Delicious Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing

FROSTED pumpkin cupcakes on a blue rectangular platter

4.67 from 3 votes

Delicious Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing

There’s something about a cupcake, amiright?? These pumpkin cupcakes bring the flavor of pumpkin spice season to an easy-to-share dessert. Topped with a delicious cream cheese frosting, they’re going to make your mouth so happy!

Prep Time15

Cook Time18

Frosting Time15

Total Time48

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cream cheese icing, pumpkin cupcakes

Servings: cupcakes

Calories: 484kcal

Ingredients

1 cup pumpkin puree
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup oil vegetable or avocado
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice

Cream Cheese Frosting:

1/2 cup butter softened at room temperature
8 oz cream cheese softened at room temperature
4 - 6 cups powdered icing sugar to personal preference
1 teaspoon vanilla extract to taste

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F
Line a muffin tray with paper or silicone muffin liners. Set aside.
In a large bowl, beat together the pumpkin puree, brown sugar and vegetable oil, about 2 minutes.
Beat in the vanilla extract and eggs until combined.
In a small bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice until fully combined.
Beat the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture.
Use a cookie scoop to portion the cupcake batter evenly amongst the muffin liners.
Bake for 18-22 minutes, until well browned and a toothpick inserted into the cupcake comes out clean.
Allow the cupcakes to cool completely before frosting them.
To make the frosting, combine the butter and 4 cups of the powdered sugar together in a large bowl. Use a hand mixer to beat until creamy; add additional sugar as needed. Beat in the vanilla extract.

To frost the cupcakes:

Fit a piping bag with a large star tip and scoop the cream cheese frosting into the piping bag.
Swirl the frosting onto the cooled cupcakes - starting in the centre and working your way to the edges, then back up the centre, creating a dome effect.

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