Skip to Content

Pumpkin Spice Cupcake Recipe

The weather is cooler. It’s raining here and the leaves are beginning to change colors and twirl through the air. It’s the season when pumpkin prevails and kitchen’s smell of delicious baked goods.

Briana has adapted a Betty Crocker recipe for this amazing Pumpkin Spice Cupcake Recipe.

Pumpkin Spice cupcake recipe

**Adapted from Betty Crocker

Pumpkin Spice cupcake Recipe Ingredients

1 box spice cake mix
2/3 cup granulated sugar
4 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup water
1/3 cup sour cream<
1 can (15 oz) pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix) – I like Libby’s organic
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice

Pumpkin Spice Cupcake Frosting Recipe:

2 packages (8 oz each) of cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup butter, softened
5 cups powdered sugar

How to make Pumpkin Spice Cupcake Recipe 

  • 1 Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Line cupcake tins with two dozen liners and spray them with non-stick.
  • 2 In large bowl, beat cake ingredients with an electric mixer on low speed until moistened, then on high speed for 2 minutes. Divide batter equally among cupcake liners. Bake for 20 minutes or until the toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, in a large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter with an electric mixer on low speed until smooth. Gradually beat in powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, until smooth. 
Pumpkin Spice Cupcake #Recipe

Pumpkin Spice Cupcake #Recipe

**Adapted from Betty Crocker

Ingredients

Pumpkin Spice cupcake Recipe Ingredients

  • 1 box spice cake mix
  • 2/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/3 cup sour cream
  • 1 can (15 oz) pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix) - I like Libby's organic
  • 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
  • Pumpkin Spice Cupcake Frosting Recipe:
  • 2 packages (8 oz each) cream cheese, softened
  • 1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 5 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Line cupcake tins w/two dozen liners and spray them w/non-stick.
  2. In large bowl, beat cake ingredients with electric mixer on low speed until moistened, then on high speed 2 minutes. Divide batter equally among cupcake liners. Bake 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
  3. Meanwhile, in large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter with electric mixer on low speed until smooth. Gradually beat in powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, until smooth.

Did you make this recipe?

Please leave a comment on the blog or share a photo on Instagram

About Julee: Julee Morrison is an experienced author with 35 years of expertise in parenting and recipes. She is the author of four cookbooks: The Instant Pot College Cookbook, The How-To Cookbook for Teens, The Complete Cookbook for Teens, and The Complete College Cookbook. Julee is passionate about baking, crystals, reading, and family. Her writing has appeared in The LA Times (Bon Jovi Obsession Goes Global), Disney's Family Fun Magazine (August 2010, July 2009, September 2008), and My Family Gave Up Television (page 92, Disney Family Fun August 2010). Her great ideas have been featured in Disney's Family Fun (Page 80, September 2008) and the Write for Charity book From the Heart (May 2010). Julee's work has also been published in Weight Watchers Magazine, All You Magazine (Jan. 2011, February 2011, June 2013), Scholastic Parent and Child Magazine (Oct. 2011), Red River Family Magazine (Jan. 2011), BonAppetit.com, and more. Notably, her article "My Toddler Stood on Elvis' Grave and Scaled Over Boulders to Get to a Dinosaur" made AP News, and "The Sly Way I Cured My Child's Lying Habit" was featured on PopSugar. When she's not writing, Julee enjoys spending time with her family and exploring new baking recipes.
Skip to Recipe
error: Content is protected !!