October is a very special month.
It’s 
This year, KitchenAid is doing something a little different. And special.
KitchenAid is kicking off “10,000 Cupcakes One Great Cause.” For each person who bakes and shares an original cupcake recipe on Twitter or Instagram with the hashtags: #10000Cupcakes and #Donate, KitchenAid will donate $1 to Susan G. Komen to help support the fight against breast cancer, up to $10,000!!
Check out all the beautiful cupcakes shared so far by 
Involving raspberries, sugar and cinnamon.
In my mind, everything should involve roasted cinnamon raspberries. Amazing!
These cupcakes were inspired by this 
You guys. . ONE very lucky reader will WIN this very special (created to support Cook for The Cure) 5-quart polka dot ceramic bowl (value $99.99) PLUS a Artisan Design Series 5-Quart Tilt-Head Stand Mixer in Raspberry Ice, 
So, enter and bake some cupcakes to help support 10,000 Cupcakes for Cook for The Cure!
Roasted Raspberry Cinnamon Cupcakes
Ingredients
For the cupcakes:
- 3 cups fresh raspberries plus for more topping; split
- 1 teaspoon plus 3/4 cup granulated sugar; split
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; split
- 1 stick unsalted butter; room temperature
- 2 large eggs; room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups sifted all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 cup sour cream at room temperature
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon raspberry extract
For the Buttercream:
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 stick unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1/4 teaspoon raspberry extract
- 1/4 teaspoon of salt
Instructions
For the cupcakes:
- To roast the raspberries: Preheat your oven to 450 degrees. Arrange the raspberries in a single layer on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon of sugar and 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon over the raspberries and bake for 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool.
- Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees. Line a 12-well muffin pan with cupcake liners and set aside.
- Using your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and the 3/4 cup of granulated sugar together, on medium high speed for about 6 minutes or until very pale and fluffy.
- While the butter mixture is beating, add 2 cups of the roasted raspberries to a food processor (or blender) and puree. You are reserving one cup of the roasted raspberries for the buttercream. Then, if you'd like, pour through a fine mesh strainer to remove the seeds. Repeat this process with the remaining 1 cup of raspberries, but keep separate because you will use this for the buttercream.
- Back to the stand mixer: add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition, stopping to scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl as needed. Reduce the speed of the mixer to low, and add the puree made from the 2 cups of raspberries and mix well.
- Using a separate medium sized mixing bowl, combine the flour, remaining teaspoon of cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Slowly add half of this mixture to the stand mixer, mixing on the lowest speed until combined.
- In a separate small bowl, whisk together the sour cream and vegetable oil together, and then add to the stand mixer. Add the remaining dry (flour) ingredients to the stand mixer, and mix on low until until incorporated, being careful not to overheat. Add the vanilla and raspberry extract and mix until just incorporated, again, using a rubber spatula to scrape down the bottom and sides of the bowl as needed.
- Scoop batter in the cupcake liners until each one is about ¾ full, being careful not to overfill. Bake for about 17 to 21 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out mostly clean but still moist.
For the buttercream:
- While the cupcakes are cooling, prepare the buttercream frosting. Clean your stand mixer and fit with the whisk attachment. Add the powdered sugar and butter and mix on a low speed until combined, then increase the speed to medium-high and continue to mix until fluffy and light.
- Add the remaining cup of raspberry puree, the raspberry extract and salt. Beat until the frosting is a light cotton-candy pink and the puree is fully incorporated.
- Frost the cupcakes using a piping tip of your choice and top with a single raspberry on each cupcake. Enjoy!
Recipe adapted from the 
The KitchenAid Stand Mixer Giveaway!!
(Giveaway open to residents living in the United States only)
Disclosure: This is not a paid, sponsored post. I am participating in the 10,000 Cupcakes to help support KitchenAid, Cook for The Cure and the Susan G. Komen Foundation. The giveaway is sponsored by KitchenAid USA.
My mixer is on its last legs. It makes noises like an old Model T! LOL! It isn’t that old but it is just as cranky!
October is one of my favorite months (I love Halloween and the autumn season in general), Breast Cancer Awareness Month is vital for everyone – wellness is key! And I would be so grateful for a new mixer.
