Luke has drill this weekend, and there is no way I am waking up before 4 to make my sweet husband breakfast. So normally I'll pick up some pop tarts or some store bought muffins for him to take with him. But after seeing this recipe I decided to spruce it up a little and combine two of Luke's favorite things...cupcakes and cinnamon rolls.
Here is what you need...1 -stick of butter
1- cup of brown sugar
1-box yellow cake mix (We used Betty Crocker Gluten Free)
2-TSP Almond Extract
1/2-TSP Vanilla Extract (you may want to use a little more, I cut the amount down because I used vanilla flavored milk)
4 TBS- Ground Cinnamon
3 Eggs
1/8 cup -vegetable oil
1/8 cup- milk
1/4 cup of chopped pecans
* If making this a GF recipe make sure to double check all your ingredients- I knew that everything I had on hand was GF.
Preheat your oven to 350 and get the pan ready- Seriously I can not sing enough praises for the silicon cupcake liners... They are AMAZING!!!
Mix all the ingredients together in a big bowl - I would add the nuts last, once you have the batter smooth, because it would be a little difficult to tell the difference in this batter between lumps and pecans.Pour your mix into your liners- I filled mine almost all the way up
Bake for the amount of time on your box of cake. Mine was for 25. It ended up being more like 30 minutes to achieve the crunchy outer texture I wanted for this cake. This cake was super yummy. Crunchy on the outside and ooey gooey in the middle. Just like a good cinnamon roll.I was pleasantly surprised with the gluten free cake mix. I have read mixed reviews on it, but it did work really well in this cake.
Now for the fun part, the icing... I was lazy, I'll admit it. I used good old store bought cream cheese icing in a tub. I also told myself that I needed to use everything in my pantry before the big move, and this tub has been travelling around with me for a little while. I was also able to use some of my new cupcake goodies when icing these babies. I finally broke down and bought icing tips and a featherweight bag. This is all after a trip to Williams Sonoma Friday (I will post on that later today).
Luke loved them, I loved them, I loved icing them (I will be buying larger tips today because I could only do one before my hand and wrist started cramping up.
But here is my cupcake, all iced and decorated and ready to be eaten!
I hope everyone has a great weekend!
