Woefully, cinnamon hasn't been featured on this blog in quite some time. Lest you think I've abandoned my love for the stellar spice, I've concocted two batches of cupcakes to refocus the spotlight on its rightful place.
The first cupcake I bring you is of the snickerdoodle variety. The cookies are grand and the blondies are delicious, but these beauties have cream cheese frosting! Cinnamon cream cheese frosting, to be exact. I was thrilled to death with these, and that's coming from a somewhat modest cinnamon connoisseur. Well done, Martha Stewart and friends
. Well done. (I used her recipe, replacing the seven minute frosting with cream cheese frosting with cinnamon added. Obviously.)
The second batch of cupcakes wasn't quite as successful, but it's still definitely worth mentioning. I took a recipe for Mexican chocolate cake and used it to make cupcakes with no adaptations.
The resulting cakes were tasty, but flat and crumbly in appearance. The frosting I used in lieu of the original glaze was killer, though--buttercream with a smidgen of cayenne incorporated. The whole cinnamon-chocolate-cayenne theme will most certainly be revisited.
No, cinnamon will not be leaving my center stage any time soon.
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Heavenly! I am also a cinnamon addict.
Cheers,
Rosa
What a perfect way to do Mexican Hot Chocolate in the summer.
Oooooo {squealling with delight} those look fantastic! Filing this one away......
I can't decide which one of these I want to taste first. I mean, cream cheese frosting is always a winner and the added cinnamon is lovely. But, chocolate, cinnamon, and cayenne is very interesting!
Glad to see cinnamon is here to stay. Those cupcakes... I say there is no such thing as too much cinnamon. Bring it on!
I'm all for snicker doodles in any form they take... cookies, blondies, cupcakes or even ice cream. I love chocolate and heat either cayenne or chipotle work for me.
Mimi
Martha sure does love her 7-minute frosting. What I love is your addition of cinnamon ... and of cayenne.
Cinnamon is my FAVORITE (besides coconut) so this one has me drooling.
Cinnamon cream cheese frosting! Be still my heart!
Oh, the cinnamon cream on top looks so good! I just came from Sweden where i totally fell in love with their cinnamon rolls, so wonderful!
So glad to see a cinnamon post. Both cupcakes look divine...I have to admit snickerdoodles fall at the bottom of my cookie-loving-list but a snickerdoodle cupcake really appeals to me!
Heavenly! The swirls look so sexy.
Grace, I love how you decorated the cupcake, so pretty your swirl. I too love cinnamon!
Hope you are having a fantastic week :-)
Que delicia, esto es maravilloso.
Saludos
And your frosting is so pretty, too! I tell everyone to take their frosting glooped on with a knife and consider themselves lucky.
Cinnamon cream cheese frosting? Check and double check. On the to-do list for sure.
New follower, these look heavenly.
cinnamon is very good for you. did you know that? it's good for your blood--helps it circulate.
you did such a pretty job on the frosting. i'm not that creative with frosting--i am very creative with eating it.
Dear Grace I always love cinnamon, look amazing! gloria
Cinnamon frosting? Yes please! I might devour it all before any made it on the cupcakes... :)
Grace, I believe you are trying to kill me! Cinnamon is my FAVOURITE!!!
I'm as addicted as you!
You are so funny! Only you would take a close up of cinnamon-laden frosting. But adding the cayenne was a genius move!
Holy Moses.
I'm in love.
Oh phew! Grace I thought you had broken up with cinnamon for a while there! :P
Must make those snickerdoodle cupcakes! If you decided to do a Mexican chocolate cupcake again check out the recipe for it on my blog, its really luscious.
cinnamon,chocolate and cayenne..oh how interesting, yum
Oh thank goodness cinnamon is a star in these cupcakes. I add that spice to just about everything. Come to think of it I should keep a bottle in my pocket ;)
I like the sound of both of these--snickerdoodle cupcakes sound much better than the cookies to me (cuz of the frosting, natch) and Mexican chocolate anything is brilliant.
cinnamon is the best thing i agree! organic cinnamon have a wonderful truly flavor :) this looks so tastyyyyyy...
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Lucy,
Yeah I was getting a bit worried over not seeing much cinnamon lately. Thought you broke up!
oh my...looks divine..
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gorgeous recipe collection..
Am your happy follower now...:)
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I love how the first cupcake looks like a rose! I haven't had cream cheese frosting with cinnamon before, sounds delicious
Oohh...I love the sound of the cinnamon cream cheese frosting! I've never had it before :( :( But these cupcakes look so good!
I will take one of those and maybe an apple for my breakfast this morning, thank you very much.
Oh my...I could eat that cinnamon cream cheese frosting with a spoon, Grace! It looks incredible!
A snickerdoodle cupcake - now that is perfection. With the addition of cinnamon into the cream cheese, now that is pure perfection. Delish!!!
I'm glad to see you're back on a cinnamon kick because it's one of my favorites as well! Cinnamon cream cheese frosting is always the way to go.
Cinnamon is my favourite too! Gosh these look so beautiful!
Oh my! They both look so sensational. Can you believe I've never had a snickerdoodle yet Grace?
Dear Grace have developed a luxury cupcake, I love cinnamon, I congratulate you on your good hand in the kitchen, hugs and kisses.
Even though I'm not much of a sweet eater, I adore cinnamon. The cayenne, cinnamon, chocolate combo sounds so delicious!
In case you've never tried it, Penzey's has an excellent Extra Fancy Vietnamese Cinnamon.
I may have to try a batch of these cupcakes just so I can taste the cinnamon icing.
Both look amazing! I am so impressed by anyone who can pipe icing.
Pure swirly goodness! ;)
I can't imagine your blog without cinnamon - I'm glad to see it's comeback!
the frosting has a life of its own. i admire the looks of this cupcake
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