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Easy Churro Cupcakes Recipe
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Easy Churro Cupcakes Recipe

Indulge your sweet tooth and make this easy churro cupcakes recipe. Tastes just like a churro!
Course Dessert
Cuisine Mexican
Keyword Easy Churro Cupcakes Recipe
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 22 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 24

Equipment

  • 1 large piping bag fitted with star tip

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 3/4 tsp baking soda
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 3/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • 1/2 cup sour cream

Toppings for cupcakes

  • 1 cup melted butter
  • 2 cup sugar
  • 3 tbsp ground cinnamon
  • Fresh or frozen churros

Cinnamon Frosting ingredients

  • 2 cups unsalted sweet cream butter
  • 5 cups powder sugar
  • 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
  • 5 tbsp heavy whipping cream
  • 2 tsp  vanilla
  • 1  bottle of salted caramel sauce

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line cupcake pan with liners
  • In a standing mixer beat sugar and butter until creamed
  • Add egg and mix until fully incorporated
  • Beat in vanilla extract, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and cinnamon.
  • Combine the heavy cream into the wet mixture
  • Add in flour, a little at a time.
  • Add in the sour cream
  • Spoon batter about 3/4 full.
  • Bake in the oven for about 22 minutes or until the center of the
    cupcake comes out clean with a toothpick.

Frosting directions

  • Combine all ingredients into a standing mixer and mix on low speed
    until combined and stiff peaks form
  • Scoop the frosting into the piping bag
  • Melt 1 C of butter into a microwave safe bowl
  • Mix in 2 C of sugar and the 2 tbsp ground cinnamon into another bowl
  • Dip the top of the cupcakes into the melted butter and then dip it
    into the cinnamon sugar mix.
  • Frost the cupcakes with the cinnamon frosting
  • Drizzle caramel sauce and top with a churro