Pumpkin Cupcakes with Pumpkin Pie Cream Cheese Frosting
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: fall, pumpkin, pumpkin spice
Ingredients
Pumpkin Cupcakes:
1cuppumpkincanned
1½tspvanilla
¾cupbrown sugardark
2eggs
½cupvegetable oil
1cupflourall purpose
1½tsppumpkin pie spicehomemade
½tspsalt
1½tspcinnamon
1tspbaking powder
½tspbaking soda
Pumpkin Spice Cream Cheese Frosting
8ozcream cheesefull fat
½cupbutterunsalted
1tspvanilla
1pinchsalt
1- 1½tsppumpkin pie spice
3cupspowdered sugar
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
In a large bowl, whisk the pumpkin, vanilla, sugar, eggs, and oil together. Sift in the remaining cupcake ingredients.
Line a muffin tin with cupcake liners and fill with batter.
Bake for 18-20 minutes - use the toothpick test to tell if they're done.
While the cupcakes cool, make the frosting: beat the butter for 2 minutes on high with a whisk attachment on your mixer.
Add the cream cheese and beat for another 2 minutes, until creamy.
Add 1 cup powdered sugar, vanilla, salt and spices. Mix on low for 1 minute, then add another cup of sugar. Mix until just combined, then add the remaining sugar. Beat until just combined.
Frost cupcakes and top with a sprinkle of cinnamon!