Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting

Definitely a hit for Halloween!

Original recipe makes 2 dozen cupcakes

Ingredients

Cupcakes:
2 1/2 cups white sugar
3/4 cup butter, softened
3 eggs
1 (15 ounce) can solid-pack pumpkin puree
2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1 cup buttermilk
Frosting:
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
4 cups confectioners’ sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

PREP

20 mins
COOK

20 mins
READY IN

50 mins

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners.
Beat white sugar and 3/4 cup butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy; add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat pumpkin into creamed butter mixture.
Mix flour, pumpkin pie spice, 1 tablespoon cinnamon, baking powder, and ginger together in a bowl; stir into creamed butter mixture, alternating with buttermilk, until batter is smooth. Fill each muffin cup 3/4-full with batter.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool in muffin tin for 10 minutes before transferring to wire rack.
Beat cream cheese and 1/2 cup butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until fluffy. Beat confectioners’ sugar, 2 teaspoons cinnamon, and vanilla extract into creamed butter until frosting is smooth. Spread frosting on each cupcake.