Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Hey there everyone!  Happy Valentine's to you and everyone you love!  This week I made a cupcake I knew I would personally love.  I am a big fan of pretty much anything that has cinnamon in it.  So when I came across this recipe I knew I was going to have to try it out.  No, its not a typical Valentine's cupcake choice, but I was giving myself a gift.


The Recipe

Snickerdoodle Cupcakes
Yields 24 cupcakes
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups cake flour (not self- rising), sifted
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon, plus 1/2 teaspoon for dusting
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 3/4 cups sugar, plus 2 tablespoons for dusting
4 large eggs, room temperature
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups milk
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line standard muffin tins with paper liners. Sift together both flours, baking powder, salt, and 1 tablespoon cinnamon.
  2. With an electric mixer on medium-high speed, cream butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until each is incorporated, scraping down sides of bowl as needed. Beat in vanilla. Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture in three batches, alternating with two additions of milk, and beating until combined after each.
  3. Divide batter evenly among lined cups, filling each three-quarters full. Bake, rotating tins halfway through, until a cake tester inserted in centers comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Transfer tins to wire racks to cool completely before removing cupcakes. Cupcakes can be stored up to 2 days at room temperature, or frozen up to 2 months, in airtight containers.


Cinnamon Frosting
2½ sticks unsalted butter, softened
2½ cups Confectioners’ sugar (10 ounces)
1/8 tablespoons table salt
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 tablespoons heavy cream
2 tablespoons cinnamon (or to taste)

In standing mixer fitted with whisk attachment, beat butter at medium-high speed until smooth, about 20 seconds. Add confectioners’ sugar and salt; beat at medium-low speed until most of the sugar is moistened, about 45 seconds. Scrape down bowl and beat at medium speed until mixture is fully combined, about 15 seconds; scrape bowl, add vanilla, cinnamon, and heavy cream, and beat at medium speed until incorporated, about 10 seconds, then increase speed to medium-high and beat until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes, scraping down bowl once or twice.

Reviews and Notes:

My icing turned out perfect on this one!!!! YAY!!! It was light and fluffy, easy to pipe on, and yummy!  My husband is not a huge fan of cinnamon and he ate 2 of these back to back.  That's what was nice about them. There is no doubt it is a cinnamon cupcake, but the taste is not over powering.  I love these, but like I said I love just about everything with cinnamon in it, and these are not an exception to that!




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