These homemade pumpkin cupcakes are topped with a delicious cinnamon cream cheese frosting. They're easy to make and deliciously moist. Perfect for fall!
Prep
25 min
Cook
38 min
Servings
Difficulty
Hard
Ingredients
2.25 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
0.5 teaspoons ground nutmeg
0.5 teaspoons ground ginger
0.5 teaspoons ground cloves
0.5 teaspoons ground allspice
0.5 teaspoons baking soda
0.5 teaspoons salt
1 cup white sugar
0.5 cups butter
, softened
0.33 cups brown sugar
2 large eggs
, room temperature
1 cup pumpkin puree
0.75 cups milk
Instructions
1
Gather the ingredients. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 24 muffin cups or line cups with paper liners.
2
To make the pumpkin cupcakes: Sift flour, baking powder, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, allspice, baking soda, and salt together in a large bowl. Set aside.
3
Beat white sugar, 1/2 cup butter, and brown sugar together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in pumpkin puree and milk. Gently mix in flour mixture until just combined. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full.
4
Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, about 25 minutes. Cool in the pans for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool, about 20 minutes.
5
To make the frosting: Beat cream cheese and 1/4 cup butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Beat in confectioners' sugar, a little at a time, until incorporated. Add vanilla extract and 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; beat until fluffy.
6
Frost cooled cupcakes with cream cheese frosting.
7
Enjoy!
Nutrition per serving
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