PUMPKIN & CREAM CHEESE CUPCAKES

By francesn

Ingredients

• Ingredients for cupcakes:
• 2 cups Flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup oil
• 4 large eggs
• 2 cups of pumpkin (1 small can)
• Ingredients for Icing:
• 1 lb of powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup of butter softened (1 stick)
• 8 oz pkg of cream cheese
• 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract

Details

Adapted from JudyKey.SBC90.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
*Combine all of the ingredients for the cupcakes together in a large bowl & mix completely with electric mixer until smooth.
*Put cupcake liners in your cupcake pan & fill each one 3/4 full with batter.
*Bake for about 20-25 minutes or until toothpick or knife come out clean.
*Cool completely before icing
Directions for Icing:
*In a medium bowl, combine powdered sugar, cream cheese, butter & vanilla extract and mix with an electric mixer until completely smooth & creamy.
*Take out a large zip-lock baggie & pour icing in the baggie, this will become your icing bag, cut a small corner off of the baggie & squeeze out your icing onto each cupcake.
*If you want icing in the middle of your cupcakes take a knife and cut out a portion of the center & remove & squeeze icing into the hole filling it to the top & then ice the top of your cupcake, this may require more icing to be made as you'll be using more icing this way.
*Makes approx. 28 cupcakes, icing will be enough to cover all of them.