Cinnamon Cupcakes
Cinnamon figures twice in this recipe: in the batter and the sugar in which the tops of the cupcakes are rolled. These cinnamon cupcakes are topped with chocolate fudge.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cake flour
- ½ tablespoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup butter at room temperature
- 14 tablespoons white sugar
- 2 large whole eggs
- 15 tablespoons full fat milk
For the cinnamon sugar topping
- ¼ cup butter
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
For the chocolate fudge
- ½ cup finely grated dark sweetened chocolate
- 1 tablespoon butter
- ¼ cup cream
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- Line a 12-hole muffin pan with paper cups.
- Whisk together the flour, ground cinnamon, baking powder and salt.
- In another bowl, cream the butter and sugar until light colored. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing after each addition.
- Add the flour mixture mixture in three batches alternating with the milk and mixing after each addition.
- Using an ice cream scoop, drop the batter evenly into the prepared muffin pan.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
- Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack.
Make the cinnamon sugar
- Melt the butter.
- Whisk together the sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.
- While the cupcakes are still warm, dip the top of each cupcake in melted butter then roll in the cinnamon sugar. Cool the cupcakes completely.
Make the fudge
- Pour the chocolate into a bowl and add the softened butter.
- Heat the cream to barely simmering.
- Pour into the chocolate, leave for 10 seconds then stir until smooth.
- Garnish each cupcake with a tablespoonful or two of dark chocolate fudge before serving.
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