PUMPKIN CUPCAKES WITH CREAM FILLING. Here's a charming use for pumpkin. Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. The one and only recipe for pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese frosting that I'll bake!
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You can have PUMPKIN CUPCAKES WITH CREAM FILLING using 20 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of PUMPKIN CUPCAKES WITH CREAM FILLING
- It's of FILLING.
- It's 1 cup of milk.
- Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla.
- It's 1/2 cup of shortening.
- It's 1/4 cup of softened butter.
- It's 1 1/2 tbsp of cornstarch.
- Prepare 2 cup of powdered sugar.
- It's 20 of whole cloves...optional, for little stems on top of muffins.
- Prepare of MUFFIN.
- You need 2 cup of all purpose flour.
- You need 2 cup of sugar.
- Prepare 1 tsp of baking powder.
- It's 2 tsp of baking soda.
- Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
- You need 1 tsp of cinnamon.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of all spice.
- It's 1/2 tsp of nutmeg.
- Prepare 4 of eggs.
- It's 3/4 cup of vegetable oil.
- Prepare 1 of (15 oz) can pumpkin.
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PUMPKIN CUPCAKES WITH CREAM FILLING instructions
- ***FOR FILLING***.
- in a small saucepan, combine cornstarch and milk, bring to a boil over medium heat stirring constantly, remove from heat, cool to room temperature.
- in a large bowl cream shortening, powdered sugar, and butter until light and fluffy about 4 minutes, add vanilla, gradually add cornstarch mixture beat until smooth.
- ***FOR CUPCAKES***.
- preheat oven 350°F and line muffin pan with paper liners.
- in a bowl mix together...flour, baking powder and soda, salt, and spices.
- in a large bowl beat sugar and eggs 2minutes until light and creamy, add oil and pumpkin beating another 2 minutes until well blended.
- gradually beat flour mixture into pumpkin mixture blend well.
- fill muffin cups and bake 18 - 22 min or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean cool cupcakes completely.
- ***ASSEMBLE***.
- with the point of a paring knife cut circles about 1" deep out of the tops of each cupcake.
- put filling into a zip lock bag, cut a small piece of the corner off, pipe filling into each cupcake, replace tops and add a clove for a cute little 'pumpkin stem'.
The maple is an awesome complement to both pumpkin and cream. Homemade pumpkin cupcakes with a cinnamon-cream cheese frosting are delicious in the fall, or any other time of the year. I did change a few things though after reading some reviews. I replaced the butter with oil and I doubled the pumpkin and cinnamon. These pumpkin cupcakes are super delicious, soft, moist, and topped with an easy homemade cream cheese frosting.