Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cupcakes

The title of these might turn you off, but trust me, they're good. :-) I DO actually like the cereal, but even if you don't, if you're a cinnamon-sugar fan, you'll like these. Here's the recipe:

Ingredients

Cinnamon Cake:

• 3 eggs
• 1/3 cup oil
• ¾ cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ¾ cup sour cream
• Vanilla Cake Mix not white cake mix
• 1 ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• There used to be cereal pieces in the batter, but that has been removed due to comments saying it's better without it

Instructions

1. 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line pans with 20-22 cupcake liners.
2. 2. In a large bowl, gently combine eggs, oil, buttermilk and vanilla.
3. 3. Mix in sour cream.
4. 4. Add cake mix and cinnamon and mix until smooth.
5. 5. Stir in lightly crushed cereal.
6. 6. Fill cupcake liners ¾ full and bake for 15-18 minutes, or until an inserted knife comes out clean.

I am not a fan of the frosting recipe that comes with this recipe because I don't like the cereal pieces in the frosting, even if it's ground up really fine. I found an even better cinnamon sugar frosting recipe (and it has cream cheese!) here:

INGREDIENTS

1 pound (4 cups) of Powdered Sugar
1/2 cup Butter (We use Salted Sweet Cream Butter)
8 oz. Cream Cheese
3 teaspoons of Vanilla
1 heaping teaspoon of Cinnamon


INSTRUCTIONS
Beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla in a mixer until blended.
Add one cup of powdered sugar and the cinnamon and mix until sugar is incorporated.
Add remaining powdered sugar, one cup at a time.

Anyway, these are super yummy. My whole family loves them! If you want to mix up your usual cupcake-making, try these!