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.
Ingredients
- 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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