This post will be short and sweet {and, of course, delicious}. I’m so tired from all the baking I did this weekend. I don’t think my kitchen was clean for more than five minutes. And it was clean those five minutes because I was asleep.
In addition to this week’s Tuesdays With Dorie recipe, Cinnamon Squares, I made: bagels, brioche, bee stings (2x), pecan honey sticky buns, ice cream, and a granita. And then when I finally got the kitchen clean on Sunday night, I had to pack my lunch for work on Monday.
I decided to use my mini-muffin pan and make mini-cupcakes because like I wrote before, co-workers don’t like to slice. I also made the Cappuccino Square Playing Around suggestion. I made the full recipe and had enough for 24 mini-cupcakes and one 8×4 loaf pan. I didn’t frost the loaf pan one because 1/2 of it disappeared mysteriously on Saturday morning around breakfast time.What’s not to like about these? There’s cinnamon, espresso, and chocolate.
A big thanks to Tracey of Tracey’s Culinary Adventures. This was a great choice because it was very easy and delicious. I feel a certain kinship with Tracey because we Tweeted each other over the weekend due to our Bee Sting adventure. If you would like the recipe for Dorie Greenspan’s Cinnamon Squares, please buy the book or visit Tracey’s blog.
Pink Stripes 
Those minis look fantastic! So cute!
Man, that’s a baking marathon and a half! I hope you had someone else on hand to help with the dishes. Great looking mini cinnamon muffins – and so true that colleagues do not like to slice.
on dirait des pépites d’or sur tes petits gâteaux ! c’est d’un raffiné et d’un délicat ! bref c’est splendide 🙂
Wow yours look so good! I’m glad this worked out for you! It did smell Heavenly, but something went wrong with mine. Amazingly, my ribbon didn’t sink LOL
I’m gonna say that your co-workers are going to love these! They look great!
Lucky co-workers! These turned out just great. Super job!
Those are soooooo cute!! I would eat so many minis. This must have been a fun week for you and your coworkers with the amazing desserts you have been bringing in
The little bites are super cute! Great for a small sweet treat!
Absolutely adorable! Your coworkers must have been the happiest people in the world this week!
Your bites are delicious ! I had the same kitchen problem ! I should bake some bread now but I don’t want to start all over !!
Wow – those are tiny! And so pop-able. And that can be very dangerous!
Minis! They look great! You must be exhausted from all of your work in the kitchen this weekend. My coworkers are less picky…they’ll eat anything as long as it hasn’t landed on the floor!
wow, I think you baked even more than I did this weekend. Love the mini cupcakes!
yum! i think these look so good.
i hate that feeling of a constantly dirty kitchen. doing dishes is the worst part about cooking.
Wow, you have one busy kitchen!
I love your mini nuggets o’ cinnamon-chocolate goodness!
Wow you are a baking machine! All that and the cutest cinnamon cupcakes ever- nice job!
quite beautiful and unique
Nicely done, my friend, nicely done. They look awesome.
I know what you mean, too about being “overbaked”. I’ve had those kind of weekends before. It was crazy, but everyone (including us bloggers) always appreciate your hard work and efforts in the end. 🙂
I LOVE how these rose up over the liner…they are just gorgeous…they look like a little mouthful of cinnamon heaven!!!!
I’m impressed that you were able to accomplish so much baking in one weekend. Your little muffins look great. These disappeared fast around here, too.
i love your little bites! they are too cute
Wow. I’m impressed with your baking weekend. The minis are so cute. I just want to pop one in my mouth.
You did a wonderful job making these in to little tiny tarts. I love em!
These look AWESOME!
Is everyone losing their minds? Everyone seems to be slammed busy. It’s just crazy.
How cute.
I want a bite.
Man, that’s a lot of baking! If I had to bake brioche AND bee stings all in one weekend – I’d go crazy! But then again, I have yeast phobia…
Great looking ‘bites’! I love that idea – they look delicious!
