Plush Pumpkin Cupcakes with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting
These plush and luscious pumpkin cupcakes have pumpkin pie spice pudding, plus a whole can of pumpkin in them and they are sooo delicious. Frosting or not!
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Cook Time20 minutes mins
Cooling Time30 minutes mins
Course: Dessert
Keyword: cream cheese, cupcakes, frosting, halloween, pumpkin, thanksgiving, vanilla
Servings: 24 Cupcakes
Calories:
Author: The Baking ChocolaTess
Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting
Get Recipe Ingredients
Preheat oven to 350°F.
To make the cupcakes, using a mixer, on low speed, beat the pumpkin, cake mix, pudding, milk, oil, eggs and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on low speed for 2 minutes.
Spoon batter into 24 lightly greased or paper-lined muffin cups, filling each cup 2/3 full.
Bake 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted into cupcake comes out clean.
Cool in pans on wire rack 10 minutes. Remove from pans; cool completely.
To make the frosting, beat cream cheese, butter, vanilla in large bowl until light and fluffy.
Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until smooth.
Frost cooled cupcakes with frosting.
- If you want to make these more spiced, add a teaspoon of cinnamon to the pumpkin cupcake mix.
If you are piping frosting, you may want to double the frosting recipe.