Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

October 15, 2011

These pumpkin spice cupcakes are the perfect fall dessert. This is a great cupcake to take to the kids harvest festival, sell at a bake sale or serve at a Halloween party. An intensely flavored spice cake is topped with a rich cream cheese frosting dotted with vanilla and cinnamon. These days you can buy cute fall inspired cupcake liners and there are tons of pumpkin candies that can be used to decorate. Anyone who tastes one of these delicious pumpkin spice cupcakes with absoloutly love them.

Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes With Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon allspice

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1/2 cup applesauce

4 tablespoons unsalted butter

1 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar (firmly packed)

4 eggs - room temperature

1/2 cup canned pumpkin

Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

1/2 cup (1 stick butter) - room temperature

4 cups confectioner's sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

8 ounces (1 package) cream cheese

Cupcake Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare your cupcake pan with liners. Combine flour, baking soda, salt & spices in a large bowl.

With an electric mixer, cream butter & both sugars. Add eggs, one at a time. Add applesauce and pumpkin and then flour mixture, beating until just combined. Fill cupcake liners about three-quarters full. Bake approximately 20 minutes, but check frequently after 15 minutes. Cool completely.

Frosting Directions:

Cream butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add vanilla Begin adding confectioner's sugar in 1/2 cup increments. Add cinnamon and beat until smooth and creamy.