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sweet potato cupcakes

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Recipe by
Patsy G
P., CA

I made these this weekend for company,everyone loved them. My niece said she wants them for Thanksgiving. I added the candied pecans at the last minute,but they were delicious!

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Ingredients For sweet potato cupcakes

  • 1 box
    duncan hines spice cake mix
  • 3
    eggs
  • 1 1/3 c
    water
  • 1/3 c
    oil
  • 1 sm
    pkg vanilla instant pudding
  • 1 c
    sweet potato puree
  • 8 oz
    cream cheese,softened
  • 1/4 c
    sugar
  • 1
    egg
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla
  • cream cheese frosting
  • candied pecans,optional

How To Make sweet potato cupcakes

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • 2
    Prepare cake mix according to directions adding vanilla pudding and potato puree.
  • 3
    In a separate bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, egg and vanilla well.
  • 4
    Spray cupcake pans or muffins cups with Pam. Spoon about 2 T cake batter in cups add 1 T cream batter on top, top with another 1-2 T. of cake batter.
  • 5
    Bake cupcakes 18-21 minutes.
  • 6
    Cool on wire Crack. Frost with your favorite cream cheese frosting(please don't use the canned stuff!) and decorate tops with candied pecans.

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