Pumpkin Cupcakes

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This is a pumpkin cupcakes recipe made with moist, pumpkin cake and topped with homemade cream cheese frosting.

This is a recipe for pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. They taste just like pumpkin bars but in a cupcake!

Ingredients for Pumpkin Cupcakes

• Shortening
• Granulated Sugar
• Large Egg
• All-Purpose Flour
• Pumpkin Puree
• Salt
• Cinnamon
• Water
• Baking Powder
• Baking Soda

Ingredients for Cream Cheese Frosting

• Confectioners’ Sugar
• Butter
• Pure Vanilla Extract
• Cream Cheese

How to Make Pumpkin Cupcakes

It’s pretty simple!

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line 24 regular-sized cupcake tins with cupcake liners.

In a stand mixer or a large bowl with a hand mixer, cream shortening and sugar together.

Add vanilla, egg, and pumpkin puree and blend well. Add flour, salt, cinnamon, baking powder, and baking soda.

Spoon approximately 3 tablespoons of batter into each cupcake liner.

Bake for 17-20 minutes until the tops spring back and a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean.

Frost cupcakes when they are fully cooled.

How to Make Cream Cheese Frosting

In a stand mixer or a large bowl with a hand mixer, mix together butter, cream cheese, and vanilla.

Slowly add confectioners’ sugar until well blended. If too thick, add 1-2 tablespoons of milk.

Top with sprinkles of cinnamon or add candy pumpkins.

How to Decorate Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Obviously, spreading frosting on top of cupcakes with a butter knife is really simple and easy to do.

If you are looking for more decorative cupcakes, try using icing bags and icing tips. It’s easy when you get the hang of it!

Try following along to this beginner’s video tutorial on YouTube from Cakes by Lynz’s.

Toppings for cupcakes include sprinkles of cinnamon, gold or orange sprinkles, mini pumpkin candies, fine crumbles of pumpkin cake, or leave plain with decorative frosting.

Try these other tasty treats!

• Apple Butter Cupcakes
• Boozy Apple Slushies
• Caramel Cupcakes
• Iced Pumpkin Bread
• Milk Chocolate Cupcakes
• Mint Chocolate Chip Cupcakes
• Oreo Bottom Cupcakes
• Pumpkin Bars
• Raspberry Cupcakes
• The Best Red Velvet Cupcakes

Enjoy!

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Pumpkin Cupcakes

Yield: 24 Cupcakes

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 18 minutes

Total Time: 33 minutes

Pumpkin cupcakes are made with moist, pumpkin cake and topped with homemade cream cheese frosting. They taste just like pumpkin bars, but in a cupcake!

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Ingredients

Pumpkin Cupcakes

• 1/2 cup Shortening
• 2 cups Granulated Sugar
• 1 Large Egg
• 2 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour
• 1 1/2 cups Pumpkin Puree
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp Cinnamon
• 1/2 cup Water
• 1 tsp Baking Powder
• 1 tsp Baking Soda

Cream Cheese Frosting

• 2 lbs Confectioners’ Sugar
• 1/2 cup Butter, softened
• 16 oz Cream Cheese, softened
• 1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract

Instructions

Pumpkin Cupcakes

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line 24 regular-sized cupcake tins with cupcake liners.
2. In a stand mixer or a large bowl with a hand mixer, cream shortening and sugar together. Add vanilla, egg, and pumpkin puree and blend well. Add flour, salt, cinnamon, baking powder, and baking soda.
3. Spoon approximately 3 tablespoons of batter into each cupcake liner.
4. Bake for 17-20 minutes until the tops spring back and a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean.

Cream Cheese Frosting

1. Mix together butter, cream cheese, and vanilla. Slowly add confectioners' sugar until well blended.
2. Top with sprinkles of cinnamon or add candy pumpkins.

Nutrition Information

Yield 24 Serving Size 1
Amount Per Serving Calories 407Total Fat 15gSaturated Fat 8gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 6gCholesterol 39mgSodium 265mgCarbohydrates 67gFiber 1gSugar 55gProtein 3g

Nutrition is not always accurate.

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