Snickerdoodle Cupcakes
These homemade Snickerdoodle Cupcakes are easy to make and have the best sweet and tangy cream cheese frosting! This cupcake recipe is perfect for birthdays or any celebration.
Snickerdoodle Cupcakes Are Perfect For Birthdays
And the Birthday Marathon continues!
Our daughter, Hatti, turns 9 this weekend. And I really am beside myself, wondering, “How did those years pass by so quickly?” Of course, for her, that time has travelled a bit more slowly, as she has had her sights set on “double digits” for a few years now. ;-)
Hatti has never been the typical cake with frosting kind of girl when it comes to celebrating her birthday. After taking one, maybe two, bites out of her first few years’ worth of decorated cakes and cupcakes, I changed my approach. I wanted her to have her cake…and eat it, too!
So for the next few years, I made chocolate chip cookie cakes, decorated brownie cakes, and layered brownie towers. And she happily ate her cake!
This year, however, I daringly ventured back into cupcake world with a recipe I was quite certain Hatti would approve of. After seeing Martha Stewart’s cute as can be Snickerdoodle Cupcakes, and knowing Hatti’s love for that famous cookie, I confidently gave these cupcakes a shot.
These Cupcakes Have The Best Homemade Cream Cheese Frosting
The original recipe’s Seven-Minute Frosting, however, received only so-so reviews online. So I exchanged it for a slightly sweet and tangy cream cheese frosting. I just can’t go wrong with cream cheese frosting in this house. I do think it was a brilliant change-up.
And to my delight, so did Hatti! These pretty little cakes were completely embraced by her. Hatti ate cake!!
The cupcakes were moist and beautifully fragrant all on their own. Then, topped with a puffy swirl of cream cheese frosting and a dusting of cinnamon-sugar, they were made snickerdoodle-perfect.
Happy Birthday, sweet Hatti!
Hatti and my dad (on the right) share the same March birthday, and Blake’s dad (on the left) celebrates just two days before them. We have been blessed to share many birthday celebrations together. And this is one of my favorite photos in the whole wide world.
Snickerdoodle Cupcakes
These homemade Snickerdoodle Cupcakes are easy to make and have the best sweet and tangy cream cheese frosting! This cupcake recipe is perfect for birthdays or any celebration.
Ingredients
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
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
Instructions
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.
For the cream cheese frosting:
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 (I used Ateco No. 808), pipe frosting on each cupcake. Immediately finish by dusting the frosting with the cinnamon-sugar mixture.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 28 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 600Total Fat: 14gSaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 64mgSodium: 151mgCarbohydrates: 117gFiber: 1gSugar: 99gProtein: 4g
Nutrition information is automatically calculated by Nutritionix. I am not a nutritionist and cannot guarantee accuracy. If your health depends on nutrition information, please calculate again with your own favorite calculator.
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These were wonderful! Loved them with the cream cheese frosting and cinnamon sugar topping :)
Wonderful! Thanks for coming back to let me know, Tara. :)
Hello, this sounds lovely, and I am going to try it, I am a fairly reasonable baker but I just have a few precisions, we don’t have cake flour, would you mind having a look at the package and letting me know whats added to the flour to make it cake flour and I would also like to know if when you say 24 cupcakes are they quite small. I guess I am trying to find out how to make around 12 what I would call queen or fairy cakes. The cupcakes I have seen in france made by american bakers seem almost half the size of ‘regular for me’ cupcakes or buns, about a big inch in diameter? thank you in advance for your help. The caramel ones look spectacular also. will have to give those a whirl -thanks
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i made snickerdoodles in school like a 100yrs ago just kidding but ilove them so much i am going to try your cupcake recipe. thank you very much. debbie
I agree on all your suggestions, once I had them in the refrigerator for a bit the frosting set up well, but it does soften back up fairly quickly once they are set out for guests. It didn’t fall though (which was my concern) so overall an A rating for this one, thanks!
I just made these and I need to figure out why they turned out dry. I have a thermometer in my oven so I was spot on for the temp, I reduced the time because I make mini’s. The frosting is also a little less stiff than I wanted but overall these are a hit in flavor!
Hello Stacey – I’ve made these several times and haven’t had any issues. I haven’t made minis, however, and do know that they usually require less baking time than I always guess. I would try baking for even less time – and check with a toothpick fairly early on, and then continue to check after every minute or so until they are just done. The frosting is not stiff. I would say it has a softly medium consistency. I would just make sure your cream cheese is just barely at room temperature when you start making it. And if it’s too soft for your liking/piping, chill the finished frosting for 20 or 30 minutes before piping. I hope this helps – best wishes!
Just made these — so light & fluffy and of course delicious :) I have a prior recipe that is basically the same, except with buttercream & I now think I prefer the cream cheese frosting instead!
Hi Darci – great to hear from you, thanks for letting me know – have a great weekend!
Oooh! I can’t wait to try these! Snickerdoodles have always been one of my favorites, as are just about any cupcake. Put them together and I am expecting Happy Mouth! Perhaps I’ll make these up for my birthday in August instead of a regular cake..hmm. Got my wheels turning now! Thanks for sharing the recipe!!
Hey!
I was wondering if the cream cheese frosting was enough to frost all 28 cupcakes, I’ve read a lot of recipes that usually call for double the cream cheese for 24 cupcakes!
Lovely recipe, and belated happy birthday to your little girl!
Thanks!! =)
That frosting recipe is all I used for my cupcakes, but you can see I didn’t pile on an excessive amount of frosting onto each cupcake. It was more like a little cap sitting in the middle of the cupcake top. If you want to frost out to the edges and pile it high, yes, I would increase the quantity. Thanks for stopping by, Ashley!
Just found your website after searching for snickerdoodle cupcakes! I also heard mixed reviews about the 7 minute frosting which I have never made so I was glad to find your cream cheese frosting recipe! Great job and I love your site!
How sweet! These look magical, with that bit of sparkle…perfect for a birthday indeed.
these look delicious! and super cute styling… love the colors!!