Those look great! Sounds like you had quite the weekend baking adventure!
Very nice twist! Minis are always better… they make you believe you are not eating much therefore not gaining too much… even if in reality, you end up popping several more than you should! LOL …but it’s okay, since it’s all unknowingly!
Very cute and nicely done, Pink!
At the end of the weekend, if you asked me to measure anything I would have revolted. That dacquoise slayed me. And now my kitchen seems to be in the habit of dirtying itself. I made a vegetable and a loaf of bread yesterday, and it looked like a war zone. Your minis turned out so well, I love that the little middle layer shows through the cupcake liners. It was delicious frosted or unfrosted, but maybe you know that?
Wow, you were busy! I actually made the bee stings too, but ran out of time and never wrote a post! Bad blogger!
The minimuffins are really cute. And extra work, too, having to do a layer in each one.
What cute little muffins!
Ah, the mysterious disappearance of half a cappucino loaf. I’ve lived that one. Well done!
I love these as mini-muffins! (If one calls them that, one is ALLOWED to eat them for breakfast.)
Of course, I would love them in just about any form. Thanks for the hint about the variation!
I love your precious little cupcakes!
how cute! your cupcakes look adorable
Oh my! I would be scarfing down those little bites like crazy! Genius!
Those mini-cupcakes turned out very nice. What’s the “sprinklage” on top? Raw sugar?
I wondered when you were sleeping this past weekend…everytime we tweeted, you were baking/cooking/shopping/preparing/etc. and I was totally impressed at the amount of things you were getting done. These little “bites” are so adorable…you have such a way with styling everything and being creative with your food.
Wow, that is one busy weekend, I’m getting tired just thinking about it! Your cappuccino bites look delicious!
I bet that was one mighty fine lunch you were able to pack for yourself on Monday!
Wow, your cupcakes are gorgeous! I’m dying to try the cappuccino version, it looks and sounds great!
I was wondering how the cappuccino method would work. These look lovely!
Thanks for baking with me this week Wendy! You’ve been so busy I would definitely have understood if you’d had to sit this one out 🙂 I absolutely love your minis!! Wasn’t it neat how the middle swirl showed through the wrappers?
Those are adorable! I love the crunchy sugar on top.
Your mini’s look yummy! Amazing how this cake kept disappearing.
Your minis look great – I hope your coworkers appreciate you!
I love the minis. What a weekend! I wish I could’ve been in your kitchen, just to see all the beautiful things you made. I will have to get back to this recipe. It sounds like everyone loved it.
Oh man, you are killing me – how cute are they?!
How cute! and how thoughtful of you to save your co-workers from having to wield a knife.
Holy cow, you’re a baking machine! I can’t believe you baked all those goodies over one weekend!
Your Cinnamon Square mini-muffins look amazing! Is it sugar crystals on top? Your co-workers are soo lucky!!
They look great as mini cupcakes…good call!
~ingrid
what little cuties! i love how you can see the swirl thru the papers!
I made cupcakes, too, but yours look much better than mine. These were tasty–even still today. I really liked the choc/cinnamon better than I thought I would. Great job!
I’m so impressed with all the baking that you regularly do. Those bites look terrific. Nice job.
Wow, espresso sugar. Sounds interesting. Thanks!!
Sound like me. Sometimes I just bake and bake and….
Those little cupcakes are adorable.
I love the minis; they look delicious!
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Soooo cute! These are really adorable!
Great idea to make minis. Now that I have a new pan, I can make more mini muffins/cupcakes.
you AMAZE ME, really, you are like my baking blog idol. Where do you get the time? You should totally do a piece on your kitchen, dying to know what your workspace looks like. That is one hellofa baking marathon. Where did it all go? lol I love the idea for these mini bites, my work peeps are all the same, although they did dive into the cherry pistachio pie.
Tiny, adorable and delicious! Excellent job!
Glad I found this recipe! Perfect to take to a gathering of the gals for breakfast! Thanks!