Need I say more? Churro + cupcake = delicious. These cinnamon-spiced cupcakes are topped with a whipped cinnamon-spiced cream cheese frosting. Feeling especially adventurous? Top the frosting with a hint of large-grained cinnamon sugar. Â If you love churros and you love cupcakes, you’re going to love these.
Cupcake recipe from Cook's Illustrated's The New Best Recipe
Inspiration and frosting recipe from The Novice Chef Blog
Ingredients
cupcakes
1 1/2 cups unbleached all purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
8 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup sour cream
1 large egg, plus 2 egg yolks, at room temperature
1 tsp vanilla extract
frosting
4 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 cups confectioners’ sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 - 1 teaspoon cinnamon, to taste
Instructions
- Adjust an oven rack to the middle position; heat the oven to 350F. Line a standard muffin tin with paper or foil liners.
- Whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon in the bowl of a standing mixer. Add the butter, sour cream, egg, yolks, and vanilla and beat the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients at medium speed until smooth and satiny, about 30 seconds. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula and stir by hand until smooth and no flour pockets remain.
- Divide the batter evenly among the cups of the prepared tin. Bake until the cupcake tops are pale gold and toothpick or skewer inserted into the center comes out clean, 20 to 24 minutes. Use a skewer or paring knife to lift the cupcakes from the tin and transfer to a wire rack. Cool the cupcakes to room temperature, about 45 minutes.
- Cream the cream cheese and butter together in a large bowl. Add the sugar, one cup at a time, beating well between each addition. Stir in the cinnamon until thoroughly combined. Then stir in the vanilla. Beat the mixture well, until light and fluffy. Pipe onto cupcakes and sprinkle with a little cinnamon sugar, if desired.
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19 responses so far ↓
1 Miriam @ Overtime Cook // Oct 5, 2011 at 10:48 am
These look and sound so delicious! What a great combination!
2 Ali // Oct 5, 2011 at 12:38 pm
Mouth watering!! In love with your muffin, great photo. Thanks for sharing.
3 LeAnn // Oct 5, 2011 at 5:30 pm
You are killing me. These look so good! I am such a sucker for cinnamon/sugar.
4 megan @ whatmegansmaking // Oct 6, 2011 at 5:40 am
yum! I love finding new cupcake recipes and these look perfect. I love anything with cinnamon for Fall too
5 Nicole@HeatOvenTo350 // Oct 6, 2011 at 7:25 am
Churros are so good. My husband has to get one every time we go to Costco, and our big joke is that I tell him not to get one for me because I’ll just have a bite of his, but he always gets me one anyway because he knows I won’t want just one bite. Churros in cupcake form sound wonderful.
6 Irishbaker // Oct 6, 2011 at 10:14 am
Great idea-Love churros.
7 Tracy // Oct 6, 2011 at 12:04 pm
Oh my goodness, yes please! I love anything cinnamon, especially during fall. Love!
8 Lauren @ hey, who cut the cheese? // Oct 6, 2011 at 6:50 pm
Wow, these look simply awesome! Can’t wait to try them out.
9 Casey // Oct 7, 2011 at 7:16 am
I just made these; they turned out great! I was a little worried when the consistency of the cake batter wasn’t soupy like normal cake batter; it formed more of a soft dough. But they ended up being perfect! The icing recipe here can also double for cinnamon rolls…yum!
10 Christina @ Sweet Pea's Kitchen // Oct 9, 2011 at 7:47 pm
Oh man…these cupcakes look amazing!!! Churros are sooo good…I can’t wait to give these cupcakes a try!
11 Jenn // Oct 9, 2011 at 7:56 pm
These sound delicious!
12 Sarah // Oct 16, 2011 at 10:50 am
Oh My!! Definitely going to try them this weak-we have a severe addiction to cinnamon in our house
thanks for sharing x
13 Tabby Jumbo // Oct 31, 2011 at 8:25 pm
This is awesome. The cakes make you feel like you are in a wedding or something. Good job on this recipe.
14 Doll Bookcase // Nov 5, 2011 at 2:45 am
Great recipe! Thank you for sharing it with us I just can’t wait to try it out this afternoon!
15 Javajunkie // Feb 6, 2012 at 9:10 am
I poked holes in the cupcakes and drizzled in caramel sauce before icing since sometimes churros have caramel inside. Holy Hell it was delicious!
16 Cupcake and Talk // Apr 27, 2012 at 10:00 am
I love churros and can not wait to try it in cupcake form. Thank you for the recipe.
17 Wendy // Aug 4, 2012 at 10:21 am
Just made these for a fiesta themed party, and oh my delicious!!!
18 Fox // Oct 27, 2012 at 3:04 pm
I made these exactly as instructed, and they were fabulous!
19 Jessica // Apr 19, 2015 at 8:44 pm
Oh gosh these sound good!