These Snickerdoodle Cupcakes with Cinnamon Buttercream are warm and cinnamony and perfect for your Easter dessert table!
Who’s ready for a cupcake?
I certainly am. And we’re not talkin’ just one.
It’s been a helluva week hasn’t it?! It’s been so hard to focus.
I was wondering, should I keep posting? Is everyone too stressed to read?
But then I spoke to one of my very good friends a few days ago to commiserate about the state of events, and she said she was so happy she could pop on the blog, page through my recipes and take her mind off things. It made her happy.
Well, that’s all I needed to hear!
So here I am folks! AND of course I didn’t come empty handed. I’ve got some Snickerdoodle Cupcakes with Cinnamon Buttercream!
I was going to wait a few weeks to share these because I thought they would be perfect for your Easter dessert table, but I think we could all use a cupcake or two right about now, couldn’t we?
And what’s great about these super cinnamony cupcakes, is that you probably have all the ingredients for both the cupcakes and the buttercream right in your pantry and refrigerator. Flour, sugar, cinnamon, confectioners’ sugar, butter, eggs and milk are among the usual cast of characters.
The cupcakes are moist and fluffy and have a nice dose of cinnamon and vanilla, as does the ultra-smooth cinnamon buttercream.
Make a batch now and another for Easter. They’re the perfect treat to help boost your spirits! Enjoy and stay safe! ♥
A few other favorite cupcakes for your Easter dessert table are my Lemon Olive Oil Cupcakes with Lavender Buttercream, my Lemon Cupcakes filled with Lemon Curd Topped with Vanilla Buttercream, and my Earl Grey Cupcakes with Vanilla Bean Buttercream.
A Few Cook’s Notes for Snickerdoodle Cupcakes with Cinnamon Buttercream Recipe:
I used my Wilton 2D piping tip to frost these cupcakes, but you don’t have to be fancy. You can just frost with a knife or a plain round tip. You choose.
If you have any extra frosting, you can use it to sandwich graham crackers or just keep it in the fridge in an airtight container for up to month.
If you’d rather frost your cupcakes with vanilla buttercream, just omit the cinnamon.
Snickerdoodle Cupcakes with Cinnamon Buttercream
Print Recipe Pin RecipeIngredients
Cinnamon Sugar Topping
- 4 Tbsp. granulated sugar
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
Snickerdoodle Cupcakes
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/2 cup (one stick) unsalted butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup milk
Cinnamon Buttercream
- 1 cup (two sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2-4 Tbsp. milk
Instructions
Cinnamon Sugar Topping
- In a small bowl, mix sugar and cinnamon until well blended. Set aside.
Snickerdoodle Cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a standard muffin tin with paper liners and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat butter and sugar on medium high speed until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes. Add egg and mix until well blended. Add vanilla and beat an additional 1 minute. With a spatula add the flour mixture until just combined, then add the 2/3 cup milk being careful not to over mix.
- Spoon batter into liners about 2/3 full. Sprinkle tops of batter with some of the cinnamon sugar topping. Bake for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cupcakes comes out clean. Remove from oven and let cool on wire rack. After cupcakes are totally cooled, frost with cinnamon buttercream.
Cinnamon Buttercream
- In the bowl of a stand mixer combine butter, confectioners' sugar and cinnamon. Beat on low speed until blended, about one minute. Add the vanilla and the milk, starting with two tablespoons, and increase speed to medium and continue to beat for 4 minutes until smooth and creamy. Add more milk if needed to get to desired spreading consistency. Frost cupcakes. Sprinkle tops of cupcakes with some of the cinnamon sugar mixture.
I saw a post before that said “what a year this week has been”, and I think it sums it up perfectly – but these cupcakes, these are divine. And I think we all deserve several :) I love the sound of them, and that frosting looks beautiful!
Yes we do Alex! Hopefully better times are ahead for all of us!
How sad to read now. Hope your year was okay. Thanks for this incredible recipe, sharing with my clients!
It was Chana. Hope yours was too! Enjoy!
Cupcakes are always a good idea and so happy you didn’t wait to share these! They look and sound heavenly, Mary Ann! Pinned! Hope everything is going well with you guys. Have a lovely weekend :)
I was debating over even posting Dawn, but I think any distraction from world events right now is good. Hope you have a great weekend too. Stay safe my friend!
