Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes are the perfect way to celebrate the fall season. They are full of pumpkin spice and topped with a sweet cinnamon buttercream frosting.
Course
Baking
Keyword
cupcakes, fall baking, pumpkin spice cupcakes, pumpkin,
Prep Time30minutes
Cook Time22minutes
Total Time52minutes
Servings12servings
AuthorMelissa Russo
Ingredients
Pumpkin Fondant ingredients:
1tube of orange fondant
1tube of green cake frosting
1disposable piping bag fitted with a number 66 tip
1cutting board
1wooden skewer
Cupcake Ingredients :
1box Spice Cake Mix
1Tbsp.pumpkin pie spice
15oz.pumpkin puree
3eggs
1/2C.applesauce
1/3C.milk
2tsp.vanilla extract
Cinnamon Frosting ingredients:
1Cunsalted sweet cream buttersoftened
3Cpowder sugarsifted
2tspcinnamon
5TBSPheavy whipping cream
1tspvanilla
Fall themed sprinkles
Instructions
Fondant Pumpkins
Begin by rolling a small 1/3 oz piece of orange fondant into a ball. Dust your work surface with powdered sugar/corn-starch to prevent the fondant from sticking.
Place the fondant ball onto the cutting board
Lightly push the fondant ball down into a thick disk
Using the pointy side of the skewer, make a indent in the center of the of the fondant ball
Using the wooden skewer, take the rounded end of the skewer and using the rolling motion from bottom to top make 4 indents like an X
Repeat step to make 4 more indents in between the first 4 indents
Squeeze the icing into the disposable bag and pipe a leaf onto the top of the pumpkin.
Set aside to dry while you make the cupcakes
Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line pans with cupcake liners.
In a medium bowl, combine spice cake mix and pumpkin pie spice, set aside
In a large bowl, combine pumpkin puree , eggs, applesauce, milk and vanilla extract and whisk until combined
whisk in dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until combined
Fill cupcake liners 3/4 full and bake for 22 minutes or until an inserted knife comes out clean.
Cinnamon Buttercream Frosting
Combine all ingredients into a standing mixer and mix on low speed until combined and stiff peaks form
Scoop frosting into a piping bag fitted with a star tip
Frost cooled cupcakes and sprinkle with some fall sprinkles