Cinnamon Churro Cupcakes with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
Moist cinnamon churro cupcakes with cinnamon-chocolate cream cheese frosting.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time18 minutesmins
Total Time30 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Chocolate, Cupcake
Servings: 8cupcakes
Ingredients
Cupcake:
1/4Cunsalted buttersoftened
1/2Cgranulated sugar
1tspvanilla extract
1large egg
1/4tspsalt
1tspcinnamon
1 1/2tspbaking powder
1Call purpose flour
1/2Csour cream
Frosting:
8ozcream cheesesoftened
1/4Cunsalted buttersoftened
1/2tspvanilla
1/2tspcinnamon
2 1/2Cpowdered sugar
1/2Cunsweetened cocoasifted
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°F. Prepare a muffin tin with 8 liners.
In a large bowl or stand mixer, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in vanilla and egg. Scrape bowl as needed. Mix in salt, cinnamon and baking powder until evenly dispersed. Alternate additions of flour and sour cream until fully added and no streaks remain. Divide between prepared liners, adding 1 large cookie scoop to each liner.
Bake cupcakes for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool in pan until easy to handle, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
When cupcakes are completely cool. Prepare frosting.
In a large bowl or stand mixer, beat together cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy. Mix in vanilla and cinnamon, followed by 1 cup of powdered sugar at a time. Finally, sift cocoa powder direction over frosting, mix until fully combined and no streaks remain.