Thursday, October 27, 2011

Pumpkin Cupcakes

Halloween is coming up soon and I've been having a taste for pumpkin sweets. I got a pumpkin cake recipe off of allrecipes.com to use for my cupcakes. I also made a cake out of the recipe because there was a lot of batter. Sorry, but I totally forgot to take a picture of my completed cupcakes. They were so moist and flavorful they ran out fast.





Cake profile: The best pumpkin cake I've ever had! This cake is extremely light and very moist. I can't even describe how perfect it is in words. It has the right portion of pumpkin and cinnamon flavoring, nice and simple.




Pumpkin Cake Recipe
  • 2 cups             granulated sugar
  • 1 1/4 cups       vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp                vanilla extract
  • 2 cups             canned pumpkin (not canned pumpkin pie mix)
  • 4 large            eggs
  • 2 cups            flour
  • 3 tsp               baking powder
  • 2 tsp               baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp            salt
  • 2 tsp               ground cinnamon



One by one.


  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon together. Set aside.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, combine sugar and oil until well incorporated. Picture 2 & 3
  4. Blend in vanilla extract and pumpkin until well incorporated. Picture 4
  5. Add in eggs to the mixture one by one until well combined. Picture 5
  6. Gradually mix in flour mixture until well mixed. Picture 6
  7. Fill the cupcake cups 2/3 full with cake mixture. Picture 7
  8. Bake for 20-30 minutes until pricking of a toothpick through the center of a cupcake comes out clean. Allow to cool before icing. Picture 8



Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
  • 8 oz              package of cream cheese, cold
  • 1/2 cup         butter, firm but not cold (1 stick)
  • 16 oz              box of powdered sugar (about 3  3/4 cups)
  • A pinch        salt
  • 1/2 tsp          vanilla extract
  • Cinnamon sugar (optional)

One by one.
  1. Sift the powdered sugar and salt. Set aside.
  2. In a large mixing bowl combine the cream cheese and butter until well mixed. Picture 11&12
  3. Gradually mix in powdered sugar until well incorporated. Picture 13
  4. Mix in vanilla extract.
  5. Using a butter knife begin icing the cooled cupcakes.
  6. Powder cinnamon sugar on top of the iced cupcakes for decoration. (optional)



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