Easy Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes With Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting Food

PUMPKIN SPICE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 24 muffin cups, or line with paper muffin liners. Sift together the flour, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, clove, allspice, salt, baking powder, and baking soda; set aside.
• Beat 1/2 cup of butter, the white sugar, and brown sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. The mixture should be noticeably lighter in color. Add the room-temperature eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next. Stir in the milk and pumpkin puree after the last egg. Stir in the flour mixture, mixing until just incorporated. Pour the batter into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden and the tops spring back when lightly pressed, about 25 minutes. Cool in the pans for 5 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
• While the cupcakes are cooling, make the frosting by beating the cream cheese and 1/4 butter with an electric mixer in a bowl until smooth. Beat in the confectioners' sugar a little at a time until incorporated. Add the vanilla extract and 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; beat until fluffy. Once the cupcakes are cool, frost with the cream cheese icing.

PUMPKIN CUPCAKES & CINNAMON-CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Beat first 5 ingredients with mixer until blended; spoon into 24 paper-lined muffin cups.
• Bake 20 to 22 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 min.; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely.
• Beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla in large bowl with mixer until blended. Gradually beat in sugar. Blend in cinnamon. Spread over cupcakes.

PUMPKIN SPICE CUPCAKES WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add pumpkin. Combine flour, pie spice, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, baking soda and ginger; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition., Fill 24 paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full. Bake 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, in a large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Add confectioners' sugar, vanilla and cinnamon; beat until smooth. Frost cupcakes. Refrigerate leftovers.

PUMPKIN CUPCAKES WITH CREAM CHEESE FILLING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350.
• In a small bowl beat the cream cheese and powdered sugar. Set aside.
• In a large bowl mix the eggs, oil, pumpkin, and sugar. Set aside.
• Then in another bowl mix the flour, pumpkin pie spice, salt, and baking soda. No need to sift.
• Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix until just combined.
• Line or spray a muffin tin.
• Add about a tablespoon of batter to the bottom of the muffin tin.
• Scoop about a teaspoon of filling into the center of each muffin cup (or an amount a little larger than a quarter)
• Cover with batter, about ¾ of the way up the muffin tin.

PUMPKIN CUPCAKES WITH KAHLUA CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
• In a separate large bowl, whisk the egg, brown sugar and white sugar together, until smooth. Stir in the milk, vegetable oil, applesauce, pumpkin and walnuts, until just combined. Do not over mix.
• Fill a cupcake pan with the batter 4/5 full.
• Bake in the oven for 16 to 20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool.
• While the cupcakes are cooling, make the frosting. In a large bowl, beat the the cream cheese, butter and Kahlua together using an electric mixer. Gradually add in the confectioners' sugar until smooth and creamy.
• Frost the cupcakes. Serve and enjoy!

SPICED CUPCAKES WITH CINNAMON CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Mix in egg, apple butter, yogurt and vanilla.
• In a medium bowl, mix together flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder and salt.
• Gradually mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.
• Divide batter between 18 standard muffin tins prepared with paper liners. Bake 25-27 minutes or until cooked through.
• Transfer to rack and allow to cool completely before frosting.
• Using a mixer, whip butter and cream cheese for 2 minutes.
• Add powdered sugar 1 cup at a time, mixing for 1 minute between each addition.
• Mix in cinnamon, vanilla and salt. Mix 1-2 more minutes or until light and fluffy.
• Refrigerate frosting 15-30 minutes before piping onto cupcakes.
• Refrigerate cupcakes until serving.

EASY PUMPKIN SPICE CUPCAKES WITH CINNAMON CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line two 12-muffin pans with paper baking cups.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine the cake mix, egg whites, water, oil, pumpkin, pumpkin pie spice and cinnamon.
• Beat on medium speed for 2-3 minutes until smooth.
• Fill each paper cup about 3/4 full with batter.
• Bake for 18-22 minutes or until an inserted toothpick in the center comes out clean. Set aside on metal rack to cool.
• Prepare frosting by placing cream cheese, butter, sugar and cinnamon in a small mixing bowl.
• Beat on medium until well-combined and smooth.
• For a prettier, more elegant presentation, use a piping bag to frost cooled cupcakes. Decorate with sprinkles or other fall/halloween deco items if desired.

PUMPKIN SPICE CAKE WITH CINNAMON CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan. Whisk together the pumpkin, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, mix together the cake mix and oil. Beat in the eggs, then fold in the pumpkin mixture. Stir in the vanilla.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.
• To make cream cheese frosting: Cream together the butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy. Beat in the confectioners' sugar, mixing until smooth. Stir in the cinnamon and vanilla. Spread frosting over cooled cake.

PUMPKIN SPICE CUPCAKES WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners.
• Beat white sugar and 3/4 cup butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy; add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat pumpkin into creamed butter mixture.
• Mix flour, pumpkin pie spice, 1 tablespoon cinnamon, baking powder, and ginger together in a bowl; stir into creamed butter mixture, alternating with buttermilk, until batter is smooth. Fill each muffin cup 3/4-full with batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool in muffin tin for 10 minutes before transferring to wire rack.
• Beat cream cheese and 1/2 cup butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until fluffy. Beat confectioners' sugar, 2 teaspoons cinnamon, and vanilla extract into creamed butter until frosting is smooth. Spread frosting on each cupcake.

PUMPKIN CUPCAKES WITH CREAMY CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees F (set oven rack to second-lowest position).
• Prepare 18 muffin tins fitted with paper liners fitted in each tin.
• For the cupcakes; In a large mixing bowl beat together the oil with eggs, sugar, pumpkin puree and vanilla until well combined.
• In another bowl combine the flour with the next 4 ingredients; add to the pumpkin mixture and beat until well combined.
• Fill each tin about three-quarters full.
• Bake for about 18-22 minutes or until cupcakes test done.
• Cool completely before filling.
• For the frosting; in a bowl beat the cream cheese with butter, vanilla and cream until fluffy.
• Add in confectioners sugar and beat until creamy (adding in more cream or milk if necessary to achieve the right consistency for spreading).
• Spread onto the top of each cooled cupcake.

PUMPKIN SPICE CUPCAKES WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING RECIPE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add pumpkin. Combine the flour, pie spice, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, baking soda and ginger; add to the creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition.
• Fill paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
• For frosting, in a large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Add the confectioners' sugar, vanilla and cinnamon; beat until smooth. Frost cupcakes. Refrigerate leftovers. Yield: 2 dozen.