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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.

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