Snickerdoodle Cupcakes!!

I have never had so many complements on a cupcake as I have had with these.  I made them for an office lunch and I didn't walk away with a single left over!  I highly recommend them.  Here is the recipe!

Snickerdoodle Cupcakes

for the cupcakes:

1-1/2 c. all-purpose flour

1-1/2 c. cake flour (not self- rising), sifted

1 T. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

1-1/2 T. cinnamon

1 c. unsalted butter, at room temperature

1-3/4 c. sugar

4 large eggs, at room temperature

2 tsp. vanilla

1-1/4 c. milk

for the cinnamon-sugar dusting:

1 tsp. cinnamon

2 T. sugar

Preheat oven to 350°. Line standard muffin tins with paper liners and set aside.

Sift together both flours, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon.
With an electric mixer on medium-high speed, cream the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until each is incorporated, scraping down sides of bowl as needed. Beat in vanilla. Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture in three batches, alternating with two additions of milk, and beating until combined after each.

Divide the batter evenly among lined cups, filling each three-quarters full. Bake, rotating tins halfway through, until a cake tester inserted in centers comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Transfer tins to wire racks to cool completely before removing cupcakes.

Mix together the 1 teaspoon cinnamon and 2 tablespoons sugar in a small bowl for dusting the frosting. Set aside.
Yield: about 28 regular size cupcakes

for the cream cheese frosting:


8 oz. cream cheese, at room temperature

1/2 c. unsalted butter, at room temperature

1 tsp. vanilla

1 tsp. cinnamon

3 c. powdered sugar, sifted

Using an electric mixer, beat together the cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla and cinnamon and beat just to combine.

Slowly add sifted powdered sugar, one cup at a time, beating well after each addition.

Using a pastry bag fitted with a large plain round tip, pipe frosting on each cupcake. Immediately finish by dusting the frosting with the cinnamon-sugar mixture.