easy pumpkin cupcakes
I made this recipe myself for my cupcake swap partner. I'd heard so much about people mixing black beans with cake mixes and getting edible desserts! I thought, why not mix a cake mix with something really good, and I found a can of pumpkin on my shelf. I frosted these with just a dusting of powdered sugar, but you could get some canned vanilla frosting and stir in about a cup of Craisins - yumm!
prep time
15 Min
cook time
20 Min
method
Bake
yield
24 cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- 15 ounces canned pumpkin
- 1/3 cup oil
- 2 - eggs
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice (optional)
- FROSTING
- 1 can vanilla frosting
- 1 cup craisins (dried cranberries)
- OR - just dust with powdered sugar
How To Make easy pumpkin cupcakes
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Step 1Preheat oven to 350°. Prepare 24 muffin cups with paper liners or grease well.
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Step 2Mix cake mix, pumpkin, oil, eggs, and spice on low speed of mixer until just blended. Then beat 2 minutes on medium speed, scraping bowl a couple of times.
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Step 3Fill muffin cups about 1/2 full. Bake for 20-25 minutes, until tops spring back when touched lightly. Cool about 5 minutes in pans, then remove to rack for complete cooling.
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Step 4You can either frost with the craisin-vanilla frosting, or just dust with powdered sugar. Craisin-vanilla frosting: stir about 1 cup of craisins into a tub of vanilla frosting. Spread or pipe onto cupcakes.
- Last Step: Don't forget to share! Post a picture of your finished recipe here and on your favorite social network. Don't forget to tag Just A Pinch and include #justapinchrecipes!
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Category:
Vegetables
Category:
Cakes
Category:
Muffins
Tag:
#Quick & Easy
Keyword:
#vegetables
Keyword:
#pumpkin
Keyword:
#Cupcakes
Ingredient:
Vegetable
Method:
Bake
Culture:
Southern
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