These are the prettiest cupcakes, Alice! Just gorgeous!
I’ve always been in love with the stand mixers and think it could help my cake baking for my family. Breast Cancer means awareness that people are going through a struggle and that women should get checked out.
I would love to win since I do not own one of these nice mixers; would be great to have it for the up-coming holidays for baking. 🙂
Roasted Cinnamon Raspberries alone sounds amazing Alice! What a fantastic book Grandbaby Cakes seems to be! And – what a fabulous giveaway – I don’t have a stand mixer yet – but maybe I will after this contest ends – always good to hope big -right? 🙂
Happy Friday!
Life without a stand mixer is pretty impossible. I remember back in college trying to cream butter and sugar together in a bowl until fluffy by hand, or one awful time, beating egg whites until stiff. I think it took two hours.
These cupcakes are gorgeous, Alice! And I’ve gotta try the roasted raspberries. I’ve never had one!
These cupcakes are stunning, Alice! I love the raspberry and cinnamon combo. And that frosting…wow! Just perfect!
This cupcakes looks awesome!
These are so pretty Alice! I love em!!
Roasted raspberries? Say what? We have a ton of raspberries on our bushes in the backyard right now…and I’m thinking I just figured out what to do with them. Looks awesome, Alice!!
Breast Cancer means awareness for every women to get checked out and to do this every year! October breast cancer awareness helps me remember to get my mammogram. I think your cupcakes are gorgeous and I have never owned a Stand mixer! I would be thrilled to win this!
Oh I need to make some cupcakes! I love the shot or the raspberries sprinkled with cinnamon. I feel like I can smell them!
I would love to win this because I really need this kind of a mixer. I’m tired of the hand mixer! I love the colors in this one too!
What a tremendous cause, and these look really lovely. I love the cinnamon twist. And cupcakes always taste better when they are for a good cause.
I would love to win because I love to bake and am burning out my hand mixer with the amount of stuff I bake. October is my birth month so it is my favorite month of the year. My Godmother’s birthday is 2 days before mine, my father’s is 2 days after mine, my uncle’s is 3 days after mine, and one of my best friends gave birth to my “nephew” on my 30th birthday. October is full of celebrations and football.
Never thought to roast raspberries! What a wonderful idea.
That mixer sure would come in handy during the holidays!
I love that you added cinnamon to these beauties! If only a few would appear right in front of me!
Roasted cinnamon raspberries? WHOA I need to try that. Just beautiful cupcakes for a great cause.
I love this new idea for breast cancer month! I’ve got so many cupcake recipes I could share, imma do it! Let’s hit that $10k mark woot! These are soooo pretty though! Love that you added cinnamon 🙂
What an awesome cause- and a delicious one! 🙂 These cupcakes look awesome- roasted raspberry and cinnamon is such a unique and delicious flavor combo!
I want to win because I always wanted to have a Kitchen Aid mixer
Awesome post! Gorgeous cupcakes and this mixer looks fab! Pinning and sharing!
Raspberries are one fruit I haven’t tried roasting yet, and that needs to change! These cupcakes are so beautiful, and the perfect color for such a great cause!
These roasted raspberry cinnamon cupcakes look absolutely stunning and baked for such a good cause. I love Grandbaby cakes and Jocelyn’s book is on my birthday list! Super post. Sammie
These cupcakes are gorgeous, Alice! Roasted raspberry and cinnamon sound like a wonderful flavor combination. And this mixer is so pretty. I love that polka dot bowl!
Thank you so much Jen!!!
Great cupcakes for a great cause. Made by a great person too! 🙂
My mom needs a new stand mixer, and I’d love to gift her this beautiful KitchenAid!
This recipe came handy today since I was looking to bake something for my hubby while he goes out of town. Love raspberrys, and I love to try new things. This definitely caught my eye with roasted raspberries in recipe … My favorite season is fall. We have 6 birthdays total thru fall season.So, it’s plenty of get together in our house. And I am the only one who’s been backing for all occasions lately. Which I love . I love to bring joy to my family and friends thru my cooking and baking. Which my kitchen aid doesn’t , it makes those crazy sounds like first model Ford??? So it would be nice to win something like this.
