How to Make Harvest Pumpkin Cupcakes - A Step-by-Step Guide

When the leaves start to change and there's a chill in the air, it's the perfect time to start baking with seasonal ingredients. And what better way to celebrate the harvest season than with these delicious Harvest Pumpkin Cupcakes? These moist and flavorful cupcakes are filled with the warm, comforting flavors of pumpkin, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Topped with a creamy, spiced cream cheese frosting, they're the perfect treat for autumn gatherings and holiday celebrations.

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Ingredients

  • 4 eggs, slightly beaten
  • ¾ cup Mazola® Vegetable Plus! Oil
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin
  • 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup Argo® OR Kingsford's® Corn Starch
  • 4 teaspoons Spice Islands® Pumpkin Pie Spice
  • 2 teaspoons Argo® Baking Powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ¾ teaspoon salt
  • 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
  • 3 tablespoons butter OR margarine, softened
  • 1 tablespoon orange juice
  • 2 teaspoons Spice Islands® 100% Pure Bourbon Vanilla Extract
  • 1 ½ teaspoons freshly grated orange peel
  • 4 cups powdered sugar

Information

  • Prep Time: 20 mins
  • Cook Time: 30 mins
  • Additional Time: 30 mins
  • Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins
  • Servings: 32
  • Yield: 32 servings

  • To make cupcakes: Blend the eggs, oil, sugar, and pumpkin in a large mixing bowl; set aside. Stir together dry ingredients in a separate bowl. Add dry ingredients to pumpkin mixture and beat until well blended. POUR into lined muffin tins. Fill about 2/3 full. Bake in preheated 350 degrees oven for 30 minutes or until center springs back when touched. Cool 30 minutes. Spread with frosting.
  • To make frosting: Beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Add remaining ingredients and beat until smooth. Spread over cooled cupcakes.
  • Nutrition

    233 cal.

    • Total Fat: 10g
    • Saturated Fat: 3g
    • Cholesterol: 34mg
    • Sodium: 194mg
    • Total Carbohydrate: 36g
    • Dietary Fiber: 1g
    • Total Sugars: 28g
    • Protein: 2g
    • Vitamin C: 1mg
    • Calcium: 31mg
    • Iron: 1mg
    • Potassium: 54mg