Tis the season of pumpkin! I recently posted a pumpkin roll recipe and if you liked that, you will love these cupcakes. I made these mini cupcakes with maple cream cheese frosting and topped with a candied walnut. Yummy. This cake recipe is moist, delicious, and has the perfect amount of spice. The frosting is delicious and my favorite is when the cupcakes have been in the fridge for a couple hours and the frosting starts to taste like cheesecake. And who doesn’t like cute mini cupcakes?!
If you enjoy pumpkin, check out this recipe!
Pumpkin Cupcakes with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting
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Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 40 mini cupcakes
Ingredients
- Cupcakes-
- 1 cup white sugar
- ½ cup plus 2 TB peanut oil
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup canned pumpkin
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ⅛ tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- Frosting-
- 4 oz. cream cheese
- 4 TB butter, softened
- 1 TB maple syrup
- ½ tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- Candied Walnuts-
- 1 cup walnuts
- ¼ cup white sugar
- 1 TB butter
- ½ tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- For cupcakes, preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a mini cupcake pan with cupcake liners, or grease.
- Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and pumpkin pie spice. Set aside.
- In a large bowl combine sugar and oil. Blend in vanilla and pumpkin, then beat in eggs one at a time. Gradually beat in flour mixture and drop batter by spoonful into prepared cupcake pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 10-15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cupcake comes out clean. Allow to cool before frosting.
- For frosting, beat butter and cream cheese together until fully mixed. Add maple syrup and mix again. Gradually beat in powdered sugar, then vanilla.
- For candied walnuts, heat sugar and butter in a pan on low heat until butter is melted. Add in walnuts and cinnamon and stir constantly until sugar is completely melted and nuts are coated. Remove from heat and place on parchment paper, making sure they don't clump together. It takes 5 minutes for walnut coating to set, then use for topping!
Thanks for stopping at Will Bake for Books! What is your favorite pumpkin dessert?
These were AMAZING! They kind of tasted like mini pumpkin roles. My favorite pumpkin dessert is a pumpkin roll so I really enjoyed these. 🙂
-Mia
Thanks sweetie! Next time we’ll make it together. 😉
*sigh*
Well, don’t these just look heavenly!? Gotta’ love pumpkin recipes this time of year! 🙂
Thanks so much, Rissi! I know right?! The only thing is I think I maaay be going a little overboard on the pumpkin baked goods though. More recipes coming soon. 😉
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