Recipe- Pumpkin Cupcakes With Cream Frosting

Halloween is here and with that the pumpkin season will also officially come to an end. It’s hard to keep away from pumpkin goodies during this time of the year and for me it was also hard to stop myself from baking them. The baking addict in me could not resist the temptation for long and so I first made these Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins, which by the way were really good.

But after baking these muffins, I was still left with some more pumpkin puree and so I had to bake again. I didn’t really have a choice, did I? This time I made simple pumpkin cupcakes and rounded them off with some cream cheese frosting.

The pumpkin cupcakes are soft, moist and slightly spiced with the pumpkin pie spice. You can play around with the amount of pumpkin pie spice you want to add in these cupcakes. If you want your cupcakes to be really spiced, then add more of the pie spice mix.

The pumpkin puree, eggs and butter, these three ingredients keep these cupcakes really moist.

Ingredients

1.5 cups all purpose flour
1.5 tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
1.25 tsp pumpkin pie spice
½ tsp vanilla
½ cup unsalted butter [1 stick]
1 cup sugar
¾ cup pumpkin puree
½ cup milk
2 eggs

Method

* Preheat the oven to 375 F degree. Spray the muffin pan with non-stick spray. Set aside.

* In a medium bowl sieve together the all purpose flour, salt and baking powder.

* Add the pumpkin pie spice to it.

* Toss everything together and set aside.

* Using flat beater attachment of your stand mixer or using your hand mixer, beat the butter till it becomes light and pale in color, around 2 minutes.

* Keeping the mixer speed at medium (3-4), start adding the sugar. Cream the butter and sugar till it becomes light and fluffy, around 4-5 minutes.

* Add in the vanilla extract and mix.

* Add the eggs one by one into the butter and sugar mix.

* Once the eggs are blended, add in the pumpkin puree. Beat until combined.

* Now start adding the milk and the flour mix side by side. Start by adding the flour mix first and then add in the milk. Add the entire flour in 3 parts and the milk in 2 parts. Beat the batter till everything is combined.

* Spoon the batter into muffin pan and bake at 375 F for 15-17 minutes or till a toothpick inserted in the center of the cupcakes comes out clean.

* Let the cupcakes cool completely before frosting.