Pumpkin Cupcakes With Cinnamon Cream Cheese frosting | Video
Moist pumpkin cupcakes with cinnamon spiked cream cheese frosting!
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Servings cupcakes
Ingredients
Pumpkin cupcakes:
- 1 and ¾ cups all purpose flour plain flour
- ½ cup granulated sugar caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon cinnamon powder
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice store bought and homemade
- 2 large eggs at room temperature
- 1 cup pumpkin purée homemade or store bought
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 and ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Cinnamon cream cheese frosting:
- 150 g unsalted butter softened
- 125 g x 2 cream cheese softened
- 4 cups confectioner’s powdered or icing sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon extra to sprinkle over frosting
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F / 180 C. Line a 12-hole muffin tin with cupcake liners. Set aside.
- Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice into a large bowl. Set aside.
- Place eggs, pumpkin purée, vegetable oil, brown sugar and vanilla extract in a large bowl. Whisk to combine.
- Make a well in the center of the dry mixture. Add wet mixture. Using an electric mixer, beat until just combined.
- Divide batter among cupcake liners. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until risen and a skewer inserted into the center of the cupcakes comes out clean. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- To make cinnamon cream cheese frosting, beat butter 4-5 minutes or until creamy and pale. Add cream cheese. Beat until smooth. Add vanilla extract. Beat until just combined. Sift sugar and cinnamon into the mixture. Beat for another 1-2 minutes.
- Pipe frosting on the cooled cupcakes.
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Notes
- To make pumpkin pie spice, combine together 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon, 1 teaspoon ground all spice, ½ teaspoon ground ginger, ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg and ½ teaspoon ground cloves
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 223kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 63mg | Sodium: 168mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5g