Difficutly: very easy
Time: 5 Min
Portion: 1 serving
Ingredients:
Makes 24 cupcakes
INGREDIENTS
1 C (2 sticks) unsalted butter
1/2 C Dutch-process unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 C water
2 C granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1/2 C well-shaken buttermilk
2 T vanilla
2 C all purpose flour
1 t baking soda
1 t cinnamon
1/4 t salt
Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
INGREDIENTS
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
5 3/4-6 1/4 cups powdered sugar, sifted
1/2 cup butter, softened, not margarine
1 teaspoon vanilla
[NOTES: I used less than 4 cups of powdered sugar, taste-testing between each cup, b/c 5-6 cups seems like ALOT of powdered sugar to me! But maybe I don\’t have that strong of a sweet tooth? That might also be why the frosting wasn\’t as thick and harder to pipe though. *shrugs]
Directions:
CUPCAKES
Preheat oven to 350. Put cupcake papers in your muffin tins.
Melt butter in a large heavy saucepan over moderately low heat, then whisk in cocoa. (I sifted cocoa into the butter to avoid lumps) Add water and whisk until smooth. Remove from heat. Whisk in separately sugar, eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla. Sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt into a bowl. Then sift again into the cocoa mixture and whisk until just combined (it will be a little bit lumpy).
Fill cupcake papers to about 2/3 full. Bake for 20 minutes until a skewer or toothpick comes out clean. It’s a moist cake, so don’t worry if a few crumbs stick to your tester. Allow cupcakes to cook and then dust with powdered sugar. (I made cinnamon cream cheese frosting instead. See recipe below.)
FROSTING
Beat together cream cheese, butter, cinnamon and vanilla on medium speed until light and fluffy.
Add about half the powdered sugar and beat until mixed well. Then gradually add the remaining powdered sugar until you reach a spreading consistency. (I topped with either chocolate jimmies or dusted with cinnamon)
ENJOY! 🙂