It’s that time of year when it’s about all things pumpkin. It may just be where I am, but now that the pumpkin shortage is over, all I can find are the big cans of pumpkin, not the smaller cans. At first I was kind of annoyed, because on usually only need what is in a small can, not the big can. But now ‘m loving it because it just means that I have to make even more pumpkin treats! So definitely look forward to more pumpkin goodness coming.
I may already have several pumpkin cupcake recipes on my blog, but that didn’t stop me from trying a new one! I actually wanted to do a photo tutorial on how to make the swirled frosting with 2 different colors, but things were just not going my way that day. First of all, I forgot that I had lost the tip that I love to the garbage disposal awhile ago. I went to the store to buy a new one, but they didn’t have any. It was Abbi’s naptime, so I couldn’t go traipsing all over town looking for one. Then when I got home and went to frost the cupcakes, I realized that I was out of the disposable piping bags. I will always use a large ziptop bag if I need to, but all I had were freezer bags that were 2 layers thick, so those weren’t so great for picture taking. Needless to say, everything was kind of a mess, so no tutorial today.
But if you are looking for a good pumpkin cupcake recipe, look no further. Ina Garten rarely lets me down, and this recipe is no exception! It’s a perfect, moist cupcake. I may have just found my go-to pumpkin cupcake recipe!
A perfect pumpkin cupcake topped with cream cheese frosting, decorated for Halloween.
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 cup canned pumpkin puree (8 oz)
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 4 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Prepare 12 muffin tins with cupcake liners.
- In medium bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg. In another bowl, mix together the eggs, pumpkin puree, both sugars and vegetable oil. Add the flour mixture to the wet mixture and mix just until combined.
- Divide the batter evenly among the prepared tins. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Mix all ingredients until thoroughly combined.
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- Slightly adapted from Ina Garten via House Beautiful
Check out some other great cupcake creations over at Hoosier Homemade!
I just made some pumpkin cupcakes too! These are decorated very creatively! Thanks!
Oh my do these look festive and delicious. You can always count on Ina.
Oh my goodness… I so, so wish I had one of these with my coffee right now. I've seen lots of cupcake recipes from Ina but not pumpkin. This looks like a gem. Thanks for sharing!
these days i love anything with cream cheese icing, and especially if it involves pumpkin
Yum, yum, yum. Pumpkin cupcakes have been on my to-do list for weeks. I love pumpkin recipes this time of year. I always use mascarpone instead of cream cheese in my frosting and it is amazing. You should try it!
Gorgeous! Love the recipe for the cupcakes and since I'm a big Ina fan I will have to bookmark this! I also love your great frosting and the cupcake holders are just darling!
Beautiful! Life gets in the way and I'm willing to wait for the tutorial ~ Love Ina and her recipes.
I am SO behind on my pumpking baking, and these cupcakes are tempting me to get started soon! They look as sweet and adorable as Halloween-inspired cupcakes can look… Great job, Deborah! (Btw, I will have those questions back to you very soon!)
I could absolutely never tire of pumpkin baked goods and these look fantastic! Bookmarked. I love the multi-colored swirl!
Yay for pumpkin! I can't get enough!
OH the sleeves…so adorable put anythin in them and I would eat it
So cute! Love to see you getting crafty! Ina rocks.
There's nothing wrong with trying out new recipes
These look fab and I love the spider web liners!
So cute! I love your spiderwebs- the cupcake sounds delicious too.
I adore pumpkin cupcakes, I could eat one every day of the year. And I think that the cream cheese frosting sounds perfect. Cream cheese and pumpkin are a match made in heaven. Thanks for sharing…the wrapper looks precious!
i love pumpkins. not sure if anyone already shared this tip, but you can make a piping bag out of parchment paper next time! I am sorry you had a bad baking day, I hate those kinds of days but then they help me refocus. c'est la vie.
These look soooo yuuuummy-I love those wrappers too!;)
haha when it rains, it pours…! how everything just don't go according to plans hehe. but i am really looking forward to your tutorial…ive no idea how you can do those twirls!!!
this would be so perfect for when i visit my family on thanksgiving:) thank you for sharing this and for stoppping by my website, you are so sweet. have a nice day.
I love Ina! Love watching her on Food Network!
This recipe sounds delicious! And the cupcake liner is beautiful! Where did you find it?
Thanks so much for sharing on Cupcake Tuesday!
~Liz
i've made an abundance of pumpkin recipes the last few weeks but haven't yet tried cupcakes. yours look beautiful!
I love the wrappers. Very spooky looking. Pumpkin cupcakes are so good too.
Super cute decor!!!! I love these cupcakes!
like carrot cake and zucchini cake, pumpkin cake definitely requires some cream cheese frosting. great recipe, deborah!
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