Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes With Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

Category: Desserts & Sweets | Blog URL: http://carpecupcakes.blogspot.com/2009/09/iron-cupcake-san-francisco.html

This recipe was entered in The Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook contest, a compilation of the world’s best food blogs which was published in Fall 2010.

Photo: Jo Lynne Lundy

Ingredients

Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon allspice

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1/2 cup applesauce

4 tablespoons unsalted butter

1 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar (firmly packed)

4 eggs - room temperature

1/2 cup canned pumpkin

Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

1/2 cup (1 stick butter) - room temperature

4 cups confectioner's sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

8 ounces (1 package) cream cheese

Preparation

Cupcake Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare your cupcake pan with liners. Combine flour, baking soda, salt & spices in a large bowl.

With an electric mixer, cream butter & both sugars. Add eggs, one at a time. Add applesauce and pumpkin and then flour mixture, beating until just combined. Fill cupcake liners about three-quarters full. Bake approximately 20 minutes, but check frequently after 15 minutes. Cool completely.

Frosting Directions

Cream butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add vanilla Begin adding confectioner's sugar in 1/2 cup increments. Add cinnamon and beat until smooth and creamy.

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Comments

Permalink Emily Jelassi
October 19, 2010

these cupcakes look delicious! thanks for posting the recipe :)

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009 Iron Cupcake: San Francisco I went to San Francisco yesterday to enter the Iron Cupcake Challenge and I won! It was so much fun! Everyone involved was great and I tasted some dee-lish cupcakes. The most interesting icing was a curry/cardamon buttercream topped with a raisin garnish. Chelsea from Kingdom Cake in San Francisco organizes the event once a month and I highly recommend participating if there is an Iron Cupcake Challenge near you. A huge thanks to Will at Leland Tea Company who hosted the event. He has an amazing selection of teas and does custom blends and packaging. I can't wait to go back! The winning cupcake...pumpkin spice with cinnamon cream cheese frosting.