Bite-Size Cinnamon Cupcakes w/Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting & A GIVEAWAY!

UPDATE: The winner of the Land O’ Lakes Gift Package is:

#17 Cristina from She Runs, She Eats

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Thank you to all who participated in the giveaway and stay tuned for more giveaways in the future!

It’s time for A Kitchen Addiction Giveaway! Land O’ Lakes was kind enough to send me a package full of goodies to use to promote their new All-Natural Farm Fresh Eggs and their Bite-Size Recipe Collection!

A little information about these new eggs:

• The hens’ vegetarian diet consists primarily of whole ground corn and soybean meal, with no added hormones, antibiotics, animal fats or animal by-products.
• The eggs are gathered at the peak of the hens’ egg-laying cycles, which can make the eggs more nutritious and delicious.
• These all-natural eggs are available in three varieties: added omega-3’s, cage free, and organic!
• Plus, all of the packaging is bio-degradable. Good for you and good for the environment. 🙂

Not only did Land O’ Lakes send me a package, they are also giving one to me to give away to one of my great readers! In your package you will receive:

• a coupon for any package of Land O’ Lakes all-natural eggs
• a mini frying pan
• a mini muffin tin
• a classic egg tray

Perfect for baking up all kinds of fun bite-size spring and summer treats!

How to enter:

• Head over to www.landolakes.com and check out their bite-size recipes. Come back and leave a comment stating which recipe you would like to try!
• “Like” A Kitchen Addiction on Facebook
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• Join or subscribe to A Kitchen Addiction via e-mail
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*Disclosure: The gift pack, coupons, information, and additional gift pack have been provided by Land O’ Lakes through MyBlogSpark.

I decided to try out these eggs and my new mini-muffin tin on the Mini Cinnamon Cupcakes. Those of you who have been reading my blog for any length of time know that I love cinnamon and that I can’t help but give recipes the healthiest makeover possible without compromising great flavor! 🙂 So, that is what I have done with this recipe!  I used half whole wheat pastry flour, half non-fat yogurt, and sugar substitute. You can check out the original recipe here. These cupcakes turned out great. They were moist, light, and loaded with nutmeg and cinnamon spices!

I found that using a tablespoon measuring spoon was the perfect size for filling the mini cupcake liners.

Fun treats for co-workers or kids! These little cupcakes won’t last long! 🙂

Bite-Size Cinnamon Cupcakes w/Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
Yield: 36 cupcakes

Ingredients

• For the Cupcakes
• 3/4 C whole wheat pastry flour
• 3/4 C all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 2/3 C granulated sugar substitute
• 1/4 C butter, softened
• 1/4 C non-fat plain yogurt
• 2 Land O’ Lakes All-Natural Farm Fresh Eggs
• 1/2 C non-fat milk
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• For the Frosting
• 1 C powdered sugar
• 2 tbsp butter, softened
• 4 oz. 1/3 fat neufchatel cheese
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2-3 tsp non-fat milk