PUMPKIN SPICE CUPCAKE W/ CINNAMON CREAM CHEESE

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This hearty, pumpkin cupcake with a cinnamon-cream cheese frosting is so good, nothing like fall & holidays come to mind w/ this yummy dessert!

Provided by anna messina @twinmommie07

Categories     Other Desserts

Number Of Ingredients 21

2 1/4 cup(s) all purpose flour
1 teaspoon(s) ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon(s) ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon(s) ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon(s) ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon(s) ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon(s) salt
1 tablespoon(s) baking powder
1/2 teaspoon(s) baking soda
1/2 cup(s) butter, softened
1 cup(s) sugar, can use less if you like
1/3 cup(s) brown sugar
2 - eggs room temp.
3/4 cup(s) whole or skim milk pref.
1 cup(s) pumpkin puree
FOR CINNAMON CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:
1 - 8oz cream cheese stick, softened
1/4 cup(s) butter, softened
3 cup(s) confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
1 teaspoon(s) cinnamon

Steps:

  • Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 24 muffin cups, or line with paper muffin liners. Sift together the flour, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, clove, allspice, salt, baking powder, and baking soda; set aside
  • Beat 1/2 cup of butter, the white sugar, and brown sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. The mixture should be noticeably lighter in color. Add the room-temperature eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next. Stir in the milk and pumpkin puree after the last egg. Stir in the flour mixture, mixing until just incorporated. Pour the batter into the prepared muffin cups.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until golden and the tops spring back when lightly pressed, about 25 minutes. Cool in the pans for 5 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack. While the cupcakes are cooling, make the frosting by beating the cream cheese and 1/4 butter with an electric mixer in a bowl until smooth. Beat in the confectioners' sugar a little at a time until incorporated. Add the vanilla extract and 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; beat until fluffy. Once the cupcakes are cool, frost with the cream cheese icing.

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