I would love to win to use the mixer for bake sales for charity and it is so beautiful 🙂
This is the most fun way to raise money for cancer research that I’ve ever seen…plus…cupcakes! And that stand mixer is too cute. And these cupcakes are too cute! I love the raspberry-cinnamon combo…kind of unusual but looks SO delicious!
I Want To Win Because I Enjoy Cooking With My Family And This Kitchen Aid Mixer Would Make It So Memorable!
I want to win because my daughter just celebrated her five year breast cancer survival on Septermber 27th, and this would be perfect!
I have been wanting a Kitchen Aid stand mixer for a few years. I have developed a love for cooking and baking since my son is older and I have more time. I find that a stand mixer could make recipes much easier and it would be great to win. October is one of my favorite months, cooler temperatures, colorful scenery and especially, breast cancer awareness. 🙂
I want to win because I would love to give this to my mom for X-mas.
Ahhh–I always love your giveaways, Alice. A stand mixer would be amazing for these cooking competitions that I’ve been immersed in lately – I know that a lot of folks who take professional cooking seriously have them, and as for me – I’ve never touched one in my life, much less owned one. So I guess it would be a wonderful change of pace to actually practice using one before the big day! Loving these cupcakes, lady! 🙂
Those cupcakes are so beautiful! And for a great cause as well!
I would love to win so I can bake some fall treats!
I want to win so I can gift this to my sweet daughter!
I love that bowl! And the mixer! And the cupcakes! Haha, everything is beautiful 🙂
Oh, boy, what gorgeous cupcakes!! And a cute mixer for making all sorts of yummy desserts—that’s what I’d be doing if I had one in my kitchen 🙂
As a woman, it means a lot to me. And now as a mom to newborn daughter it means even more. I want to help the cause to find a cure!
Been dreaming about a Kitchen Aid Mixer for years…. This one is spectacular!!
beautiful cupcakes for a great cause! 🙂
I’d love to win so I can use the stand mixer to try out new baking recipes! And I love the campaign and cause.
Oh my, I agree – in my mind, everything should involve roasted cinnamon raspberries! These cupcakes look amazing! Stunning cupcakes for a great cause! Thanks for sharing!
I would love to win to give this to my mother
These are so gorgeous! I have never roasted raspberries before, but I’ve roasted strawberries and I can just imagine how amazing the raspberries are. Such a great cause — I love that beautiful bowl!
I really would love the quality blender, it would really motivate me to learn how to bake properly. I would love to try to make something from scratch rather than from a box.
This is an awesome gift! I had one that I got from my mother-in-law that passed away. But now the motor is burning out on it! Was the best thing that I recieved from her that meant so much that I used often with the famy of 6.
These cupcakes are just gorgeous, Alice! Roasted raspberries sound amazing and adding cinnamon is an awesome idea! I cant wait to that next time! I love everything about this post – such a wonderful cause!
I have to say, I love the color of the mixer! It’s so pretty. Also, those cupcakes look delicious. I am lovin’ the combo of raspberry and cinnamon! I would love to win because I would gift this to my Nana, she has been wanting a mixer for so long. She is 80 and would be thrilled for a present such as this!
Breast cancer has affected my life since my best friend’s mom was diagnosed with it when we were in high school. Luckily, she’s a survivor, but every October I do all I can for the cause.
Going to have to make these cupcakes this weekend! They look delicious. Would love to win the mixer. Need a new one and the bonus of a polka dot bowl. I LOVE polka dots. Thank you!
My sister is a breast cancer survivor. We are roommates and we both love to bake. A stand mixer would be great for us to share.
I would like to win because I have wanted a new Kitchen Aid mixer for years and this was is absolutely adorable.
These are beautiful cupcakes! The roasted raspberries with cinnamon sound amazing!
What an adorable looking mixer. It’s so pretty! My grand-kids and I love to bake, so a new mixer (with some power) would be nice. Our mixer is pretty inexpensive , so it struggles when making some dough’s for cookies or candies. 🙂
October is a good time to do self-exams in the shower for breast lumps. Of course, every month would be better for self-exams. We know that we should get mammograms at 50, despite conflicting research. I am getting my first one this month. I am already a cancer survivor with having uterine cancer. I feel it’s important to do everything possible to catch cancer in the early stages.
would love to win because I love polka dots!
