Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line cupcake pan with liners.

Mix flour, baking powder, soda, cinnamon, and salt in a bowl and set aside.

In the bowl of a standing mixer beat sugar and butter until creamed. Add egg and mix until fully incorporated. Add vanilla extract, salt, baking soda, and baking powder and mix in. mix the heavy cream into the wet mixture

Beginning and ending with the flour mixture, alternate adding the flour mixture and sour cream.

Spoon batter into prepared pans 1/2 full. Bake in the oven for about 22 minutes or until the center of the cupcake comes out clean with a toothpick. Cool completely on the wire rack.

In the bowl of a standard mixer, combine unsalted butter, powdered sugar, heavy whipping cream and peppermint extract and mix on medium speed, until well combined (will be stiff).

Place the piping bag, fitted with large star tip, into an empty medium cup and fold the bag over the edges. (using as a stand to hold bag)

Place half of the frosting in a separate bowl. Add food coloring and mix until evenly combined.

Using a rubber spatula, scoop some red frosting onto one side of the piping bag, then add white frosting to the other side.

Pipe frosting onto the completely cooled cupcakes, then sprinkle the tops with the crushed candy cane pieces.

Combine all ingredients in the bowl of a standing mixer and mix on medium speed until stiff peaks form.

Spoon Royal Icing into the piping bag fitted with #2 Tip.

Pipe a small dollop of royal icing onto the top of the candy cane sticks and place a green M&M on top. Set aside to dry.

Sprinkle some powdered sugar onto a cutting board and knead the fondant until soft and easy to work with.

Roll out the fondant to ¼-inch thick.

Using a pizza cutter or knife, cut 12 rectangles about 3” x 1 ½”.

Using the royal icing, write “North Pole” onto the rectangles and pipe some snow around the edges. Let the signs dry for about 3 hours on the cutting board.

Once the rectangles are dry, carefully flip them over and add a small dot of royal icing to glue these to the candy cane poles, holding for about 15 seconds to set. Repeat with remaining rectangles.

Add the signs to your cupcakes, and enjoy!