Pumpkin Cupcakes
For some, it's not enough to simply use decorations to make pumpkin cupcakes, they want the delicious cake to taste like a pumpkin too! Halloween marks the beginning of the fall and winter holiday season, all of which are happy to allow pumpkin to play a key flavor role!Super Easy Recipe You don't have to make your pumpkin cupcakes from scratch! With busy work schedules and family obligations, it's okay to cut a corner here and there. These cupcakes are so delicious, no one will ever know you used a mix anyway! - 1 box yellow cake mix
- 1 can of pumpkin puree
- ¼ teaspoon of ground cloves
- ½ teaspoon of ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line the muffin pan with Halloween liners of your choice. Mix the cake mix and it's recommended ingredients along with the pumpkin puree, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves and then spoon into the muffin cups.Bake for around 20 to 25 minutes, allow to cool and then top with cream cheese frosting. It doesn't matter how you decorate your cupcakes, cream cheese frosting is strongly recommended to compliment the flavor.
Cupcake Decorating Ideas for Pumpkin Cupcakes
Now comes the hard part! How are you going to decorate your cupcakes? This will ultimately depend on who you are decorating them for and how much time you want to invest.- Elegant
– If you are having a gathering around Halloween (or any other time of year) and you want simple yet elegant cupcakes, just frost the top with cream cheese icing in a decorative swirl. You can always sprinkle on a couple walnut pieces or shredded coconut and lightly dust the top with cinnamon.- Sugared Cupcakes
– Want sparkly orange cupcakes? Frost the top and then create seams traveling toward the top so they look like the lines on a pumpkin. Now, roll the pumpkin in orange tinted sugar. Using a mix of fine and coarse sugars works best. Place a pretzel stick in the top as a stem.
- Pumpkin Patch Cupcakes
– Although these cupcakes are incredibly easy to create, they always get a great reaction. Use green tinted frosting or piping gel and create upward short strokes from the cupcakes so it looks like grass. Then you simply place a candy pumpkin in the center so it looks like it's growing in a pumpkin patch.
- Pumpkin Face Cupcakes
– Tint your cream cheese frosting orange and then smear it on smooth and create lines using a butter knife or fork. Alternatively, you can choose to simply pipe the frosting on. You can either create eyes and mouths with frosting or cut pieces of jelly candies and place them on. Add on witch hats, stems or anything else you want.
There are so many ways to decorate cupcakes, use the ideas here as a place to start and add your own special touch to make them truly your own!
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