These cupcakes look amazing!!!
Breast cancer awareness means a lot to me because my grandma is a breast cancer survivor!
i want to win so i can have a nice piece of equipment in mykitchen and cancer month means a whole lot ive lost my grandmother to cancer and its important to raise awareness
I would like to win because I would like to get back into baking, I don’t have a mixer anymore so I haven’t done any baking in a long time!
I don’t own any stand mixer, winning this would make my cooking and baking much easier and fun.
I’d love to win because I would use the mixer to make tons of recipes with my family! My best friends mom is a breast cancer survivor and I love supporting the cause
What a wonderful event KitchenAid is hosting for a great cause. A stand mixer is always welcome in my kitchen.
My sister in law just completed chemo and radiation and her strength and upbeat attitude really inspired me to not sweat the small stuff. She is a true survivor
Breast cancer awareness means a lot to me because my mom passed from breast cancer. She was a great woman and her message was to get checked often especially if there is a family history. I think the company is doing a great thing.
I would love to win this for my great aunt who had breast cancer and she is a survivor. She loves to bake.
I would love to win so I make some yummy cookies.
I have had two aunts who are survivors of breast cancer and when they both were told they are clean it was the best day of their lives. Cancer is such a evil thing that we deal. Everyone please check themselves every month you are the best person who will know when something needs to be checked.
October is a great month because it is my daughter’s birthday month.
I would love to win for our holiday baking! It would make things so much easier.
This month is very near and dear to my heart – my mom at age 55 passed away from triple negative breast cancer 3 years ago..
my sister wants a mixer and I would love to be able to gift one to her
I would love to win because I don’t have a stand mixer. If I did I would probably bake more.
Oh those cupcakes! that polka dot mixing bowl! – they’re both adorable, though only half as adorable as your little girls. 🙂
I would love to win. My grandmother passed away with breast cancer secondary back in the 80’s and I miss her dearly. Treatments have come so far over the years, but have so much farther to go. This would be very special, I currently only have a hand mixer.
I would love to win this mixer because my little hand mixer just doesn’t cut it for some of the bigger jobs!
October is super special because I have several close relatives who have foight and beat breast cancer!
I would like to win so I can bake some fall treats for my family.
I want to win because my wife would love this mixer!
I want to win because I’ve never owned a mixer like this — all I have is a plain old hand mixer. And I love the colors!
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Would love to win — so glad you are shining a light on breast cancer awareness!
I’d love to win this mixer to use at Christmas time for my family 🙂
I can’t decide which is prettier, the cupcakes, or the Kitchen Aid mixer. I love it, and your blog too!
On Breast cancer awareness month: please listen to your body! The Dr.’s don’t always get it right. Always get a second opinion! My sister was diagnosed at 29, yes, only 29 yrs old. Thank God she is here with us still, as it has been just over 5 years since she had a double mastectomy. Take care of yourself for your children and family’s sake:)
I would love to win so I can perfect my recipes because my dream is to own a small bakery someday, with my husband who is an awesome bread man!
Ohhhh! I love that cup, and the mixer is nice too. ? Thanks for the chance to win.
I’ve lost my Aunt and Godmother, and a cousin (at only 40 years old) to breast cancer.
I’d sure like to win, but I hope everybody bakes for the cause.
I’ve never had a mixer before but would love to be able to put it to good use. BC Awareness month is a wonderful way to let people know what is going on and how we can all help with the fight.
I want to win because I really need a new mixer!
Cancer awareness/fighting for a cure is a large part of my life. Besides being involved with various charities that raise funds for cancer research, I also have family and friends who either overcame cancer or was taken by cancer. Early detection is crucial and life saving in many cases! This kitchen aid would help me combine two of my fav things… Kitchen appliances and cupcakes for a cause!
As someone who loves to bake, I would like to win this quality, beautiful blender.
I would like to win because I really need a new mixer! I love to bake and this would help tremendously!
