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Nanny's Pumpkin Cupcakes. A very fun and easy cupcake recipe with pureed pumpkin & decorated with candy corn. A perfect sweet treat for Fall and Thanksgiving
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Nanny’s Pumpkin Cupcakes
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
30 mins
 
Servings: 24
Ingredients
The cake batter:
  • 1 oz package spice cake mix 18.25 .
  • 1 oz can Pumpkin Puree 15 .
  • 3 large eggs
  • ⅓ cup vegetable oil
  • ⅓ cup water
The Frosting:
  • 1 ½ Cups sifted confectioners sugar powdered
  • 4 oz . cream cheese ½ of an 8 oz. block
  • ¼ Cup softened butter
  • ½ tsp . vanilla
For decorating the tops:
  • orange morsels candy corn, and jelly candy pumpkins
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350° F. Paper-line or grease 24 muffin cups. I used pumpkin patterned cup cake liners
  2. Mix the cake mix, pumpkin puree, eggs, oil and water in a mixer bowl until all combined. Mix for 2 -3 minutes.
  3. Pour batter into muffin cups, filling ¾ full.
  4. Bake for 18 to 23 minutes or toothpick comes out clean.
  5. Allow to cool then prepare the frosting.
Make the frosting:
  1. Cream together the cream cheese, butter and vanilla, then add confectioners sugar a little at a time and use whatever color you would like. I used a little red and yellow colouring to get the orange colour.
  2. Decorate with orange morsels, candy corn, and jelly candy pumpkins