This is a pumpkin cupcake recipe made with moist, pumpkin cake and topped with homemade 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
- Cherry Puff Pastry Turnovers
- Iced Pumpkin Bread
- Milk Chocolate Cupcakes
- Mint Chocolate Chip Cupcakes
- Oreo Bottom Cupcakes
- Pumpkin Bars
- Raspberry Cupcakes
- The Best Red Velvet Cupcakes
Enjoy!
Pumpkin Cupcakes
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!
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
- 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.
Cream Cheese Frosting
- Mix together butter, cream cheese, and vanilla. Slowly add confectioners' sugar until well blended.
- Top with sprinkles of cinnamon or add candy pumpkins.
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Nutrition Information
Yield 24 Serving Size 1Amount 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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