I am definitely in the camp that we have to take some time to enjoy some of the simple pleasures we have right now, and that definitely includes these pretty and delicious cupcakes! Keep them coming :)
Thanks Jennifer. Me too. Stay safe!
I love reading something else rather than listening to the news all day. Food blogs are my happy place! :) And these cupcakes make me really happy! What a fun delicious treat! Keep Calm and Keep Baking!
I’m so glad Kathy! I’ll keep it coming!
Please don’t stop blogging and sending our yummy and comforting recipes. So happy to have a little normal in a “far from normal world”, right now. Thank you and keep it coming!!
Thanks so much Anne! I’ll keep it coming!
It’s definitely a cupcake kind of day in it house today too! These are so pretty and I can’t resist spiced baked goods!
Thanks Joanne! Cupcakes make everything better!
I’ve been wondering the same thing. But with all the ugliness going on I think some normalcy is called for! And cupcakes are called for too. These are beautiful!
I agree Kelsie! Keep on baking!
Hi Mary Ann,
Yes please, keep blogging. It’s a wonderful distraction from all that’s going on. I have to be careful with my baking though. I live in a suburb of Seattle and there is no flour to be had in any grocery store. Maybe everyone is home baking. I will be making these cupcakes for sure. They look delish.
Will do Becky! Please stay safe. The recipe will be here for when you can bake a batch!
I agree, Mary Ann! It’s important for each of us to have a place to go to see something uplifting. And, many of us (me!) love seeing beautiful and tasty recipes for ideas, creativity, and joy! Because who doesn’t love cupcakes? And snickerdoodle? Yes, please!
I agree Laura. It keeps our minds off all the awful things we’re hearing on the news. Stay safe.
Perfect thing is that I have all the ingredients in my pantry stock so YAY! As long as we can cook we are all right ! :-) Pinning :-)
Yes! Stay safe Davorka!
helluva a week, indeed – oof. My brain is still going in about a hundred different directions. Clearly, I need a cupcake, or three. You honestly bake the best treats, Mary Ann. And I love how you’ve frosted these. Adorable and oh so delicious!
Thanks so much Marissa. Troubling times for sure. Stay safe.
Just looking at these sweeties makes me happy, let alone tasting them…. Only good can come from visiting your beautiful site, my friend! Happy you decided to share!
Thanks so much Annie! Stay safe!
These are beautiful, Mary Ann. We can all use a little bit of distraction right now. I need a break from the news! I might have to add these cupcakes to my list of baking projects with my kiddos!
Bet you’d all enjoy them! Stay safe my friend!
I find looking through recipes and baking very relaxing and distracting, so I’m so glad you’re keeping the recipes coming. These cupcakes look so good. The piping is so pretty, and they would definitely be perfect for Easter! Pinning!
Trying to keep my mind off all the troubling news by baking and sharing with friends. Stay safe Leanne!
This has been an overwhelmingly crazy week! I think we are all in need of a cupcake or seven! ;) I’m so happy you are posting because your recipes, photos and words make me so happy! I’m absolutely in love with these cupcakes! Snickerdoodles are one of my favorite cookies, so these cupcakes have me drooling!! I’m definitely adding these to my quarantine baking to-do list! Pinned! Stay safe and healthy, my friend!
How about a dozen?! This week has been terrible! Hope you give these a go Chey. They’re really delicious. You and Jeremy stay safe too! XO
I’m here for the cupcakes Mare! It has been a surreal two weeks… and we just got extended to May 4 to stay at home. These cuppies made me smile and I’m so into the snickerdoodle profile you’ve got goin on!
You’d really enjoy these Traci! Tough times call for cupcakes!
These were delicious! I did feel like there was a ton of frosting going on, next time I will half the frosting and I think they will be perfect.
So happy you enjoyed them Christine!
I don’t like the grittiness of cinnamon in buttercream but I love cinnamon buttercream. So I created my own cinnamon extract and have created the most wonderful buttercream to go with your cupcakes. Thanks so much for sharing.
That’s awesome Dorothy! WHat a great idea! You’re very welcome.
I read most of the ratings, but they were all flattering, but didn’t sound like anyone had actually made the cupcake?? No comments as to how it turned out or what they thought about it. I will make the cupcakes, then make my comments. They do sound really good and my brother is in a care home & snickerdoodle cookies are his favorite, so I thought this might me a different treat for him. Thank you
Hope you enjoy them Linda! Let me know!