French Toast Cupcakes - cooking recipe

Ingredients

CUPCAKES
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted and then cooled
2 eggs
1 teaspoon maple extract
1/2 cup milk
Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
Makes 3 cups
1 (8 ounce) package reduced-fat cream cheese, at room temperature
4 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
3 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350'F and line baking pan with paper liners.
Mix together flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt in a small bowl.
In a large bowl, whisk together butter, sugar and eggs until smooth. Make sure the butter is cool or you'll have scrambled eggs.
Whisk in maple extract and then alternate between whisking in flour mixture and milk. Make three additions of flour mix and two of milk. Beat until smooth.
Scoop batter into prepared pan and bake 20-25 minutes until golden brown and tops spring back when lightly touched.
Cool the cupcakes on a rack for 10 minutes, then remove from pan and cool completely.
Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting:.
Place the cream cheese and butter in a large mixing bowl.
Blend with an electric mixer on low speed until combined, 30 seconds. Stop the machine.
Add the con-fectioners' sugar, a little at a time, blend-ing with the mixer on low speed until the sugar is well incorporated, 1 minute.
Add the cinnamon, then increase the mixer speed to medium and blend the frost-ing until fluffy, 1 minute more.