Pumpkin Cupcakes with Maple Buttercream Frosting

These pumpkin cupcakes have simple ingredients and super easy to make . They are moist and full of fall flavors then topped with a maple buttercream frosting . These delightful cupcakes are a must try during the fall season and are sure to be the first dessert to disappear. I created this cupcake with some Sprinkle Pop sprinkles in mind . I had ordered their pumpkin carriage sprinkle mixture and fell in love with the colors and flavors. I am not affiliated with this company at all, I just love their produce. Check them out here. All of their sprinkles are the perfect way to jazz up a plain cupcake or cake for the season.

Growing up my mother rarely made anything from scratch and mostly made doctored cake mixes. Using a cake mix as a base to baking makes life so much easier , and I have never messed up a recipe using a cake mix. Many ingredients can be added and subtracted and the end product will still be good. It is basically full proof and nearly impossible to destroy . The trick is to make a homemade frosting , nobody will ever know you have used a cake mix.

Let’s make Pumpkin Cupcakes with Maple Buttercream Frosting!

Equipment needed for this recipe:

• Mixing bowls
• Hand Mixer or Stand up mixer
• Cupcake Cake tins
• Paper cupcake liners
• Sifter
• Rubber spatulas
• Optional –pipping bags and tips

Start by preheating your oven to 350 degrees . Add all of the cupcake ingredients to a large mixing bowl. Yes all of them , you can’t mess this up.

Blend well , stopping to scrape the side when needed.

Line cupcake tins with liners and spray the insides of the paper liners with a baking spray. This allows the cupcake to release from the paper easily. Fill all 24 cupcake tins with batter evenly and bake in a preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until done.

Once the cupcakes are cooled mix the Maple Buttercream Frosting. Make sure to sift the powdered sugar, this will prevent any lumps and provide a smooth frosting.

Frost and decorate cupcakes as desired.

If love Pumpkin checkout my other recipes:

• Pumpkin Crisp
• Pumpkin Pie Supreme
• Chocolate Chunk Pumpkin Bread

Pumpkin Cupcakes with Maple Buttercream Frosting

These flavorful pumpkin cupcakes have simple ingredients and easy to make . Topped with Maple Buttercream frosting they are perfect for fall.

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Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 50 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 24

Calories

Ingredients

  

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• 1 Box Yellow Cake Mix
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• 3/4 cup milk
• 2 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin spice
• 2 Eggs

Maple Buttercream Frosting

• 1 cup butter-room temperature
• 3 cups sifted powdered sugar
• 1/2-1 teaspoon Maple flavoring see notes
• 2-3 Tablespoons milk

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Line 24 cupcake wells with paper liners and spray the inside of them with cooking spray
• In a large mixing bowl add the cake mix, eggs, brown sugar, milk , oil , pumpkin and pumpkin spice. Blend very well until smooth.
• Divide the batter evenly among all of the cupcake wells.
• Bake cupcakes in the preheated oven about 20 minutes.
• Allow the cupcakes to cool for 5 minutes in the pan and then remove them and place on a cooling rack.

Maple Buttercream Frosting

• Blend the butter until smooth
• Sift the powdered sugar into the bowl with the butter, sifting gets all of the lumps out and makes it easier to blend
• Blend the butter and powdered sugar together until it is incorporated well
• Add the maple flavoring and blend well.
• Add a little milk at a time blending until the frosting is a creamy consistency
• Frost cupcakes and decorate as desired

Notes

For this recipe I used sprinkle pop sprinkles the Pumpkin Carriage Mix

Maple Extract or flavoring is used interchangeably , it can be strong so start with a half a teaspoon and go up to a full teaspoon if you like the flavor.  I find my maple flavoring near the extracts at my local super market , click Here if you can't find it locally. 

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