I love Fall weather. I love Fall Baking. I love Baking in Fall Weather!!! Ladies and Gentleman let the Season baking begin! I needed an EASY but DELICIOUS recipe for a friends Halloween party...I was limited on time but still refused to buy a pre-made dessert because that's something Martha Stewart would never do ( not sure if I should follow ALL things in her footstep though)...that being said I found this recipe in one of my Weight Watcher books and read the ingredients and said "NO this is too easy to be true!"...only 3 ingredients!!! 1. box of cake 2. pumpkin puree 3. dash of Cinnamon....THAT'S IT! Since I cheated and used a pre made box I decided to make homemade frosting...I first used this recipe http://www.countryliving.com/recipefinder/pumpkin-cream-cheese-frosting-4014 but I wasn't sold on it...So I halved this http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/cream-cheese-frosting-ii-2/detail.aspx recipe and used half of the first one to make the PERFECT cream cheese pumpkin frosting!!! Definitely going to make these again for Thanksgiving! Enjoy and Happy Fall Baking!
Recipe:
Cupcakes:
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin
Dash of cinnamon
Directions:- Simply mix the pumpkin, cinnamon, and the spice cake mix together with electric mixer until well combined. (At this point you may also want to throw in some nuts or raisins, if you like.).
- Spoon into paper lined small muffin/cupcake tins, 2/3 full. (The batter is very thick and doesn't "settle", so you may wish to smooth the tops if you care what the finished product looks like!).
- Bake at 350* 18-22 minutes or until a knife comes out clean.
Frosting:
Ingredients- 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 3 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup of pumpkin puree
- 1 Tablespoon of fresh orange juice
In a medium bowl, cream together the cream cheese and butter until creamy. Mix in the vanilla, and then gradually stir in the confectioners' sugar.
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