These Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting are the best treat you will eat this fall!
Fall is here and so is pumpkin everything! My husband began experimenting with pumpkin desserts last fall. These Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes with were a huge hit! Whip up a batch of our cream cheese frosting to top them off! If I could bottle up the scent of these while they were baking, I’d be a millionaire.
How to Make Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes
Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes
1-1/3 cups flour
3/4 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp coarse grain salt
¾ tsp cinnamon
¾ tsp ginger
½ tsp ground clove
1/8 tsp nutmeg
1/8 tsp allspice
2/3 cup light brown sugar
2/3 cup sugar
2/3 cup unsalted butter melted
2 eggs
15 ounces pumpkin puree
1/2 cup buttermilk
½ tsp vanilla extract
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and place cupcake liners in a cupcake pan.
- In a large mixing bowl combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and spices.
- In another bowl, beat together butter and sugar until the mixture becomes light and fluffy. Add in pumpkin puree, buttermilk, and vanilla extract and beat some more. Add the eggs one at a time while beating.
- Thoroughly combine the dry and wet ingredients.
- Fill cupcake liners three quarters of the way up.
- Bake at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes.
- Allow cupcakes to cool completely then apply frosting using recipe below.
Cream Cheese Frosting
4 ounces softened butter
8 ounces softened cream cheese
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
- Beat together butter and cream cheese in a large bowl until smooth.
- Add vanilla extract and beat a little more.
- Slowly add sugar while beating and then beat until desired consistency.
- Optional: Add ½ cup of real maple syrup (not the maple flavored corn syrup varieties) for an added fall twist!
Now you can eat your pumpkin spice cupcake with your pumpkin spice latte and all will be right with the world.
Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes
Everyone’s favorite fall flavor paired with a creamy, rich cream cheese frosting!
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 1-1/3 cups flour
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp coarse grain salt
- ¾ tsp cinnamon
- ¾ tsp ginger
- ½ tsp ground clove
- 1/8 tsp nutmeg
- 1/8 tsp allspice
- 2/3 cup light brown sugar
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 2/3 cup unsalted butter melted
- 2 eggs
- 15 ounces pumpkin puree – see note**
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 4 ounces softened butter
- 8 ounces softened cream cheese
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
Cupcakes
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees and place liners in a cupcake pan
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In a mixing bowl combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and spices.
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In another bowl, beat together butter and sugar until it becomes light and fluffy. Add in pumpkin puree, buttermilk, and vanilla extract and beat some more. Add the eggs one at a time while beating.
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Thoroughly combine the dry and wet ingredients.
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Fill cupcake liners ¾ way up.
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Bake at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes.
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Allow cupcakes to cool then apply frosting (see cream cheese frosting recipe below)
Cream Cheese Frosting
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Beat together butter and cream cheese until smooth.
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Add vanilla extract and beat a little more.
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Slowly add sugar while beating and beat until desired consistency