I LOVE pumpkin! I love cooking and baking with pumpkin year long. I found the below recipe on My Baking Addiction and cut it in half as I planned on making mini cupcakes, and I didn’t need too many. These cupcakes were a real hit!
Mix together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon,
ginger, nutmeg, and pumpkin pie spice.
In a separate bowl, mix together the brown sugar, granulated sugar, butter, and eggs.
Add the dry ingredients and mix until smooth.
Mix in the pumpkin.
Fill the liners about halfway.
Bake 20-25 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
- 3/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/8 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 cup packed light-brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1/2 can 7.5 ounces) pumpkin puree
- 1 (8) ounce package cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 stick butter, softened
- 1 lbs. confectioners’ sugar
- 1/2 TBS ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cupcake pans with paper liners; set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and pumpkin pie spice; set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together, brown sugar, granulated sugar, butter, and eggs. Add dry ingredients, and mix until smooth. Whisk in pumpkin puree.
- Fill the cupcake liners about half way. Bake until tops spring back when touched, and a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes, rotating pans once if needed. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely.
- For the cinnamon cream cheese frosting, blend the butter and cream cheese together until well combined. Gradually add in the confectioners’ sugar until fully incorporated. Mix in the vanilla and cinnamon. Frost the cupcakes!