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CINfully Delicious Chocolate Cupcakes
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"My favorite flatmate gave me a recipe for snickerdoodle cupcakes which I transformed into these chocolate cinnamon delights since I'm not a big fan of snickerdoodles. Garnish with cinnamon sugar or cocoa and enjoy!"
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Ingredients
1 h 5 m servings 320Original recipe yields 24 servings (2 dozen cupcakes)
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Directions
{{model.addEditText}} Print- Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners.
- Beat together the chocolate cake mix, 1 cup milk, eggs, 1/2 cup melted butter, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract in a bowl with an electric mixer on low speed until moist. Beat for 2 more minutes on medium speed.
- Fill each muffin cup about 2/3 full of batter.
- Sprinkle the cupcakes with cinnamon sugar.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 15 minutes.
- Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
- Cream together 1/2 cup butter and shortening in a bowl until smooth.
- Stir in sea salt, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 tablespoon cinnamon, cocoa powder, and 3 cups confectioners' sugar.
- Stir in milk.
- Mix in 2 more cups confectioners' sugar or as needed until desired consistency is achieved.
- Spread the frosting on the cooled cupcakes.
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Most helpful positive review
2/10/2012
These are fabulous! They are very light and fluffy in texture and the flavor is so well balanced with the chocolate and cinnamon. I did use heavy cream instead of the milk in the frosting sinc...
Most helpful critical review
2/13/2013
This recipe was good, however, I would still serve or eat one of these but if I had a choice I'd take the snickerdoodle first.
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2/10/2012
These are fabulous! They are very light and fluffy in texture and the flavor is so well balanced with the chocolate and cinnamon. I did use heavy cream instead of the milk in the frosting sinc...
2/11/2012
I made these before the recipe was officially published and am so happy to see them as a kitchen approved recipe! 10 star recipe! The cake has the perfect balance of cinnamon/chocolate and sprin...
3/4/2012
WOW WOW!! THESE ARE SOOOO RICH & DECADENT! I MADE MINI CUPCAKES & AS WITH MOST RECIPES I GET FROM HERE, I TOOK THEM TO CHURCH POTLUCK. EVERYONE RAVED ABOUT THEM, EVEN MY PASTOR WHO ISN'T MUCH...
3/5/2012
i love cinnamon so these were great for me!! So fluffy and yummy, i filled them with a cream cheese/cinnamon filling and used regular buttercream frosting with 1tbsp of cocoa, yummmmm, GREAT cup...
2/23/2012
I just made these and they are amazing. I forgot to add the butter in the cupcake mix and they still came out nice and moist. I was a little skeptical using the shortening in the frosting but it...
4/5/2012
These received rave reviews! Easy to make. My husband's coworkers love them.
9/11/2012
These cupcakes are amazing. They are the perfect combination of chocolate and cinnamon. The frosting is the perfect addition to the cake. I made these and people said they tasted like they we...
4/21/2013
These were delicious! Cupcakes were moist, Icing was tasty. They were a big hit at my house!
11/28/2012
A little dry and some what bland I did not care for the frosting at all. The flavor was good but it was greasy.