Vanilla Cinnamon Sugar Swirl Cupcakes Recipe

This Vanilla Cinnamon Sugar Swirl Cupcakes recipe is often requested for social gatherings.  These cupcakes are light, fluffy, and full of cinnamon deliciousness.  After all these years of making different types of cupcakes, these are the ones people remember!  Surprisingly easy to make, these cupcakes don’t disappoint!

You will find real cinnamon throughout the cupcake.  Swirled inside the cupcake itself and generously mixed into the buttercream frosting.  By adding a light dusting of cinnamon on top of these cupcakes, it gives it a beautiful finishing touch.

Cinnamon can be tricky – sometimes you can add just too much and it’s overwhelming.  Certainly this is not the case with this recipe.  Although it has the cinnamon spice throughout the cupcake, it is more subtle than overpowering.  Also, making and baking these cupcakes with awaken your senses with the enticing scent of vanilla throughout your home.

Ingredients

• 2 cup all purpose flour
• 1 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 3/4 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 cup salted butter room temperature
• 3 egg whites
• 2 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1/2 cup milk
• Cinnamon Sugar Mixture
• 2 tbsp cinnamon
• 1/3 cup sugar
• Vanilla Cinnamon Sugar Frosting
• 1/2 cup butter softened
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• 3 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tbsp milk

Instructions
For cupcakes

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix together flour, cinnamon, sugar, baking soda, and baking powder in mixing bowl. I use my electric mixer.
3. Add butter (room temperature), egg whites, sour cream, vanilla, and milk - Mix until smooth (no lumps).
4. Add cupcake liners to cupcake pan.
5. Combine cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl.
6. ...................................

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