Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Icing Recipe
pumpkin cupcakes with cinnamon cream cheese icing
Our pumpkin passion knows no delicious limits, as evidenced by these flavor-packed, cinnamon-infused Pumpkin Cupcakes that are topped with a velvety cream cheese icing.
pumpkin cupcakes with cinnamon cream cheese icing
makes 20 cupcakes
ingredients
- Pumpkin Cupcakes
- 1 1/2 cups canned pumpkin puree
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 3/4 cup butter, melted
- 1/3 cup buttermilk
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1 (8oz.250g) package cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- 4 1/2 cups icing sugar
Cinnamon Cream Cheese Icing
directions
- For the cupcakes, preheat the oven to 350°F. Line muffin tins with 20 cupcake liners. In a large bowl, whisk pumpkin, sugar, brown sugar, melted butter, buttermilk, eggs and vanilla. In a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and ginger. Add flour mixture to egg mixture, stirring gently just until combined. Fill muffin cups approximately 3/4 full. Bake 22-24 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let the cupcakes cool on a wire rack before icing.
- For the icing, in an electric mixer, combine cream cheese, butter, vanilla, cinnamon and icing sugar. Mix at low speed until blended. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and beat on medium speed for 30 seconds until smooth and creamy. Frost cupcakes once they're cooled.
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