Thursday, September 27, 2012

Cinnamon Muffins




K and I were invited to a friend's house for the morning. This little boy also loves trains and cars, just like K. I'd planned on making some car/train-themed dessert to bring along, but hadn't decided on what. Then yesterday, the mom mailed that a little girl will be joining the play date. I started to question my car idea.

I've been wanting to bake cake since cookies have been my thing as of late. Thinking about this, I remembered that I have a car cupcake mold, as well as a heart cupcake mold - perfect solution to the boy/girl situation.


I didn't want to frost them because taking frosted anything to some else's house knowing that three two-year olds will be making a huge mess of things is just wrong. I settled on cinnamon muffins. I used this recipe - it was fast enough to make in the morning before going, easy and I didn't have to run to the grocery store for any ingredients.

K wanted to help, so I have few photos of the process. It is only matter of time before K makes a huge mess when handling a bowl full of dry ingredients and a whisk. I beat the clock today!!


After filling up the car and heart molds, I still had some batter left, so I used these adorable paper cups given to me by my best friend from college. I was waiting to use them for something special, but I've had them for nearly a year and while not special, I thought they'd look cute with these muffins. OMG did they look adorable! Little red tulips - I wish I would have used them during the spring. Thanks, Lees!!


The cars and hearts turned out pretty cute as well.



The kiddies gobbled them up without making too big of a mess. Success all around!

2 comments:

  1. These are adorable Anna. I love cinnamon and have never tried making cinnamon muffins before. This recipe looks nice and simple, I might have to whip these up this weekend! Did you tweak anything or make it as it's written?

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    1. Thanks, Lees!! And thanks again for the red wrappers. They were so cute!

      The only things I changed were the amount of milk and cooking time. I ran out of milk, so used a bit of cream to top it off. Also, I made 14 of them and I thought they were quite small. I baked them for about 5 minutes under the suggested baking time.

      Let me know how it goes!

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