Cinnamon Toast Cupcakes Recipes

CINNAMON TOAST CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Place baking rack in center of oven and preheat to 350ºF.
• Line cupcake pans with liners and spray top of pan with cooking spray.
• Place cake mix, pudding mix, milk, oil, eggs and cinnamon in a large mixing bowl.
• Blend with mixer on low for 30 seconds. Scrape down sides of bowl and increase to medium for 1-1/2 to 2 minutes.
• Spoon 1/3 cup of batter into each liner (about 3/4 full). Place pan(s) in oven on middle rack.
• Bake cupcakes till they are golden brown, (about 18 to 22 minutes). Cool on wire racks for 5 minutes. Slowly and carefully turn pan on it's side and remove cupcakes. Cool 15 minutes and frost with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting (Recipe #166183) (or buy some cream cheese frosting, add cinnamon to taste, ice cupcakes and sprinkle tops with cinnamon sugar).

CINNAMON TOAST CRUNCH CUPCAKES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line pans with 20-22 cupcake liners.
• 2. In a large bowl, gently combine eggs, oil, buttermilk and vanilla.
• 3. Mix in sour cream.
• 4. Add cake mix and cinnamon and mix until smooth.
• 5. Stir in lightly crushed cereal.
• 6. Fill cupcake liners ¾ full and bake for 15-18 minutes, or until an inserted knife comes out clean.
• 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.
• 8. Pipe onto cooled cupcakes and top with cinnamon sugar and Cinnamon Toast Crunch squares.

CINNAMON TOAST CRUNCH™ FROSTED CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F (350°F for dark or nonstick pans). Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups.
• In large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil and eggs with electric mixer on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups (about 3 tablespoons each).
• Bake 12 to 17 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Fill frosting into a decorating bag fitted with a large star tip. Pipe frosting in a decorative swirl on top of each cupcake.
• Place cereal pieces on top. Decorate as desired with candy sprinkles. Store loosely covered at room temperature.

CINNAMON CUPCAKES

Steps:

• In a small bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg whites and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. , Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Combine sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle 1/4 teaspoon over each cupcake. , Bake at 375° for 16-18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, in a small bowl, cream the butter, vanilla and cinnamon. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar. Add milk; beat until light and fluffy. Frost cupcakes; sprinkle with additional cinnamon.

CINNABON® CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 24 cupcake cups or line with paper liners.
• Melt 1/2 cup unsalted butter in a saucepan over low heat; stir brown sugar and 2 tablespoons cinnamon into butter until brown sugar has dissolved and cinnamon syrup is hot, about 2 minutes. Set aside.
• Sift cake flour with baking powder and salt into a bowl. Whisk milk, egg whites, egg, 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract, and almond extract together in a separate bowl. Mix 1/2 cup butter at room temperature with white sugar in a large bowl, using an electric mixer until pale yellow and creamy, about 5 minutes. Gradually beat flour mixture into creamed butter mixture, alternating with milk mixture, until batter is well blended. Continue beating for 2 more minutes.
• Beat cold cream with an electric mixer and clean beaters in a chilled glass or metal bowl until the cream is fluffy and holds soft peaks, about 4 minutes; fold whipped cream into batter. Divide batter among the prepared cupcake cups, filling them about 2/3 full.
• Spoon 1 teaspoon of cinnamon syrup into batter in each cupcake cup. Set remaining cinnamon syrup aside.
• Bake cupcakes in the preheated oven until lightly browned and a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out with moist crumbs, about 16 minutes. Remove cupcakes from pans and let cool upside down on racks.
• Place saucepan with remaining cinnamon syrup over medium heat, stir in pecans, and bring mixture to a low boil. Immediately remove from heat and pour pecan mixture out onto a wooden cutting board. Let pecan mixture cool completely and chop the pecan candy finely.
• Beat 1/4 cup butter at room temperature with an electric mixer in a bowl until soft and creamy; beat in cream cheese until blended. Add confectioners' sugar and a drop of vanilla extract and continue to beat on high speed until frosting is fluffy, at least 5 minutes.
• Frost cooled cupcakes with frosting and decorate each with a pinch of chopped pecan candy and a sprinkle of cinnamon.

FRENCH TOAST CUPCAKES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg; add to the creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition., Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 17-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, in a small bowl, beat butter and shortening until fluffy. Beat in maple syrup and salt. Add confectioners' sugar; beat until smooth. Frost cupcakes. Sprinkle with bacon if desired.

OVERNIGHT CINNAMON FRENCH TOAST CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Cut bread into cubes; place on ungreased cookie sheet. Cover with clean tea towel to dry out a bit.
• Place nut cups on large cookie sheet. Place a few berries in each cup.
• While bread cubes are drying out, in 2-quart saucepan, heat both milks, cream, 1/2 cup granulated sugar, the cinnamon, vanilla and vanilla bean 5 minutes or until warm throughout, stirring constantly. Set aside to steep 30 minutes. Remove vanilla bean. Beat eggs into mixture.
• Dunk bread cubes into milk-egg mixture; divide evenly among nut cups. Repeat with all of the bread. Cover unbaked French toast tightly; refrigerate at least 8 hours or overnight.
• Heat oven to 350°F. Remove French toast from refrigerator; uncover. In small bowl, stir together flour, 1/4 cup granulated sugar and the salt. With fork or fingers, cut in or rub butter into flour mixture until it resembles crumbs. Sprinkle Streusel Topping over French toast.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from oven; drizzle each with maple syrup. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Serve warm.

FRENCH TOAST CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350'F and line baking pan with paper liners.
• Mix together flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt in a small bowl.
• In a large bowl, whisk together butter, sugar and eggs until smooth. Make sure the butter is cool or you'll have scrambled eggs.
• Whisk in maple extract and then alternate between whisking in flour mixture and milk. Make three additions of flour mix and two of milk. Beat until smooth.
• Scoop batter into prepared pan and bake 20-25 minutes until golden brown and tops spring back when lightly touched.
• Cool the cupcakes on a rack for 10 minutes, then remove from pan and cool completely.
• Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting:.
• Place the cream cheese and butter in a large mixing bowl.
• Blend with an electric mixer on low speed until combined, 30 seconds. Stop the machine.
• Add the con­fectioners' sugar, a little at a time, blend­ing with the mixer on low speed until the sugar is well incorporated, 1 minute.
• Add the cinnamon, then increase the mixer speed to medium and blend the frost­ing until fluffy, 1 minute more.