My fondness for cinnamon is probably obvious to devotees of this site. I believe it is the ingredient that is the most bewitching in many baked goods. Using a vanilla cupcake recipe from my beloved Australian Women’s Weekly ‘Quick Mix Cakes’ book I played around until I had the perfect marriage of choc, cinnamon, and vanilla – the holy trinity. Feel free to add even more cinnamon for a richer taste.
I blogged the salted caramel sauce a while back. Find the recipe here: https://thehungrymum.com/2012/04/10/nigella-lawsons-fast-and-easy-salted-caramel-sauce/
Gather:
125g butter, chopped, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 ¼ cup self-raising flour
¼ cup sifted cocoa
1 heaped tablespoon cinnamon
2 eggs
½ cup milk
¾ cup caster sugar [I normally take a few heaped spoonfuls out]
Let’s get to it:
Preheat oven to 180C and line cupcake pan with wrappers.
Beat all ingredients in bowl of electric mixer with paddle attachment on low until combined.
Increase speed and beat until batter changes colour and is smooth.
Drop into cases until three quarters full, then bake 15-20 mins [depending on your oven – check at 15 minutes with a skewer].
Turn on wire rack to cool.
When completely cold spread with salted caramel sauce. 
the hungry mum 
Oooh cinnamon and chocolate – two of my favourite things!
It is a fabbo combo 🙂
Australian Women’s Weekly always delivers the goods – this sounds and looks delicious! 🙂
Where would we be without the wonderful AWW? They sure know their stuff.
Oooh yum! Bewitching- I love it!
Bewitching! Love it 🙂 Thanks x
yummm 🙂
Ta! Thanks for popping by.
I also love cinnamon! So I’ll have to try that recipe!
Hope you do – cinnamon makes the world round x
ohhhh!!!!!!!! 🙂
indeed 😉
Love your holy trinity ingredients! These look divine and I’m off to check out your salted caramel recipe. Oh, yum. I’m a bit cinnamon fan, too. So warm and spicy 🙂
Love the look of these, you cannot go wrong with salted caramel!
Yep, it is one of the 21st centuries best discoveries! What *did* we do without it?! So yum 🙂
Ah, so many delicious and magical ingredients in one recipe! A keeper, to be sure.
Thank you! This recipe should be called ‘ a few of my favourite things’.
Yum! This sounds so tasty!
they are pretty delish 🙂
I love cinnamon, too! These look so delicious. I wouldn’t have thought to put salted caramel on a chocolate cupcake, but your picture convinces me it would be great!
Isn’t cinnamon amazing? I ummed & ahhed about the salted caramel on top then thought – why not?
mmmm must try that salted caramel sauce!! Sounds delish! Glad you’re back, hope you had a lovely holiday!
Next time we catch up I’ll give you some 🙂 Hope all’s good with you x
I adore cinnamon too! I can’t wait to try these–thank you for testing the original vanilla recipe with the amazing cinnamon! Happy Nesting.
We should start a cinnamon appreciate cub! Thanks for the lovely comments 🙂
Yum, yum, yum!! 😀
cheers – you;re right on the money!
A divine combination that must taste so beautifully & wonderful,…ooh yes!
thanks Sophie – they were pretty lovely x
Love these! Chocolate and cinnamon would compliment each other too 🙂
Why, thank you 🙂 Choc & cinnamon are BFF!
I needed to take a moment to just stop and admire these delicious cupcakes 😀
Such a flavour blast!
Cheers
CCU
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Salted Caramel Sauce is the best- goes well with cupcakes and also Sticky Date Pudding! BTW, I just announced a Giveaway ‘draw’ of a Cuisinart Mandoline Slicer, if you’re interested. Have a nice day!!
It is just such a winner, isn’t it? Speakig of which, your competition sounds great!
Delicious cupcake. I would love to eat it. Thanks!
You had me at salt caramel…..
Yes, salted caramel rocks my world, too 🙂
Those look great!
thanks 🙂
I love cinnamon, too! This looks SO very tasty. 🙂
Can you imagine a life without cinnamon? It adds a certain something to so many things 🙂
And it is good for you! 🙂