Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
These cupcakes are such a delicious sweet treat for fall! Moist and tender pumpkin cake in cupcake form is a good idea since they’re already portion-sized for you. That swirl of cream cheese frosting on top is your big indulgence. Since cupcakes are a 4 or 5 bite dessert, you get just enough to satisfy your sweet craving.
How to make Pumpkin Cupcakes:
Flour, baking powder and salt are combined with the best fall spices (cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger). The wet ingredients are combined in a second bowl (oil, eggs, sugar, pumpkin purée and vanilla). The flour is then mixed into the wet ingredients to create the pumpkin cupcake batter.
This recipe makes 12 Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting, which is awesome since most of the time you don’t need more than that. If you are looking for a recipe that makes 24 standard-sized cupcakes, just double all of the ingredients in the recipe. Or you can opt to use a mini cupcake pan, and then you’ll be able to have 24 mini cupcakes with the original recipe. The batter is scooped into cupcake liners in a muffin pan. It’s easiest to transfer the batter evenly to the cupcake pan if you use a springform ice cream scoop.
How to make Cream Cheese Frosting:
Use your mixer to combine powdered sugar, cream cheese, butter, vanilla and salt. You can certainly spread the frosting on the cupcakes in whatever fashion appeals to you. Or you can use a piping bag and a swirl tip to pipe the frosting onto the cupcakes in a fancier way.
Garnish your Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting with whatever you’d like. Little candy pumpkins look cute on top. But you can always opt for fall-colored sprinkles, candy corn or miniature pumpkin cookies. Of course, these cupcakes are perfectly delicious on their own without any extra adornments too!
Such a pretty cupcake!
Take a bite out of fall and bake some Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting. Enjoy!
Here are a few more cupcake recipes you might like to try:
Red Velvet Birthday Cupcakes Snickerdoodle Cupcakes Easy Moist Chocolate Cupcakes Emergency Blender Cupcakes Vanilla Bean Cupcakes Devil’s Food Cupcakes Lemon Cupcakes with Lemon Buttercream Frosting Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes
