There are a few treats that remind me a lot of summer. One of of those treats are churros. There is just something about them that screams warm weather and making memories with my family. So capturing everything I love about the sweet, cinnamon churro flavor into a cupcake was like… I don’t know. I love cupcakes too. So this Churro Cupcake recipe is pretty much amazing in my book.
Churro Cupcake Recipe
The only time I usually have a churro is on vacation at a theme park or maybe at a baseball game. So being able to bring that flavor home into a cupcake makes it even more fun. I can see us having these as a fun dessert after a summer BBQ!
What you need:
- 1 1/2 C Flour
- 1Â C + 2 TBSP Sugar
- 1 3/4 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2Â tsp Vanilla
- 2 Eggs
- 1/4 C Â Crisco or greek yogurt
- 1/2 C Milk
- 4Â TBSP Cinnamon
- 1/2 C butter
What you do:
- Heat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Prepare cupcake pan using either cupcake liners or greasing each tin.
- Sift to combine flour, baking powder, salt and 2 TBSP of cinnamon in a bowl.
- Cream the yogurt or Crisco and sugar together in a mixing bowl. Mix with electric mixer on low. You want the texture to be very smooth.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, in with the yogurt/Crisco and sugar mixture. Beat on medium until combined.
- Mix the vanilla in to the mixture.
- Beat the mixture slowly as you add the milk.
- Fill cupcake cups about 2/3 full. Bake at 350 degrees for 15-18 minutes.
- Allow to cool for 10 minutes while you melt butter in microwave.
- Mix 2 TBSP of cinnamon to 2 TBSP of fine grain white sugar in a bowl. ( You can put 2 TBSP of white sugar in your food processor to make a fine grain sugar.)
- Brush melted butter on each of the cupcakes and then dip the cupcake top into the cinnamon and sugar mixture.
- Frost each cupcake with this Cinnamon Frosting recipe and enjoy!
Printable Recipe
Churro Cupcake Recipe
Ingredients
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Prepare cupcake pan using either cupcake liners or greasing each tin.
- Sift to combine flour, baking powder, salt and 2 TBSP of cinnamon in a bowl.
- Cream the yogurt or Crisco and sugar together in a mixing bowl. Mix with electric mixer on low. You want the texture to be very smooth.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, in with the yogurt/Crisco and sugar mixture. Beat on medium until combined.
- Mix the vanilla in to the mixture.
- Beat the mixture slowly as you add the milk.
- Fill cupcake cups about 2/3 full. Bake at 350 degrees for 15-18 minutes.
- Allow to cool for 10 minutes while you melt butter in microwave.
- Mix 2 TBSP of cinnamon to 2 TBSP of fine grain white sugar in a bowl. ( You can put 2 TBSP of white sugar in your food processor to make a fine grain sugar.)
- Brush melted butter on each of the cupcakes and then dip the cupcake top into the cinnamon and sugar mixture.
- Frost each cupcake with Cinnamon frosting.
 Tell me when you would enjoy a churro cupcake!
Leslie says
Look at that icing! Yum! I’d trip someone for one of these right now, haha.
Ashley says
Hi there! Visiting from the Wonderful Wednesday blog hop. Yum! I love churros too! Pinning this to try later!
Jerusha (@TheDisneyChef) says
These look so good and are ridiculously creative! Thank you for sharing!
Carlee says
Oh my goodness, these would be perfect for a BBQ or a fiesta!! My sister would love these, we should make them together!
Hollie says
These would have been perfect for the baby shower fiesta a threw for myself last year!
Kelly // The Pretty Bee: Cooking & Creating says
Wow, a churro cupcake? What a clever idea! These look delish!
Elena says
Looks so yummy! Thank you for the recipe
shelly peterson says
Oh these look amazing! Churros are a favorite treat of ours too, love that you can get that same flavor in a cupcake.
Lou Lou Girls says
This looks so incredible! Pinned and tweeted. Please join us on Monday at 7 pm and party with us! It is so super fun to see what you have been working on! Lou Lou Girls
Crystal says
Yummy. I love Churros, so I am sure I am going to love these! I can’t wait to try the recipe.
Lindsay says
Hi Mariah, this recipe looks fantastic and I will be making it for a Cinco de Mayo celebration next week. I have a question about the recipe, it calls for 6 TBSP cinnamon, but in the directions only 4 are used (2 into the batter and 2 into the sugar for the top), where do the remaining 2 TBPS go? Thanks!
Mariah Moon says
Lindsay, I can’t do math apparently! I will fix that! Thank you!
Lindsay says
Thanks Mariah! Now I have a question about the frosting, the recipe states 1/2 unsalted sweet cream butter, is this 1/2 cup or 1/2 of a stick?
Thanks!
Mariah says
1/2 cup!! :)
Lindsay says
Thanks again, that’s what I figured I just wanted to verify!
Lindsay says
One more question…in step #3 of the cupcake recipe it states to add salt, however that is not listed in the ingredients, how much should be used?
Thanks!
Mariah says
EEK! I think I was asleep when typing this. 1/2 tsp!
Nicole from Flavors by Four says
Just stopping by to let you know we’ve featured these cupcakes at the Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop!! Come on over and check it out :)
Must Love Home says
Hi there Friend, you are so creative! Thank you for joining in at the Friday Favorites Link Party! I hope to see you there this week:) Christine -Must Love Home
Amanda @ The Chunky Chef says
Congratulations! I’ll be featuring this post on the Friday Favorites Link Party tonight at 9pm (EST)
Miz Helen says
I have been out of town all weekend attending a Women’s Retreat but wanted to stop by to give you the good news. Congratulations,your recipe is a Top Ten this week on Full Plate Thursday. Hope you have a great week and enjoy your new Red Plate!
Miz Helen