Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes. Beat sugar, pumpkin, eggs and oil until well blended. In another bowl, whisk next seven ingredients; gradually beat into pumpkin mixture. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, pumpkin pie spice, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.
How to make pumpkin spice cupcakes.
These pumpkin spice cupcakes are super easy and can be whipped up in no time.
Just follow the simple steps below to get started.
You can cook Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes using 20 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes
- Prepare of Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice.
- It's 3 tbsp of ground cinnamon.
- You need 2 tsp of ground ginger.
- Prepare 2 tsp of nutmeg.
- It's 1 1/2 tsp of ground allspice.
- Prepare 1 1/2 tsp of ground cloves.
- Prepare of Cupcakes.
- You need 1 of (18.25 ounce) box Duncan Hines Signature Spice Cake.
- It's 1 of (3.4 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix.
- It's 1 1/2 tsp of pumpkin pie spice.
- It's 1/2 cup of sour cream.
- You need 1 cup of pure pumpkin puree.
- You need 1/2 cup of vegetable oil.
- You need 3 of eggs, lightly beaten.
- You need of Cream Cheese Frosting.
- Prepare 2 of 8-ounce packages of cream cheese, softened.
- It's 1/2 cup of (4 ounces) unsalted butter, softened.
- It's 1 tsp of pure vanilla extract.
- You need 1 1/2 lb of (about 5 3/4 cups) confectioners' sugar.
- It's 1 tbsp of pure maple syrup.
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Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line muffin tin with paper liners or spray with non-stick cooking spray..
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment, or with a hand mixer in a large bowl, beat together the cake and pudding mixes, pumpkin pie spice, sour cream, pumpkin, oil, eggs, and vanilla. Beat for about two minutes on medium speed until well combined..
- Using a large cookie scoop, distribute the batter between 24 muffin wells; about 3 tablespoons of batter per well..
- Bake in preheated oven for 18-22 minutes or until the tops of the cakes spring back when lightly touched. Allow cupcakes to cool inside muffin tins for about 10 minutes..
- Remove cupcakes from muffin tins and allow to fully cool on a wire rack. Once cupcakes are cool, prepare your frosting..
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese on medium-high speed for about 5 minutes. Add in the butter and continue beating for another 2-3 minutes..
- Turn the mixer down to low speed and gradually add in the confectioners' sugar until it is completely incorporated. Add in vanilla and mix until incorporated. Turn off the mixer and check the frosting for taste and texture. Turn the mixer back up to medium-high speed and beat the mixture for about 3-4 minutes or until light and fluffy..
- Pipe the frosting onto the cooled cupcakes..
In a medium bowl, combine your dry ingredients: self-rising flour (or flour plus baking powder), salt, and pumpkin pie spice. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups (about two-thirds full). Blend cake mix, pumpkin puree, eggs, water and oil in a large bowl at low speed until moistened. Cake flour makes these Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes exceptionally soft, exactly what you want when you bite into a cupcake. The canned pure pumpkin and vegetable oil used in the batter give the cupcakes a moistness reminiscent of a pumpkin muffin, but the tenderness of the crumb is unmistakably that of a cupcake.
