Thursday, September 18, 2008

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Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

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Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

I used this cinnamon cream cheese frosting recipe on toasted ravioli cupcakes and Back to School cupcakes. It would also go great on oatmeal raisin cupcakes or snickerdoodle cupcakes.

Ingredients:
  • 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
  • 1/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon (add more to taste)
  • 2-3 cups powdered sugar (add more or less to make it a stiffness that you like)
Directions:
  1. Mix cream cheese and butter well.
  2. Add vanilla and cinnamon.
  3. Add powdered sugar.

26 comments:

  1. Can you use this on an Italian Cream Cake?

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  2. I've actually never had Italian Cream Cake (better add that to my list!). However, I looked up some recipes and I don't see why this frosting wouldn't work. You might want to double the recipe to make sure you have enough for a whole cake.

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  3. Thanks! It's a Southern favorite around here! I will try the Cinnamon Cream Cheese to add a new twist.

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  4. I just wanted to let you know that I used this frosting on some carrot cupcakes today and W-O-W! They turned out AMAZING! I am a huge fan of regular cream cheese frosting, but I feel like I used it a lot on many of my cupcakes, so I've been searching for something different to try out on them - I couldn't be happier with the way they turned out! Exactly what I was looking for and more! I'll be posting pictures soon! THANKS! :)

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  5. Kerry - Yay! I'm so glad it worked out for you!! Thanks for letting me know.

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  6. In my family we LOVE cinnamon!
    I bet the Madagascar vanilla will go well with this recipe!

    I'm going to try it this weekend!

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  7. Do you think this icing would go well on top of apple cupcakes?

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  8. Katie - Of course! It would be perfect!

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  9. I can't wait to try this recipe tomorrow. I'm making a pumplin cake drizzed with chocolate ganache... my plan is to fold some
    whipped cream into your recipe to lighten it up a little and use as the filling in between layers.

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  10. This frosting was amazing! I used it for some apple butter cupcakes, just posted about them.

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  11. I used this with Mexican Chocolate cupcakes and it taste amazing!

    I found the cake recipe that called for cinnamon ice cream, I decided to turn that idea into cupcakes!

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  12. I'm going to try it on pumpkin cupcakes

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  13. Thanks for the recipe, can't wait to try it out!

    Has anyone here ever made chai latte cupcakes? I'm thinking about using this frosting on vanilla chai latte cupcakes.

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  14. Anon - I've made Chai Spice cupcakes. It was my very first cupcake (don't laugh at how ugly they look http://www.cupcakeproject.com/2007/05/chocolate-chai-spice-first-cupcakes.html). This frosting would go really well with it. For Chai latte you could also add a touch of instant coffee to the frosting.

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  15. I used coconut extract with the cinnamon! It was delish!

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  16. I'm making a pumpkin cake, do you think this icing would work well?

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  17. I used this frosting last night on top of snickerdoodle cookie dough cupcakes... snickerdoodle cookie dough inside a butter cupcake - they are amazing!

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  18. can it be used on top of cinnamon buns?

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  19. I used this tonight on a pumpkin spice cake....turned out amazing! great frosting recipe! Thanks!

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  20. Anon - It would be great on cinnamon buns!

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  21. Hello! I'm so excited to make this! I'm going to make it with some apple butter cupcakes. I am making 3 dozen cupcakes, how many cupcakes would this recipe frost? Should I double it? Thanks!!

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  22. Nice frosting! Made it for the cupcake inside a cupcake recipe. I've just had a foodgasm! The combination of flavors was fantastic!

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  23. ToggafLikesCupcakesJune 8, 2012 at 6:16 AM

    what the poop does T stand for in 1 t vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste

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  24. Can I use a canned cream cheese frosting & add cinnamon & use that?

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  25. How many cupcakes will this recipe cover? Sounds delicious!

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  26. omg, for a couple of days i have toting the idea of a chai spiced frosting with me. having read the above, i feel very reassured that i am not crazy.

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