Cinnamon Buttercream Frosting

"This is from The Cake Mix Doctor. Posted to go with Tomato Soup Spice Cake, but I think it'd be good with any spice cake recipe. Very simple to make. If you want plain buttercream frosting, omit cinnamon and replace it with another teaspoon of vanilla."
 
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Ready In:
10mins
Ingredients:
5
Yields:
4 cups
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ingredients

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directions

  • Place butter in large bowl.
  • Beat on low 30 seconds.
  • Add sugar about a cup at a time, beating on low between each addition.
  • Add 3 tablespoons milk, vanilla and cinnamon.
  • Beat on medium 1 minute.
  • Blend in up to 1 tablespoons of milk if frosting is too thick.

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Reviews

  1. I am the food service director/chef for an adult living facility and I made apple cupcakes the other day. I wanted a cinnamon frosting to go with them and I chose this recipe. WOW!! It is easy and delicious and complimented the cupcakes beautifully. Thanks for sharing.
     
  2. I made this recipe with just a few adjustments, with about a half cup of extra powdered sugar. I then whipped it using the whip attachment of my KitchenAid mixer. It was perfect...I served it with a Mexican Chocolate Cake.
     
  3. I made this recipe for one cup. After reading the reviews about it being too sweet, instead of sifting a cup of sugar, I sifted a 1/2 cup of sugar at a time. I tasted it after the first 1/2 cup and it was PERFECT!! Ate it on my pumpkin bread and it was good! Definitly going to make it with the pumpkin bread for Thanksgiving! Thanks! :)
     
  4. I had read the other reviews, and after making the icing, I thought it was too sweet. I forged ahead and spread it on top of my cinnamon butter yellow cupcakes, and I was so glad I did! I could eat the whole batch! (I couldn't eat the frosting straight out of the bowl, and I'm a "frosting girl", but with the cupcakes - to die for!)
     
  5. I'll give 4 stars instead of 5 because my daughter didn't like it, but my son and I were in love! I didn't have quite enough powdered sugar so it was super creamy buttery not quite as thick as regular frosting, but I'm sure had I had the amt called for it would have been just right. Either way we all loved it. Yes it was sweet, but not in a regular powdered sugar frosting way. We loved it: yummy and easy with ingredients we always have on hand, we will make this again and again.
     
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Tweaks

  1. We put this delicious frosting on a French vanilla cake, and used a tbsp of cinnamon instead of a tsp. We wanted to be clearly cinnamon, not just 'a hint of' cinnamon. I did not sift, but did beat the icing after each 3/4 cup sugar added, and a solid minute on high at the end. Light, fluffy, cinnamony, and delicious!
     

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