Very pretty mixer. Cancer has affected many people close to me. May a cure come soon to keep our loved ones with us.
What a beautiful mixer! Thanks for the opportunity 🙂
It’s important to bring awareness to a disease that affects so many people each year. Not only that – we should support efforts to find more effective treatments.
My kitchen aid mixer is near 20 years old in such a boring color. I would love an updated mixer.
October is special to me as I am a 13 year survivor. Beautiful cupcake. thanks for sharing.
I would love to win because I need a stand mixer In my life 🙂
I want to win because I love to bake! Love supporting breast cancer research!
For me October signals a possibility of new hope and season that brings change and vitality to life. Dealing with women battling with breast cancer has been my way of life in my career and I feel I am the one who is being blessed by these wonderful, gracious, courageous women who show me that nothing in life is insurmountable and to do it with class!
My daughters and I love to bake!! We’d love to win the mixer!
I want to win because I like to bake great things. For that, you need a great mixer. I have always loved the look the KitchenAid Stand Mixer. It is iconic. It would be wonderful to have my own.
I’ve always wanted to own a stand mixer. It would be so awesome if I won!
I want to win, because I don’t have a mixer, and I could really use one!
I would like to win because I do not have a mixer and that bowl is really cute.
I’d love to win, since I have never had a stand mixer before and I love to bake. ?
It is a great cause, and Oh. My. Goodness. How cute is that bowl????
I want to win this for my hairdresser, who at 34 is battling breast cancer. She’s also an RN and devotes her time to making people look and feel better. I’d love to do something special for her.
I want to win because I enjoy baking!
I would love to win because my Kitchen aide now was my grandmother’s. I’ve used it soft often that it’s starting to wear down so I could really use a new one with the upcoming holiday season!
I love to bake and I cannot wait to try some of my grandma recipes with this mixer. I would really use the added help 🙂
Gratitude on such a wonderful giveaway. I would definitely put this to good use. Can’t wait to make my tres leches and pan dulce recipes. Thank you for the chance.
My wife is the best baker and since she does not own one, I would love to win her it. Thank you for supporting this cause!
I’ve never own a stand mixer and it would be everything to win one. I would make my Salted caramel cupcakes!
I would love this mixer because it is so unique! The polka dot mixing bowl would make it is focal point in the kitchen!
Ive never owned a stand mixer! I’d make cookies. Oct. is important to me because my grandmother died of cancer.
October as Breast Cancer Awareness month means a lot to me as I am a 5 year survivor of breast cancer . I just saw the cancer doctor this morning and she is releasing me back to my regular physician. Yea!
Can’t wait to try your cupcakes! Would love that gorgeous mixer too!
I want to win because the KitchenAid I got for my wedding broke. 🙁
I love KitchenAid mixers, but I also love & admire the company as a whole. I made a cupcake for their #10000Cupcakes cause. I started a Cookies for the Cure Bake Sale at my local bank many years ago after a teller there got diagnosed with breast cancer. She’s a survivor & now, every year, they raise money through a bake sale every Friday in October and donate the proceeds to Susan G. Komen.
I have always wanted a stand mixer, though I cannot say bad things about my trusty hand mixer! And October is especially important to me as my niece has cancer; she has established the Stage IV Life Metastatic Breast Cancer Foundation (StageIVLife.org) . She is continuing to live life to the fullest with every ounce of her being. We, her family & friends, are not only proud of her, we are inspired by her.
Any time it gets chillier, I just want to hold my family a little closer every day. Let’s celebrate breast cancer survivors and support breast cancer warriors this October!
I’d love to win because we’ve been talking about getting a stand mixer for ages…..and have not yet made the investment. It would be awesome to have this going into the holiday season!
I think the dedication of October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month is a great awareness campaign. I have lost family members to the disease, and my hope is that donations increase to help further research and prevent future cases.
My family has been affected by breast cancer; both my sister and my young niece have been diagnosed. It affects every family, every woman. We need to find a cure….
What a great combination of flavors! Love the roasted raspberries!
I love that you put roasted raspberries in the batter! Such a great idea!!
roasted raspberries!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!