Yesterday I shared my new favorite cupcake, the Pumpkin Pie Cupcake. Today I’m going to share my daughter’s favorite – the Snickerdoodle Cookie Cupcake.
This is kind of crazy, but I went the majority of my life having never tried a snickerdoodle. I’m not sure how that happens, I think I must have always been distracted by other cookies. On a trip to Disneyland a few years back, I was looking for the Disneyland bakery snickerdoodles, as I wanted to bring some home for a friend who loves them. Well go figure, there were none to be found. So I had to come home and make some myself. Turns out snickerdoodles are a wonderfully simple and delicious cookie. The kind you can eat way too many of in one sitting (not that I have, it’s just what I’ve heard, or something like that…) Yum. Well the only thing better than a snickerdoodle is a snickerdoodle cupcake topped with a snickerdoodle.
These cupcakes are easy to make and start with a mix.
I topped my cupcakes with a cinnamon brown sugar buttercream frosting that is one of my favorite frostings. Brown sugar + buttercream frosting = a very good thing. I topped my cupcakes with mini snickerdoodles. You can find the snickerdoodle recipe I use right here.
Ingredients
- One Yellow Cake Mix
- 1 Cup Of Milk (preferably whole milk)
- 1/2 Cup Of Butter - Melted
- 3 Large Eggs
- 2 Teaspoons Vanilla
- 2 Teaspoons Cinnamon
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 Degrees.
Line cupcake pans with 24 cupcake liners.
In a large mixing bowl, combine cake mix, milk & butter.
After combined, add in eggs, vanilla and cinnamon and mix on medium high for two minutes (stopping to scrape down the bowl as needed).
Spoon batter into cupcake pans, filling approximately 2/3 of the way full.
Bake for 17-21 minutes or until tops spring back when touched.
Remove from oven and allow to cool.
Frost with frosting of choice.
Ingredients
- 1 stick of butter, softened
- 1/4 cup of light brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 4-5 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 cup of half and half (milk can be used as well), more if needed
Instructions
Beat together your butter, brown sugar and cinnamon until fluffy.
Add your vanilla and mix well.
Slowly add your powdered sugar – how much you add will depend on the consistency you like your frosting. For a stiffer frosting add more, for a more glaze like frosting, add less.
Beat in mixer and add in your half and half, a small amount at a time until your frosting is the desired consistency.
Continue beating on high for two minutes.
Remember to head to this page for the snickerdoodle recipe I use. Enjoy!
This looks so delicious!! Yum!
AWESOME recipe and PHOTOS!! Christi, they’re some of your best ever. So pretty! Love the teal background!
Oh that buttercream. I swear, I’d eat the whole batch with a spoon in secret, hiding from my family so I wouldn’t have to share.
Oh my gosh, these are so cute! And I LOVE snickerdoodle cookies. The dough is even better
Those look beautiful! Great close-up photo of that snickerdoodle cupcake! It looks gigantic.
They look awesome! Too bad I don’t think we get Snickerdoodles in the UK
These are so fun!
ThisBakerGirlBlogs, make them yourself! I’ve never purchased a snickerdoodle in my life, they are super simple and easy to make!
wow, Look fantastic ,Got to make it for wifey. Thanks for the recipe
Ran out of cupcake liners so I made 2 9-inch cakes with the frosting above…. AWESOME!
Just found your blog. How have I missed it all this time?! These look wonderful! Can’t wait to try some of your recipes!
Those look very good