sweet potato-pecan cupcake w/ cream cheese frostin

Name: Sweet Potato-Pecan Cupcake w/ Cream Cheese Frostin
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 2 h 5 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 2 cup(s) sugar; 1 cup(s) butter, room temperature; 4 large eggs; 1-16 ounce(s) can mashed sweet potatoes; 2/3 cup(s) orange juice; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract; 3 cup(s) all purpose flour; 1 teaspoon(s) baking powder; 1 teaspoon(s) ground cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon(s) baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon(s) ground nutmeg; 1/4 teaspoon(s) salt; 1 cup(s) coarsely chopped pecans, toasted; ## CREAM CHEESE FROSTING; 1/2 cup(s) butter, softened; 8 ounce(s) cream cheese, room temp; 16 ounce(s) powder sugar; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract

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Tara Richardson

Rome, AL

Updated on Feb 15, 2012

Setting around the house one weekend & my husben wanted something sweet but different. So I made these for him. He loved them. He said it put him in mind of the holiday's.

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prep time 15 Min

cook time 2 Hr 5 Min

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yield 2 dozen

Ingredients

2 cups sugar
1 cup butter, room temperature
4 large eggs
1-16 ounce can mashed sweet potatoes
2/3 cup orange juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup coarsely chopped pecans, toasted
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
1/2 cup butter, softened
8 ounces cream cheese, room temp
16 ounces powder sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

How To Make sweet potato-pecan cupcake w/ cream cheese frostin

Step 1

Perheat oven to 350 degree's. Beat sugar and butter at medium speed with an electic mixer until blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until blended after each addition.

Step 2

Whisk together mash potatoes, orange juice, and vanilla extract. Combine flour and next 5 ingredients. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture slternately with sweet potato mixture,deginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition. Fold in toasted pecans. Place foil baking cups in muffin pans, and coat with vegetable cooking spray; spoon batter into cups, filling two-thirds full.
Step 3

Bake at 350 degree's for 28 to 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean. Remove immediately from pans, and cool 50 minutes to 1 hour or until completely cool.Spread cupcakes evenly with cream cheese frosting. Garnish, with pecans if desired.
Step 4

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING Beat 1/2 cup softened butter and 1 (8-oz) cream cheese, at medium speed with an electic mixer until creamy.Gradually add 1 (16-oz) powder sugar, beat at low speed just until blended; stir in 1 tsp. vanilla extract.
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