Churro Cupcakes
National Churro Day is celebrated on June 6! Why not make a tasty treat for your family with these Churro Cupcakes! This recipe calls for store brought churros as a topper, but you can definitely make them yourself too!
For Canadians, churros are a delicious dessert or snack served with a caramel or chocolate sauce, or a mix of both. You will notice that the surface of a churro is ridged due to having been piped from a churrera, a syringe-like tool with a star shaped nozzle. Churros are fried until they become crunchy and taste so good if sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon, just like the Canadian Fried Dough Pastry! In other parts of the world, such as Spain and Latin America, churros are eaten for breakfast at many cafés or sold by street vendors.
Churro Cupcakes Recipe
Makes 12 cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 plus 1/8 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 plus 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 cup sour cream
Toppings for cupcakes
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tbsp ground cinnamon
Cupcake directions
- 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 1/2 full.
- Bake in oven for about 22 minutes or until the centre of the cupcake comes out clean with a toothpick.
Frosting ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted sweet cream butter
- 3 cup powder sugar
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 5 TBSP heavy whipping cream
- 1 tsp vanilla
Frosting directions
- Combine all ingredients into a standing mixer and mix on low speed until combined and stiff peaks form
- Scoop frosting into a piping bag fitted with a star tip.
- Melt the 1 cup of butter and set aside
- Add the sugar and 2 tbsp of cinnamon into another bowl and mix
- 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 and top with a churro.
- Enjoy!
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Churro Cupcakes Recipe
Ingredients
- Ingredients
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup unsalted sweet cream butter softened
- 1 large egg room temperature
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 plus 1/8 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 plus 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- Toppings for cupcakes
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tbsp ground cinnamon
- Frosting ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted sweet cream butter
- 3 cup powder sugar
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 5 TBSP heavy whipping cream
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Cupcake directions
- 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 1/2 full.
- Bake in oven for about 22 minutes or until the centre 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 frosting into a piping bag fitted with a star tip.
- melt the 1 cup of butter and set aside
- add the sugar and 2 tbsp of cinnamon into another bowl and mix
- 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 and top with a churro.
- Enjoy
OMG these sound AMAZING!
Oh my goodness! These look spectacular!
These look really good, but not sure where I’ve been hiding as this is the first time I’ve heard of National Churro Day or Churro for that matter.
What a yummy treat! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Those look very tasty, I have never ever tried a churro, they sound absolutely delicious though!
Churros are so good!
These look so delicious I have never had Churro!
I actually have never had churros before ! these look delish
Ooo churros are so yummy!!! These look so good.
I have never had a Churro but they sure look delicious!
Great idea, I never had churros before actually, so it’ll be so many first tries
They are so good!
Thanks I have never made these before but they look very tasty
My pleasure!
Love the sound of these cupcakes and I love churros so these would be delicious I’m sure.
I have never had Churro before. These look so delicious I will have to give this recipe a try.
Churros are my favourite but I don’t have it often. This is an awesome idea. i’d love to try this recipe in the future!
These cupcakes look absolutely yummy and I’m curious because I’ve never had a Churro before
These look amazing!