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Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes
Incredibly soft, fluffy and moist pumpkin cupcakes spiced with warm pumpkin pie spice and topped with super delicious cream cheese frosting. Perfect for breakfast or snack.
Prep Time
5
minutes
mins
Cook Time
20
minutes
mins
Total Time
25
minutes
mins
Course:
Baking
Cuisine:
American
Servings:
12
servings
Calories:
410
kcal
Author:
Radwa
Equipment
Muffin tin
Mixing bowl
Hand mixer
Piping bag
Ingredients
1 ¼
cup
granulated sugar
2
cups
all-purpose flour
½
cup
butter
2
teaspoon
baking powder
¾
teaspoon
baking soda
2
teaspoon
Pumpkin pie spice
1
cup
pumpkin puree
3
eggs
½
cup
cooking oil
Toppings
1
cup
cream cheese
5
tablespoon
powdered sugar
1
tablespoon
sprinkles
, optional
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 180C / 350F and line a 12 cup muffin tin with muffin liners or grease them with butter.
Cream the butter and sugar well using the electric hand mixer. Then add the eggs, one by one, whisk. Followed by pumpkin puree, whisk.
1 ¼ cup granulated sugar,
½ cup butter,
1 cup pumpkin puree,
3 eggs
Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda and pumpkin pie spice over the wet ingredients, mix well until incorporated. Add the oil then mix.
2 cups all-purpose flour,
2 teaspoon baking powder,
¾ teaspoon baking soda,
2 teaspoon Pumpkin pie spice,
½ cup cooking oil
Scoop the batter into the muffin cups (don't overfill with batter).
Bake for 25 minutes or until fully baked. Let them cool down.
Make the topping
In a bowl, mix the cream cheese and the powdered sugar well then refrigerate for an hour until the muffins are totally cooled down.
1 cup cream cheese,
5 tablespoon powdered sugar
Put the cream cheese in a pastry bag then decorate the cupcakes then add the sprinkles on top of the frosting.
1 tablespoon sprinkles
Notes
To make homemade Pumpkin pie spice, mix 2 tablespoon ground cinnamon, 1 teaspoon ground ginger, 1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg and ¼ teaspoon ground cloves.
Nutrition
Serving:
1
serving
|
Calories:
410
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
44
g
|
Protein:
5
g
|
Fat:
25
g
|
Saturated Fat:
9
g
|
Cholesterol:
81
mg
|
Sodium:
238
mg
|
Potassium:
106
mg
|
Fiber:
1
g
|
Sugar:
26
g
|
Vitamin A:
3491
IU
|
Vitamin C:
1
mg
|
Calcium:
83
mg
|
Iron:
2
mg