Snickerdoodle Cupcakes With Cinnamon Swirl Frosting Recipe 455

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 18 cupcake cups with liners.
• Mix together 1/3 cup sugar and cinnamon for cupcakes in a small bowl. Set aside.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, cream of tartar, salt, and baking soda in another bowl until combined.
• Cream together butter and 1 cup sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add in egg and vanilla and mix an additional 2 minutes. Pour in half of the flour mixture and mix until just combined. Pour in buttermilk and mix until just combined. Add in remaining flour mixture and mix until just combined.
• Place 1 tablespoon of batter in the bottom of each cupcake liner. Sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon-sugar over the batter. Add another heaped 1 tablespoon of batter on top. Sprinkle with an additional 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon-sugar mixture. Repeat layering in each cupcake liner.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cupcakes spring back lightly when touched, 24 to 28 minutes. Allow to cool for several minutes in the pan before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
• For the frosting: Beat butter on high speed until lightened in color, about 2 minutes. Add in powdered sugar 1 cup at a time, mixing well after each addition. Mix in vanilla, cinnamon, and salt. Add in heavy cream and beat until frosting is light and fluffy, an additional 2 to 3 minutes. Frost cooled cupcakes as desired.

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prep 2 - 12-cupcake pans with cupcake liners.
• 2. Sift together in a large bowl, flours, baking powder, salt and 2 tsp. cinnamon.
• 3. Cream together butter and sugar till pale and fluffy.
• 4. Add eggs one at a time, blend after each egg added, then add the vanilla extract.
• 5. Add the flour mixture in 3 increments, alternate with 2 additions of the milk. Blend well, do not over mix.
• 6. Divide the batter evenly into the cupcake tins, fill 3/4 full.
• 7. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes, rotate the cupcake pan halfway through the baking process. Do a toothpick test and if it comes out clean, it's done.
• 8. Remove the cupcakes from the oven onto a wire rack, let cool for 20 minutes before removing cupcakes from the pan.
• 9. With the remaining cinnamon and sugar, mix together and sprinkle over the tops of the cupcakes.
• 10. FROSTING:
• 11. With mixer on low speed, blend butter till fluffy, about 30 seconds.
• 12. Add sugar, 3 Tbsp. milk and vanilla extract, blend lightly. Add cinnamon and continue mixing until sugar is well incorporated.
• 13. Increase speed and beat till fluffy, if the frosting is stiff, add the remaining 1 Tbsp. of milk. Blend well.
• 14. Be sure that the cupcakes are completely cooled. Then frost or pipe your cupcakes.
• 15. NOTE: YOU CAN ALSO ADD A 1 TSP OF CINNAMON TO A CAN OF STORE-BOUGHT BUTTERCREAM FROSTING.

Steps:

• 1. Melt butter. Mix all cupcake ingredients together, beating on medium speed for about 2 minutes. Scrape bowl to ensure everything is well mixed.
• 2. Bake in 350 oven for 20-25 minutes until tops are brown and spring back when pressed lightly. Allow to cool.
• 3. For frosting, mix 1 TBSP cinnamon with prepared frosting. Mix well. Frost cooled cupcakes.