New Photo from my cookbook “Your Cup of Cake”
The Story:
Whenever I see cinnamon sugar, I tend to laugh at myself a little bit. When I was 10 years old, I remember being in the kitchen on a Saturday morning and making myself a piece of cinnamon sugar toast. But our little glass jar of cinnamon sugar was empty. I promptly walked down the long hallway to my brother in the TV room and asked, “Paul, how do you make cinnamon sugar?” And he said, “Think about it.”
Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cupcakes
Servings 24 cupcakes
Ingredients
Cinnamon Cake:
- 3 eggs
- 1/3 cup oil
- ¾ cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¾ cup sour cream
- Vanilla Cake Mix not white cake mix
- 1 ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- There used to be cereal pieces in the batter, but that has been removed due to comments saying it's better without it
Cinnamon Toast Crunch Buttercream:
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- ½ cup butter softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 2/3 cup Cinnamon Toast Crunch powder
- Crush the cereal in a bag and then sift out 2/3 cup
Instructions
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1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line pans with 20-22 cupcake liners.
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2. In a large bowl, gently combine eggs, oil, buttermilk and vanilla.
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3. Mix in sour cream.
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4. Add cake mix and cinnamon and mix until smooth.
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5. Stir in lightly crushed cereal.
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6. Fill cupcake liners ¾ full and bake for 15-18 minutes, or until an inserted knife comes out clean.
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7. Buttercream: Beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Add Cinnamon Toast Crunch powder. Add vanilla and powdered sugar. Adjust the consistency using milk if it is too thick.
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8. Pipe onto cooled cupcakes and top with cinnamon sugar and Cinnamon Toast Crunch squares.