PUMPKIN CUPCAKES WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
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CUPCAKES:
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp ground cinnamon
¼ tsp ground nutmeg
¼ tsp ground ginger
¼ tsp salt
½ cup vegetable oil
1¼ cups granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup canned pure pumpkin
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:
3 cups powdered sugar (more, if you intend to pipe it on)
8 oz package cream cheese, softened
4 Tbs butter, softened
1 tsp fresh lemon juice
yellow and red food coloring
1. Preheat oven to 350° F. Line a 12 cup muffin pan (or a 24 cup mini muffin pan) with baking cups.
2. In a large mixing bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and salt. Set aside.
3. In a separate bowl, stir oil and sugar together. Whisk in eggs, and stir in vanilla extract.
4. Pour wet ingredients over dry ingredients and stir until just combined. Stir pumpkin into the batter until it is thoroughly combined.
5. Spoon batter into lined muffin cups. Bake for 20 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the middle of a cupcake comes out clean. Less time will be needed if you are making mini-cupcakes. When cupcakes are removed from oven, let them sit for about 10 minutes, then remove them to cool completely on a wire rack.
6. Meanwhile, prepare the cream cheese frosting: In a medium bowl, beat together frosting ingredients (except food coloring) until smooth. Add about 12 drops of yellow food coloring and 4 drops of red food coloring and beat until the frosting turns orange.
Yield: 12 regular-sized or 24 mini cupcakes
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4 Comments
Oh boy, I’m gonna be in a lot of trouble. Mmmm.
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Just found my cupcake recipe for next weekend’s Halloween party! Had been debating just getting cake mix for them, but this is far better. Love the site!
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YUM!!! My mom used to make these yummy pumpkin bars, but it’s a lot trickier to make than this recipe! This is really yummy! I have a special cream cheese frosting recipe…it’s got maple syrup in it! Try adding some, it makes for a really special frosting!
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Oh boy! My kids are going to flip! They will be so surprised to see these on the table Halloween morning! Cupcakes for breakfast! Once or twice a year we do something crazy like this. We’ve also made pancake “sundaes” by putting warm apple sauce and whip cream and caramel sauce on pancakes, or strawberries, whip cream and chocolate sauce. I haven’t done anything yet this year, so they’re going to love this!
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