermilk into the butter in 3 batches using the lowest setting of the food processor until no streaks are left.


5. Spoon into the prepared muffin pan up to 3/4 full depending on how big you want the cupcakes. (I only filled to half full.) Bake for 18 to 22 minutes or until the cupcakes start to brown on the edges and a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. Rotate the pan half way through the baking time.


6. Let cool in the pan for a few minutes. Turn out and cool on a cooling rack.

Frosting

• 1 80z package cream cheese at room temperature


• 1 stick butter at room temperature


• 1 cup confectioner sugar

Cinnamon Sugar

• 3 tablespoons sugar


• 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Directions

1. Mix sugar and cinnamon in a bowl. Set aside.


2. With a clean electric mixer, beat cream cheese, butter and confectioner sugar until fluffy start with a low setting and gradually go up.


3. Frost the cooled cupcakes. Dip them in cinnamon sugar.