Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Yields:
-
24 Cupcakes
- Serves:
- 24
ingredients
- 3⁄4 cup butter, softened
- 2 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 (15 ounce) can solid-pack pumpkin
- 2 1⁄3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 cup buttermilk
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FROSTING
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
- 4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
directions
- 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.
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