4.2 from 27 votes
Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
These cupcakes have so much pumpkin added that they come out extra moist with a dense crumb. These are not a light and fluffy cupcake - they're dense and loaded with pumpkin goodness in the best way.
Prep Time
25 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Additional Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 45 mins
Servings: 12 cupcakes
Calories: 452 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
For the Cupcakes:
- 1 1/3 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup canned pumpkin
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs
Cream cheese Frosting:
- 8 ounces cream cheese room temperature
- 1/2 cup butter room temperature
- 3 cups powdered sugar plus more, as needed
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 12 cup muffin tin with liners.
- Add the flour, pumpkin spice, baking powder, baking soda, and salt to a small mixing bowl and whisk to combine. Set aside.
- Add the pumpkin, brown sugar, vegetable oil, and eggs to a large mixing bowl and whisk well to combine.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet and stir until just combined.
- Fill the muffin wells ? full with the batter.
- Bake for 18-22 minutes or until the tops spring back when touched and a tester comes out clean. Cool completely before frosting.
- For the frosting, add all of the ingredients to the bowl of a stand mixer and beat well with the whisk attachment until smooth and creamy.
- Pipe or spoon the frosting over the cupcakes.
- Store tightly covered in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
1cupcake
Calories
452kcal
(23%)
Carbohydrates
57g
(19%)
Protein
4g
(8%)
Fat
24g
(37%)
Saturated Fat
16g
(80%)
Cholesterol
76mg
(25%)
Sodium
360mg
(15%)
Potassium
137mg
(4%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
44g
(88%)
Vitamin A
2924IU
(58%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
60mg
(6%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12cupcakes
Amount Per Serving
Calories 452
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1cupcake | |
| Calories | 452kcal | 23% |
| Carbohydrates | 57g | 19% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 24g | 37% |
| Saturated Fat | 16g | 80% |
| Cholesterol | 76mg | 25% |
| Sodium | 360mg | 15% |
| Potassium | 137mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 44g | 88% |
| Vitamin A | 2924IU | 58% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 60mg | 6% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.