snicker doodle cupcakes

since so many people have asked me about these cupcakes i made for hellen's nye party this year, i decided to post it up on my blog to share with everyone. they're from the Martha Stewart's Cupcakes book. i absolutely love the book. i made 3 different cupcakes from the book already and i enjoy them all. i also love the cream cheese frosting recipe from the book. if you love cupcakes like me, i recommend you to get the book. well here's the recipe...enjoy.

snicker doodle cupcakes

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1 1/2 cups cake flour (not self-rising), sifted

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon ground cinnamon, plus 1/2 teaspoon for dusting

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature

1 3/4 cups sugar, plus 2 tablespoons for dusting

4 large eggs, room temperature

2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

1 1/4 cups milk

Directions:

1. preheat oven to 350 degree F. line standard muffin tins with paper liners. sift together both flours, baking powder, salt, and 1 tablespoon cinnamon.

2. with an electric mixer on medium high speed, cream 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 batched, alternating with two additions of milk, and beating until combined after each.

3. divide batter evenly among lined cups, filling each three-quarters full. bake in oven for about 20 minutes. cupcakes can be stored up to 2 days at room temperature, or frozen up to 2 months, in airtight containers.

note: i did a little research about the cake flour as i never used it before and couldn't find it when i went shoppig. i found that you could subsitute it with all purpose flour. the substitution calls for every 1 cup cake flour = 1 cup minus 2 tablespoons of cake flour. that's exactly what i did when i baked these and i think they turned out fine.