Cinnamon Cupcakes Recipe
Creamy, sweet cinnamon frosting and tender, warming cinnamon sponges make these cinnamon cupcakes a seriously comforting treat!
Servings: 12 cupcakes
Equipment
- Large heatproof bowl
- Cupcake cases
- French tip or star piping nozzle
Ingredients
For The Cinnamon Sponges.
- 200 g baking margarine
- 200 g soft light brown sugar
- 3 medium free-range eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 200 g self-raising white flour (self rising flour)
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
For the cinnamon buttercream
- 135 g salted butter softened
- 250 g icing sugar (powdered sugar)
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1½ tsp whole milk
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
Make Cinnamon Sponges
- Preheat the oven to 180C (160C fan / 355F).
- Line a 12-hole muffin tray with cupcake cases.
- Put the margarine and soft light brown sugar in a bowl and whisk until pale and fluffy.
- Add the eggs and vanilla, then whisk again.
- Sieve in the flour and cinnamon. Gently fold through.
- Spoon the mixture into a 12-hole muffin tray lined with cupcake cases.
- Bake for approximately 30 minutes or until a fingertip pressed gently on top of the cakes springs back rather than leaving an impression.
- Leave to cool on a wire cooling rack.
Make The Cinnamon Buttercream.
- Put the butter in a large bowl and whisk until pale and creamy.
- Sift in the icing sugar along with the cinnamon, then add the milk and vanilla and beat until very pale and fluffy.
Decorate Your Cinnamon Cupcakes
- Transfer your cinnamon frosting to a piping bag fitted with a star nozzle.
- Pipe roses on top of each cake by starting from the middle and piping in a spiral to the outer edge.
Nutrition
Calories: 424kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 65mg | Sodium: 251mg | Potassium: 68mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 37g | Vitamin A: 940IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 36mg | Iron: 1mg
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