Pumpkin Cupcakes | Spiced Cream Cheese Frosting
Get ready to fall in love with these delightful pumpkin spice cupcakes topped with heavenly spiced cream cheese frosting! As the leaves turn and the air gets crisp, there’s no better way to celebrate the season than with these warm, comforting treats!
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Pumpkin Cupcakes | Spiced Cream Cheese Frosting
Get ready to fall in love with these delightful pumpkin spice cupcakes topped with heavenly spiced cream cheese frosting! As the leaves turn and the air gets crisp, there’s no better way to celebrate the season than with these warm, comforting treats!
Equipment
Ingredients
PUMPKIN SPICE MUFFINS
- 4.41 oz (125 g) all-purpose flour (Original Recipe calls for cake flour: 4.94 oz | 140 g)
- 0.88 oz (24 g) corn starch (My Personal Addition)
- 3/4 tsp (3 g) baking powder
- 1/8 tsp (0.5 g) baking soda
- 1 Tbsp (6 g) pumpkin pie spice (Homemade recipe HERE)
- 1/4 tsp (1.5 g) sea salt
- 2.47 oz (70 g) butter (Softened | At Room Temperature)
- 5.29 oz (150 g) granulated sugar (Original Recipe Calls for Granulated Sugar only)
- 1 egg (Large | At Room Temperature)
- 1 tsp (5 g) vanilla bean paste
- 4.27 oz (121 g) pumpkin purée (At Room Temperature)
- 2.12 oz (60 g) Buttermilk (At Room Temperature)
SPICED CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
- 6 oz (170 g) butter (Softened | At Room Temperature)
- 6 oz (170 g) cream cheese (Cold)
- 9.55 oz (270 g) powdered sugar
- 2 tsp (4 g) pumpkin pie spice (Homemade recipe HERE)
Instructions
- Line a muffin tray like you would usually do and set aside. NOTE: For this recipe, I used my Muffin Tray placed on top of a medium perforated baking sheet. Set aside.
- Preheat oven to 350℉/180℃.
PUMPKIN SPICE MUFFINS PREPARATION
- In a mixing bowl, whisk the all-purpose flour together with the corn starch, baking powder, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice, and sea salt. Set aside.4.41 oz all-purpose flour, 3/4 tsp baking powder, 1 Tbsp pumpkin pie spice, 1/4 tsp sea salt
- In a separate mixing bowl, cream the softened butter together with the granulated sugar until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.5.29 oz granulated sugar, 1 egg, 4.27 oz pumpkin purée, 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
- Add in the egg and vanilla bean paste. Beat for an additional minute.
- Mix in the pumpkin purée.
- Add in the flour/spice mixture together with the buttermilk. Fold until just combined. Set aside.
- Scoop the batter into the wells of your Muffin Tray (about 1/2 full).
BAKE!
- Bake for 18 minutes at 350F/180C. (Every oven heats differently, monitor your muffins from 15 minutes). It is ready when the toothpick inserted comes out clean or with little to no crumbs.
- Once your Pumpkin Muffins are out of the oven, let them cool down for about 10 minutes before unmolding then onto your cooling rack. NOTE: I like to bake mine the day prior so I can do the frosting the day of.
SPICED CREAM CHEESE FROSTING PREPARATION
- In a mixing bowl, add the softened butter and beat on high until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Mix in the cold cream cheese. Then, add the powdered sugar and pumpkin pie spice a little at a time until combined. Continue to whip the frosting on high speed until light and fluffy.
- Transfer the spiced cream cheese frosting to a piping bag with the star tip. Pipe frosting on top of the muffins. Enjoy! Autumn Leaves & Pumpkins Please!
- NOTE: These cupcakes are best enjoyed the day of. However, you can store the muffins wrapped at room temperature and the frosting in the refrigerator up to 3 days for assembly later.
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Nutrition
Calories: 391kcal | Carbohydrates: 47g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 72mg | Sodium: 272mg | Potassium: 73mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 36g | Vitamin A: 2290IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 50mg | Iron: 1mg
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Credit: Ginny from the blog In Bloom Bakery ; Recipe: “Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting”. These cupcakes are excellent! Next time I will make them in a mini muffin tin to have taller cupcakes. Thank you!, ~Nessa
Juste envie d’en voler un!!!! Trop beaux!
Je t’aurai bien fait une fournée ; ils sont trop bons! Bises, ~Nessa
Ils sont super beaux, je t’en prends un au passage. Gros bisous Nessa
C’est toujours un vrai plaisir, merci Martine! Bises, ~Nessa
Tellement joli ! J’adore !
Bonne journée, bises.
Ils sont si moelleux un vrai rêve! Bises, ~Nessa
J’adore ils font tellement envie tes petits cupcakes. Et ces saveurs humm.
Bonne journée
Bisous
De vraies saveurs d’Automne, merci beaucoup ma chère Christelle. Bises, ~Nessa
de jolis cupcakes beau topping
une bonne soirée bises
Merci infiniment Guy, Grosses Bises et Bonne Santé à toi! ~Nessa